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Issues: (i) Whether Note 3 to Chapter 39 of the Customs Tariff excluded the application of Note 7 to Chapter 39 for regrind polycarbonate made of a single thermoplastic material. (ii) Whether regrind polycarbonate was correctly classifiable under Heading 3907.40 of the Customs Tariff rather than under Heading 39.15.
Issue (i): Whether Note 3 to Chapter 39 of the Customs Tariff excluded the application of Note 7 to Chapter 39 for regrind polycarbonate made of a single thermoplastic material.
Analysis: Note 3 was held to be a guideline for classification of goods of chemical synthesis based on their origin and degree of polymerisation within Headings 39.01 to 39.11. It did not operate to exclude scrap, parings or waste of a single thermoplastic material transformed into a primary form from the effect of Note 7. The two notes were held to operate in different fields and neither overrode the other.
Conclusion: Note 3 did not prevent the application of Note 7, and the assessee's contention on this point was accepted.
Issue (ii): Whether regrind polycarbonate was correctly classifiable under Heading 3907.40 of the Customs Tariff rather than under Heading 39.15.
Analysis: The goods were entirely of polycarbonate, a single thermoplastic material, and were in a primary form recognised in the Chapter. The earlier Tribunal decision on identical goods was applied, and the attempt to distinguish it on the basis that Note 3 had not been cited earlier was rejected. The goods were therefore not classifiable as scrap under Heading 39.15.
Conclusion: Regrind polycarbonate was correctly classifiable under Heading 3907.40 and not under Heading 39.15, in favour of the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The impugned order was set aside and the appeal succeeded, with the classification of the imported regrind polycarbonate decided in favour of the assessee.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a single thermoplastic material is transformed into a recognised primary form, Note 3 to Chapter 39 does not displace Note 7, and classification must follow the appropriate heading within Chapter 39 rather than treating the goods as scrap under Heading 39.15.
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