Low cost Binder - excise duty

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Product: Low cost binder Major elements : 90 % Fly ash & 10 % opc cement What is the Central excise tariff classification for this and Rate of excide duty.

Elaborate binders in technical terms. Is it substitute of cement and called as any form of cement?

AI Summary

Tariff classification: whether a fly ash-based low-cost binder constitutes 'cement' for central excise treatment, affecting duty liability.
Whether the low-cost binder composed predominantly of fly ash with added ordinary portland cement is classifiable as cement for central excise purposes depends on whether it functions and is treated as a substitute or form of cement; the query seeks the correct tariff heading and excise duty rate and requests technical clarification on its status as cement.