Undervaluation of imported goods - Once the goods are assessed...

Undervaluation of imported goods - Once the goods are assessed and cleared, there was no reason for rejecting the declared value and redetermining the same following the CVR, 2007 sequentially. First of all, the declared transaction value needs to be rejected and the value requires to be redetermined in terms of CVR, 2007, and it was incumbent upon the investigation and the adjudicating authority to show reasons for rejection of the declared assessable value and the results as to how the price adopted for rejecting the value is determined. This is a settled principle of valuation as held by this Tribunal as well as various Courts. - AT