Minimum Import Price restrictions for Black Pepper, Areca-nuts and Apples upheld; procedural laying failure not fatal, notifications to be placed befo...
Transaction value between related persons requires market-equivalent pricing; importer must prove declared value mirrors ordinary international trade ...
Classification of exported insecticides under export tariff affirmed; reclassification and related penalties set aside and MEIS scrip jurisdiction rec...
Misclassification between copra and dry coconut: customs recovery and re-valuation quashed for lack of prior licensing-authority invalidation, appeals...
Classification of ores versus concentrates: processing of Run of Mine ore through screening, sizing and crushing resulting in concentrates is treated as manufacture; the transformed material qualifies as distinct excisable goods in light of chapter notes, HSN explanations and deeming provisions, with the consequence that exemption claimed under the relevant notification is not available. Strict construction of the exemption was applied, leading to recovery of differential duty. Delay in payment of duty attracts statutory interest, which is payable alongside the recovered duty.
Classification of ores versus concentrates: processing of Run of Mine ore through screening, sizing and crushing resulting in concentrates is treated as manufacture; the transformed material qualifies as distinct excisable goods in light of chapter notes, HSN explanations and deeming provisions, with the consequence that exemption claimed under the relevant notification is not available. Strict construction of the exemption was applied, leading to recovery of differential duty. Delay in payment of duty attracts statutory interest, which is payable alongside the recovered duty.
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