Assessment time-barred u/s 153 due to missing competent-authority reference for Singapore exchange of information; assessment disallowed as barred by ...
Classification of goods turned on technical composition and SAFTA eligibility; the tribunal applied precedent to hold that low nickel content (including around 1%) does not itself exclude SAFTA benefit and that the personal technical knowledge attributed to the Customs House Agent (CHA) was insufficient to establish culpability. On that basis the tribunal concluded the record does not support invocation of penalty under section 112(b) of the Customs Act and set aside the penalty, granting consequential relief.
Classification of goods turned on technical composition and SAFTA eligibility; the tribunal applied precedent to hold that low nickel content (including around 1%) does not itself exclude SAFTA benefit and that the personal technical knowledge attributed to the Customs House Agent (CHA) was insufficient to establish culpability. On that basis the tribunal concluded the record does not support invocation of penalty under section 112(b) of the Customs Act and set aside the penalty, granting consequential relief.
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