https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=53125 Classification of Vicks products turned on the settled tests for Ayurvedic medicaments: whether the ingredients are found in authoritative Ayurvedic texts and whether the product is known in common parlance as an Ayurvedic medicine. The reasoning recognised that a patent Ayurvedic preparation may still fall under the Ayurvedic entry even if its formula differs from the classical prescription, and that preservatives, fillers or carriers do not alter the essential character where the active ingredients are Ayurvedic. Applying these principles, Vicks Vaporub, Vicks Inhaler, Vicks Medicated Cough Drops, Vicks Herbal Throat Drops and Vicks Blue/Hunnies Drops were classified under sub-heading 3003.30 as Ayurvedic medicaments. en-us Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:32:29 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=53125 Classification of Vicks products turned on the settled tests for Ayurvedic medicaments: whether the ingredients are found in authoritative Ayurvedic texts and whether the product is known in common parlance as an Ayurvedic medicine. The reasoning recognised that a patent Ayurvedic preparation may still fall under the Ayurvedic entry even if its formula differs from the classical prescription, and that preservatives, fillers or carriers do not alter the essential character where the active ingredients are Ayurvedic. Applying these principles, Vicks Vaporub, Vicks Inhaler, Vicks Medicated Cough Drops, Vicks Herbal Throat Drops and Vicks Blue/Hunnies Drops were classified under sub-heading 3003.30 as Ayurvedic medicaments. Case-Laws Central Excise Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=53125