1987 (12) TMI 160

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...., J.D.R., for the Respondents. [Order per : K.L. Rekhi, Member (T)].  - A common issue is involved in these three appeals. They were, therefore, clubbed together, heard together-and hence this common order. 2. The appellants imported some leather tanning machinery from M/s. Investa, Czechoslovakia and M/s. Turner, U.K. for setting up a project in India. They had obtained a proforma i....

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....old prices of 1973. The appellants argued that there was no mala-fides or out of the way dealings in their case. They had negotiated with M/s. Investa and M/s. Turner and both of them had agreed to adhere to the old prices quoted in the proforma invoices. The appellants stress that their dealings were fair and at arm's length and that is why the authorities have not chosen to take any penal action....

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....on, as the case may be, in the course of international trade......". According to this provision, the price has to have a nexus with the time of importation; it should also be the price charged ordinarily in the course of international trade. Thus, if a particular importer, may be because of bonafide efforts on his part, is able to negotiate an exceptionally low price, which is not available to ot....

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....rily quoted in the course of international trade during August/September, 1975. Their exceptionally low prices, thus, do not meet the test of Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962. 5. We find further that the foreign supplier's own documents on record also show that prices of 1973 and 1974 were not firm prices. In the case of Turner, U.K., the proforma invoice stated that it was valid only for a ....