1999 (5) TMI 97

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.... Advocate for appellants who submits as follows :- (a) The goods were imported in Nov. 1998 and were accompanied by a certificate from the Export Promotion Officer, Export Promotion Bureau of Govt. of Pakistan certifying that the Foreign Exporters' Declaration was correct. This was corroborated by another certificate from the Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Karachi stating that the goods were legally grown in Pakistan and were therefore of Pakistani origin. A third certificate dated 29-10-1998 was also submitted from the Quarantine Department at the Port of Karachi which has also been countersigned by the examining officer of Custom House, Karachi. This certificate also declares that the goods have been legally grown in Pakistan. (b)....

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.... as mentioned in the Order-in-Original impugned, there is no licit cultivation of Opium from which Poppy seeds are derived in Pakistan. Therefore, any consignment of Poppy seeds certified as originating from Pakistan would ipso facto deemed to be not original. He further submits that the certificates produced by the importers are, therefore, of suspected veracity. However, it has not been able to get their accuracy verified. He also submitted that in some packs there was markings to show that the goods were of Turkish origin. He therefore submits that there is no infirmity in the Order-in-Original and the same should be upheld. 4. We have carefully considered the records of the case and the rival submissions. We find that the only gro....