2000 (11) TMI 354

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....espondents. [Order per : Gowri Shankar, Member (T)]. - The question for consideration by the Commissioner is the valuation of a consignment of glass sheets imported by Maini Traders, the respondent to this appeal. 2. We have heard the departmental representative. The respondent is absent and unrepresented. The declared value of the glass sheets of Japanese origin imported by it in Au....

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.... fact that the goods had been sent from Japan, the invoice value was quoted by a seller at Singapore showed that the invoice did not represent the transaction value. He therefore enhanced the value of the goods under Rule 7 of the Customs Valuation Rules. 3. The importer appealed this order. The Collector (Appeals) accepted the contention of the appellant before him that it had not been sh....

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....f the importer of the goods that the goods are stock lot or disposal goods was not supported by evidence. 5. We do not have difficulty in accepting that price at which goods are cleared in the LME would, by and large, reflect the trend of the price prevailing in the international market. We also note what the Asst. Collector says, that the goods, chromium covered brass sheets, are rarely i....