2000 (2) TMI 521

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....r, JDR, for the Respondent. [Order per : V.K. Agrawal, Member (T)]. -  The issue involved in this appeal filed by M/s. Tata Iron Steel Co. Ltd. (TISCO) is whether Expoxy Polyster Coated Sheets/strips are classifiable under sub-heading 7212.31 and whether slitter edges and side trims are classifiable under sub-heading 7203.20 of the Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, as claimed b....

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....question will fall under sub-heading 7212.31 of the Tariff. 3. Regarding slitter edges and side trims, the learned Advocate submitted that these are waste and scrap of iron and steel which are sent for remelting purposes and these could not under any stretch of imagination could be used as strips. He also mentioned that the condition in which the goods are cleared from the factory is a mat....

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....y Polyster coated sheets the learned DR submitted that sub-heading 7213.31 covers the products only which are lacquered or varnished and not the sheets coated with plastics and as such the product has to be classified as 'others' falling under 7212.39 of the Tariff. 5. We have considered the submissions of both the sides. The sub-heading, at the material time reads as under : - Lacquere....