2004 (8) TMI 512

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..... Shri O.P. Arora, SDR, for the Respondent. [Order per : V.K. Agrawal, Member (T)]. - M/s. R.R. International have filed the present appeal against the Order-in-Appeal No. 588/02, dated 8-11-2002, by which the Commissioner (Appeals) has upheld the demand of duty confirmed by the Assistant Commissioner. 2. Shri V.M. Verma, learned Advocate, mentioned that the appellants manufacture....

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....epends on various factors such as quality of raw material and percentage of metallic contents; size of raw material in powder form or granules, temperature achieved during the manufacturing processes, moisture contents in the charge, quantum of the charge and ratio of various raw materials and impurities and reducers; that, thus, the demand has been made purely on hypothetical grounds as far as th....

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....9.65 kgs; that in the present matter, the inputs used are more in quantity than the final product manufactured; that the Modvat credit of the duty paid on the inputs is available only when the inputs are used in the manufacture of the final products; that the argument that there is no one to one correlation between the inputs and the final product, does not mean that the inputs are not to be used ....

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....d in the manufacture of final products, the Modvat credit is not admissible to the manufacturer. The appellants have given various reasons which affect the quantity of finished products obtained out of the inputs. They have, however, not specifically mentioned the reasons as to why in the present matter, out of the quantity of inputs used 74,452.2 kgs., finished products 69,570.2 kgs. only were ma....