Central Excise - Excisability of 'composition for match-heads' and 'side painting liquid' - Doubts regarding - Clarification thereon

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....ed 20-6-1988 [From F. No. 108/2/88-CX.3] Government of India Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) New Delhi Subject : Central Excise - Excisability of 'composition for match-heads' and 'side painting liquid' - Doubts regarding - Clarification thereon. Certain doubts had been raised as to whether the products known as 'composition for match-heads' and 'side painting liquid'....

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....tion. Manganese dioxide, glass powder, sulphur and carbon black are separately mixed in the glue solution and ground to a slurry. 'Side painting liquid' consists of red phosphorus, antimony oxide and ground glass in glue solution. Thus both the products are in the form of a heterogeneous slurry of several compounds in glue solution. Shelf life of such products is limited and, therefore, the produc....