Dispute Over Imported Bitumen Classification: Petroleum vs. Natural; Concerns on Evidence Weight in Customs Adjudication.

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....Classification of Imported Bitumen - whether ‘petroleum bitumen’ or ‘natural bitumen’? - It is strange that a chemical laboratory arrogating to itself the expertise of denying Iran as a source of natural bitumen has been accorded such credence in the adjudication order and with no support to substantiate the contents thereof.....