Court Rules on Duty-Free Wheat Gluten Imports for Biscuit Manufacturing; Appellants Not Liable for Misalignment with Export Composition.

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....Legality of import of ‘wheat gluten amygluten 160’ - production of ‘duty-free import authorization (DFIA)’ licenses, permitting import of ‘flour’ for the manufacture of ‘biscuits’ - There is no evidence on record that the appellants were aware of the composition of the exported goods. Hence, the appellant cannot be expected to conform to such imports as they are not cognizant of. From the available records and submissions made, we are unable to conclude if any of the inputs permitted for import to enable manufacture of biscuits are enumerated among the goods specified for conformity in the Handbook of Procedures. - AT....