Ammonium Nitrate Import Denied: Over 45% Content Classified as Explosive, Detention and Auction Upheld by Customs.

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....Whether the Appellant was entitled to import ammonium nitrate? - Keeping in mind the fact that ammonium nitrate is an explosive in any combination containing more than 45% of ammonium nitrate by weight and the admitted fact that the application for import licence was rejected, we conclude that the Appellant was not entitled to import 740 MT of Ammonium Nitrate on 24.09.2015 and, consequently, the detention and subsequent auction of the consignment of ammonium nitrate by the Customs authorities cannot be faulted. - HC....