Court Rules Imported Goods Misclassified: High Speed Diesel Imported as Base Oil for Fuel Use.

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....Classification of imported goods - High Speed Diesel or goods just in the form of base oil - The Bio-Diesel shown to have been manufactured was cleared under the invoices for use as Bio-Diesel B100. The Bio-Diesel is a product of vegetable origin and no known literature ascribe the Base Oil as an input for the manufacture of the same. The Bio-Diesel is used as fuel. The modus operandi adopted thus appears to be that High Speed Diesel imported under the guise of Base Oil SN 50 is being diverted as fuel by routing such goods through the purported manufacturers who claim to manufacture Bio-Diesel B100. - decided in favor of Revenue.- HC....