Tribunal Rules Against Unjustified Value Enhancement of RPO Imports; No Penalty for Mis-declaration of Origin.

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....Valuation - Enhancement of value of the imported RPO - CESTAT held that, in the present case neither any contemporaneous value was adopted nor any method as prescribed u/s 14 read with Custom Valuation Rules, 2007 was followed. Therefore, merely on the basis of statements of director valuation cannot be enhanced. - Further regarding the Mis-declaration of Country of Origin in the bills of entry, the Tribunal held that, if there is a mis-declaration of country of origin the appellant being not the party to make any incorrect declaration cannot be held responsible and no consequential penalty can be imposed on the appellant.....