Tribunal Overturns Import Valuation Due to Improper Use of Non-Contemporaneous Data and Lack of Evidence.

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....Valuation of imported goods - The Tribunal held that, the lower authorities have re-determined the value of the impugned goods based on the values declared by other importers without providing any basis for this decision and relying on certain imports which are clearly not contemporaneous in as much as the Bills of Entry pertaining to those imports were filed during the period November 2010, whereas the impugned import is of the year February 2011 and there is no material produced by the department that amounts over and above the invoice value were paid with respect to transaction value in question. It has been consistently held by the Tribunal that NIDB data alone is not sufficient for re-determination of value.....