Direct nexus requirement confines customs exemption to manufacturing inputs, excluding capital-goods spares used in PCB production.

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....Notification No. 24/2005-Cus. requires a direct nexus between the imported goods and manufacture of the specified final products for exemption under Sl. No. 39. Read harmoniously, the entry covers consumables, raw materials, components and inputs consumed in or incorporated into final products; it does not extend to capital goods, machinery, accessories or replacement spares used to maintain production equipment. Separate notification entries and the EPCG scheme address capital goods. Decisions under differently worded notifications or schemes do not govern this interpretation. Accordingly, spare parts for capital goods used to manufacture printed circuit boards are not eligible for the claimed basic customs duty exemption.....