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2014 (12) TMI 232 - CESTAT NEW DELHIClassification of goods - Whether the canvas canopies specially designed for lorries, tool bags and web equipment of textile material are classifiable under sub-heading 6306/6307 and hence fully exempt from duty under Notification No. 30/2004-C.E. or the same are classifiable as ‘accessories of motor vehicle’ under heading 8708 - Held that:- As regards the canvas canopies specially designed for lorries, we find that these canopies made from canvas tarpaulin, are basically the tarpaulins cut into special shapes for covering goods loaded into open lorries of different models. All tarpaulins are covered by heading 6306 of the Central Excise Tariff. This heading of Central Excise Tariff is identical to heading 6306 of the HSN. In terms of HSN explanatory notes to HSN heading 6306, tarpaulins are used to protect goods stored in the open or loaded in ships, wagons, lorries, etc. against bad weather, that they are generally made of coated or uncoated man-made fiber fabrics, or heavy to fairly heavy canvas (of hemp, jute, flex or cotton) and are waterproof, that tarpaulins are generally in the form of rectangular sheets, hemmed along sides and may be fitted with eyelets and that the Tarpaulin which are specially shaped (e.g. for covering hayricks, decks of small vessels, lorries etc.) also fall in this heading provided they are flat. The canvas Tarpaulins, in question, are specially shaped for different model of lorries and though the Department’s contention is that the same are not flat, no evidence in this regard has been produced. In our view, therefore, these Tarpaulin would be correctly classifiable under heading 6306 and not as ‘parts or accessories of motor vehicles’ under heading 8708. When a heading in Central Excise Tariff is patterned on HSN, the HSN explanatory note would have persuasive value for ascertaining the scope of the corresponding heading in the Excise Tariff heading and accordingly in this case, the canvas canopies specially shaped for lorries of different models would be classifiable under sub-heading 6306 and accordingly the same would be eligible for exemption under Notification No. 30/2004-C.E. - Decided in favour of assessee.
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