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2015 (12) TMI 653 - AT - CustomsDemand of differential duty - Undervaluation of goods - Held that:- There is no reference by the Revenue to any contemporaneous import declaring the price of identical goods at a higher value. The only reference is to those imports where the value was enhanced by the Customs Authorities based upon the letter of Commissioner of Customs (Imports) Nhava Sheva, Bombay. Merely because the value was enhanced by the Customs, the same would not become contemporaneous imports. In the present case also, the Customs have enhanced the value and the present enhancement cannot be considered to be contemporaneous for the other subsequent imports. - The value declared by the appellant is on the basis of the contracts entered into by them with the foreign supplier. There is no evidence on record that the value as declared in the invoices is not the correct value or is not in terms of the contract or any under-hand consideration has flown back to the supplier. The reliance on the letter of Commissioner of Customs (Imports) Bombay, which in any case has not been placed before us cannot be adopted as the sole reason for enhancement of the price. - enhancing the value based on cost construction method cannot be held to be a proper method to decide upon the value of the goods, especially when there is no evidence of any consideration flowing back to the foreign supplier. Adjudicating authority has observed that till February 2013, the lower assessable value was being accepted and the goods were being cleared by the Customs. If that be so, we find no justifiable reasons to enhance the value based upon some other enhancement order of the proper officer under the Customs and to hold the same as contemporaneous. The impugned orders are unsustainable - Decided in favour of assessee.
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