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2003 (5) TMI 313

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..... the item to be parts of textile machinery classifiable under chapter sub-heading 8448.20. The Asstt. Collector in the Order-in-Original noticed that they had not proved convincingly that the items are parts of machines classifiable under Heading 8445 of CTA. He also noted that they had indicated in the Bill of Entry that the imported goods are of plastic and hence, upheld the classification done in the Bill of Entry. Before the Commissioner (Appeals), they produced the evidence to show that the item thread guide was made of "ceramics" and not plastics and hence, the item cannot be classified under Chapter 39 and since, it was a part of textile machinery, it should be classified under the respective heading under Chapter 84. 2. After .....

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..... hri R. Raghavan contests this finding and submits that the appellate Commissioner was not right in reclassifying their product without notice to the party when the classification adopted in the Bill of Entry has not been challenged by the Revenue. He submits that the Bombay Bench in the case of Brooke Bond Lipton India Ltd. v. CCE, Mumbai - 2001 (127) E.L.T. 569 (Tri.-Mum.) has held that the classification proposed by the department before the Commissioner (Appeals) not the one proposed in the corrigendum to notice replacing the heading and as such the order is not maintainable. He submits that the item is required to be treated only as parts of textile machinery for classification under chapter 84 and its exclusion in the light of Note (1) .....

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..... sp;     Containers of the kinds used for the commercial transport or packing of goods, e.g., large containers, carboys, etc., for the transport of acids and other chemical products; flagons, jars and pots, for foodstuffs (jam, condiments, meat pastes, liqueurs, etc.), for pharmaceutical products or cosmetics (pomades, ointments, creams, etc.), for inks, etc. (4)      Troughs, tubs and similar containers of the type used in agriculture. The heading excludes : (a)      Articles of Heading 68.04. (b)      Retorts, crucibles, muttles, cupels and other similar articles of refractory materials (Heading 69.03). (c)      Kitc .....

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..... iven to Custom House for adopting a correct classification for future purpose in the light of the details of the product disclosed by the appellant at the appeal stage and in the light of tariff note and HSN notes. He relies on the judgment of Calcutta Bench rendered in the case of Kumar Traders v. CCE, Calcutta - 2001 (129) E.L.T. 741 (T), which relies on the Apex Court judgment rendered in Ranadey Micronutrients v. CCE, 1996 (87) E.L.T. 19 (S.C.) and the Bench has laid down that Revenue authority has powers to re-classify the goods having regard to the changed circumstances in terms of Rule 173B of Central Excise Rules. 6. On a careful consideration of the submissions, we notice that the Commissioner has not erred in suggesting a co .....

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