TMI Blog2004 (7) TMI 462X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 00% E.O.U., manufacture various types of yarn; that they had sold polyester viscose blended yarn to M/s. Rajasthan Spinning Weaving Mills Ltd., who were holding the Quantity Based Advance Licence against release Order, on payment of Central Excise duty in terms of Notification No. 82/92-C.E., dated 27-8-92; that subsequently they filed a refund claim as they had paid duty in excess of the duty leviable since they had added the amount of basic customs duty which was otherwise exempted in the assessable value for arriving at the value for the purpose of determining the duty; that the Asstt. Commissioner under Order-in-Original dated 11-4-97 sanctioned the refund to them holding that if basic Customs duty is nil, the quantum of Additional Cu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Customs Tariff Act for the purpose of computing the Additional Customs duty; that as per sub-section (2) of Section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act the value of the imported articles shall be the aggregate of the value of the imported articles and any of duty of Customs chargeable on that article under Section 12 of the Customs Act and any sum chargeable on that article under any law for the time being in force; that accordingly the Customs duty chargeable on like articles is to be added in the value of the goods cleared by a 100% E.O.U. for the purpose of levying Additional Customs duty. He, further, submitted that Notification No. 82/92-C.E., has been issued under Section 5A of the Central Excise Act and not under Section 25 of the Customs A ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... her words, it means that if the Advance Release Licence has been issued against on or after 1-4-1995 the entire duty of Excise leviable under Section 3 of the Central Excise Act will not be exempted. The exemption will be available only in respect of that portion of duty of Excise which represents the Basic Customs duty and the Additional Customs duty leviable under Section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act as part of the duty leviable under Section 3 of the Central Excise Act will be chargeable in respect of such clearances. It is thus not disputed that no Basic Customs duty is chargeable on the goods cleared by a 100% E.O.U. to a unit in India against Advance Release Order. Once the basic Customs duty is exempted in respect of levying and colle ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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