2005 (1) TMI 462

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..... t. [Order per : S.S. Kang, Vice-President]. The appellant filed this appeal against the Order-in-Appeal passed by the Commissioner (Appeals) whereby the benefit of Notification No. 26/2000-Cus., dated 1-3-2000 was denied to the appellant. 2. Brief facts of the case are that the appellant made import of Copper Rectangular Strip of Sri Lankan origin and filed a Bill of Entry claiming the .....

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..... Sri Lanka has been requested to put an end to the export of copper strips end profiles immediately. The contention of the appellant is that there is no prohibition for the import of goods in question of Sri Lanka in origin under the notification, therefore, the denial of benefit of notification is not sustainable. 4. We find that in this case benefit of notification No. 26/2000-Cus was denied to .....

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..... ade Agreement (ISLFTA) on 18th July, 2003 at New Delhi, the surge in copper imports from Sri Lanka and consequent serious injury it is causing to the domestic industry in India came up for discussion. The Sri Lanka side was informed that this rise in exports of copper is not due to genuine value addition of 35% in Sri Lanka, but due to the circumvention of the value addition norms by some unscrupu .....

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