TN/AAAR/01/2019(AR) of Saro Enterprises
Case brief
What is this about?
In an appeal against an Advance Ruling, the Tamilnadu Appellate Authority held that plastic agricultural seedling trays are not 'agricultural implements' under Chapter 8201 of the Customs Tariff Act because they are not made of base metals. Consequently, the discretion for the earlier Authority to classify them under a different, likely exempted, category was rejected as incorrect due to material
What did the court decide?
The appeal filed against the Advance Ruling order was dismissed. The original classification of the seedling trays under CTH 39269099 with a 18% tax rate (9% CGST + 9% SGST) was affirmed.