2018 (6) TMI 426 – AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULINGS, GUJARAT – 2018 (14) G. S. T. L. 107 (A. A. R. – GST), [2018] 2 GSTL (AAR) 90 (AAR) – Classification of goods – Steering Unit (Hydraulic Orbital Valve) – Whether the said product falls under Chapter Heading 8481 or 8431 or 8708 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975? – Rate of GST – Held that:- In view of Note 2(a) of Section XVI of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and Explanatory Notes for ‘Taps, Cocks, Valves and similar appliances for Pipes, Boiler Shells, Tanks, Vats or the like, including Pressure Reducing Valves and Thermostatically Controlled Valves’ under Tariff Heading 8481 of the Harmonised System of Nomenclature, the product ‘Steering Unit (Hydraulic Orbital Valve)’ is appropriately classifiable under Tariff Heading 8481 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 – as the expression “parts” and “parts and accessories” under Section XVII of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 do not apply to articles of heading 8481 in view of Note 2(e) of Section XVII of
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th Boring, Earth Moving & Material Handling Equipment or parts suitable for use principally with the machinery of headings 8425 to 8430 ? (ii) What is the classification and rate of Goods and Services Tax for Hydraulic Gear Pump and Piston Pump which are used as parts for agricultural machinery ? (iii) What is the classification and rate of Goods and Services Tax for Hydraulic Gear Pump and Piston Pump which are used as parts of machine tools ? (iv) What is the classification and rate of Goods and Services Tax for Steering unit which is a kind of hydraulic valve and used as intermediate parts of hydraulic systems in agricultural harvesting machine ? (v) What is the classification and rate of Goods and Services Tax for Servo Drive (Electric Inverter or Resolver Inverter) ? (vi) What is the classification and rate of Goods and Services Tax for Hydraulic Gear Flow Divider ? 2. At the time of Personal Hearing held on 15.11.2017, the applicant submitted that advance ruling is now requir
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product may merit classification under Tariff Heading 8481 or under 8431 under Schedule – III, Sl. No. 328 (attracting Rate CGST 9% + SGST 9%) with description Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 8425 to 8430 and more specifically under 8431 4200 as Parts of Bulldozers or under 8431 4930 as Parts of other excavating, leveling, tamping or excavating machinery for earth, mineral or ores . 4.2 The applicant requested that item stated at Sr. 4 namely Steering Unit (Hydraulic Orbital Valve) should be correctly classified under Heading 8481 as it is a valve on which steering unit is mounted. Sample is shown to us and catalogue is provided. 4.3 The Bill of Entry submitted is mentioning Heading 8708. The representative was therefore requested to file evidences as to show that there are conflicting views in Customs itself. 5. The applicant, vide letters dated 07.12.2017 and 11.12.2017, submitted copy of Bill of Entry No. 427360 dated 05.12.2017, wherein t
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product Steering Unit (Hydraulic Orbital Valve) i.e. whether the said product falls under Chapter Heading 8481 or 8431 or 8708 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. On the basis of the classification of the said product, it will be leviable to appropriate rate of Goods and Services Tax prescribed under Notification No. 1/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 issued under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (herein after referred to as the CGST Act, 2017 ) and corresponding Notification issued under the Gujarat Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (herein after referred to as the GGST Act, 2017 ) or the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. 8.2 It is observed that the Explanation (iii) and (iv) of the Notification No. 1/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 provides as follows :- Explanation. – For the purposes of this notification, – (i) …… (ii) …… (iii) Tariff item , sub-heading heading and Chapter shall mean respectively a tariff item, sub-he
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n account of tariff classification. Accordingly, for resolving any dispute relating to tariff classification, a safe guide is the internationally accepted nomenclature emerging from the Harmonious System of Nomenclature (HSN). Although, the decision in the case of Woodcraft Products (supra) dealt with the interpretation of the provisions of the Central Excise Tariff there can be no doubt that the HSN Explanatory Notes are a dependable guide even while interpreting the Customs Tariff. 9.1 Note 2 of Section XVI of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 provides as follows :- 2. Subject to Note 1 to this Section, Note 1 to Chapter 84 and Note 1 to Chapter 85, parts of machines (not being parts of the articles of heading 8484, 8544, 8545, 8546 or 8547) are to be classified according to the following rules : (a) Parts which are goods included in any of the headings of Chapter 84 or 85 (other than headings 8409, 8431, 8448, 8466, 8473, 8487, 8503, 8522, 8529, 8538 and 8548) are in all cases to be clas
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hellip; (e) Machines and apparatus of headings 8401 to 8479, or parts thereof, other than the radiators for the articles of this Section, articles of heading 8481 or 8482 or, provided they constitute integral parts of engines or motors, articles of heading 8483; (f) …… (g) …… (h) …… (ij) …… (k) …… (l) …… 10.1 It is observed that in the application for advance ruling, the applicant has submitted that Steering Unit is a kind of hydraulic valve and used as intermediate parts of hydraulic systems in agricultural harvesting machine whereas in the submission made at the time of Personal Hearing, it has been submitted that this product may merit classification under 8431 with description Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 8425 to 8430 and more specifically under 8431 4200 as Parts of Bulldozers or under 8431 4930 as Parts of other excavating, leveling, tamping or excava
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g Pressure Reducing Valves and Thermostatically Controlled Valves under Tariff Heading 8481 of the Harmonised System of Nomenclature, inter-alia, provides as follows :- …… Taps, cocks, valves, etc., remain in this heading even if specialized for use on a particular machine or apparatus, or on a vehicle or aircraft. However, certain machinery parts which incorporate a complete valve, or which regulate the flow of a fluid inside a machine although not forming a complete valve in themselves, are classified as parts of the relative machines, for example, inlet or exhaust valves for internal combustion engines (heading 84.09), slide valves for steam engines (heading 84.12), suction or pressure valves for air or other gas compressors (heading 84.14), pulsators for milking machines (heading 84.34) and non-automatic greasing nipples (heading 84.85). …… [underlining supplied] 11.3 Thus, in view of Note 2(a) of Section XVI of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and Explanato
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d accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05 inter-alia reads as follow :- This heading covers parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05, provided the parts and accessories fulfill both the following conditions : (i) They must be identifiable as being suitable for use solely or principally with the above-mentioned vehicles; and (ii) They must not be excluded by the provisions of the Notes to Section XVII (see the corresponding General Explanatory Note). Since the articles of Tariff Heading 84.81 are specifically excluded from Section XVII vide Section Note 2(e) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, on this ground also the product Steering Unit (Hydraulic Orbital Valve) cannot be considered to be part of the vehicle for the purpose of classification. 12. In view of the foregoing, we rule as under – RULING The product Hydraulic Orbital Valve is classifiable under Tariff Heading 84.81 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and Goods and Services Tax rate
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