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6. The Departmental Representative sought to contend, at this stage, that the publication by the Ministry of Commerce which sought to harmonise the Import Policy classification with the Customs Tariff called ITC Rapid HS Classification of Export and Import Items, goods classifiable under Heading 6312.00 were restricted being consumer goods. This heading cover tarpaulins of material other than cotton or synthetic fibre and would take into account the goods imported. Now this was not the reason for which the goods have been held as consumer goods. Further, this publication is only a concordance between the ITC Policy and the Customs Tariff and not the policy published under the Import (Control) Order. It has therefore at the most persuasive value on this Tribunal. Further when the licensing authority described the goods under Heading 6306.19 as consumer goods, which would cover a vast range of goods all liable under that heading it could not have considered such specific item of goods which could be classifiable under this heading. We are concerned in this appeal with a specific item which has been given a shape, size and composition and has a specific end use. Once it is decided that the goods would not fall within the definition of consumer goods as declared in the policy, the fact heading into which these goods would fall has been held to be consumer goods would not upset that policy. The decision must necessarily of course be restricted to the goods imported and under consideration in the present case.