Inventys Research Co Pvt Ltd vs Commissioner Of Central Excise-Nagpur on 27 March, 2023
"6. After hearing the Id. DR, I find that there is no definition of
export under the Excise Act. As such, going by the definition of
export as given in Customs Act or as understood in the common
parlance, clearance to 100% EDU cannot be treated as export.
The Tribunal in the case of Blue Star Ltd. v. Commissioner of
Central Excise, reported in 2003 (155) ELT 322 (1) has held that
the goods sent to 100% EOU are one step away from completion
of export and in itself cannot conclude export. The ratio of the
above decision is fully applicable to the facts of the present case.
By a fiction of law, goods cleared to 100% EOU have been
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equated with exports, Le, they are deemed export but such
fiction of law is created only for a specific purpose and cannot be
equated with exports in a blanket manner. Inasmuch as Rule 5
uses expression "export" and not "deemed export", the same
has to be limited to the actual export".