FOB price cannot be treated as cum duty price for export duty calculation

Sesa Goa Limited Vs Commissioner of Customs (CESTAT Hyderabad)

The argument of the appellant is that out of this FOB value, the element of duty also must be deducted to determine the assessable value. In other words, their argument is that the FOB must be taken as cum duty price and the assessable value must be calculated backwards so that whatever is charged by them from the overseas buyers must be treated as including the export duty. A plain reading of Section 14 would not show such a change in the valuation methodology i

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