I-Customs, Excise and Service Taxes Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), eHyderabad, isanda kuchitha isinqumo sayo sokuhlukanisa kabusha imikhiqizo engenisiwe ye-Jasmine Biotechnologies evela ku-izivundisi ze-bio ezisetshenziswa ekubulaleni izibulala-zinambuzane.
Inkantolo inqume ukuthi iziphathimandla zentela zehlulekile ukunikeza ubufakazi obukholisayo, obuthembekile nobufanele ngokomthetho bokuthi imikhiqizo yayiyizibulala-zinambuzane noma izimpahla ezingavunyelwe.
Ibhentshi eliqukethe uKhomishana Wezobulungiswa u-Angad Prasad kanye noKhomishana Wezobuchwepheshe u-Ak Choteesh bavumele amacala amane ahlobene nawo ngokumelene nomyalelo kaKhomishana Wezokudlulisa Amacala, eHyderabad.
Impikiswano iphathelene nemikhiqizo engenisiwe emenyezelwe njengomkhiqizo wokuvikela izitshalo “i-Jinbo K Bio-fertilizer/Exodus”, ewela ngaphansi kwentela yentela yentela inombolo 3101 0099.
I-ejensi ithe imikhiqizo engenisiwe iqukethe ama-matrine kanye namakhemikhali ahlobene nawo. Ngakho-ke, ngaphansi koMthetho Wezibulala-zinambuzane ka-1968, le mikhiqizo kumele ihlukaniswe njengezibulala-zinambuzane ngaphansi kweSahluko 38 kanyekuncike ekubhalisweni.
Iziphathimandla zentela zisole izwe ngokuhlinzeka ngolwazi olungamanga kanye nokwephula uMthetho Wezibulala-zinambuzane ngokusekelwe emibikweni yelabhorethri evela kwi-Regional Centre for Organic Farming (RCOF) eBangalore kanye ne-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) eHyderabad.
Lezi zimpahla zathathwa ngaphansi kweSigaba 111(d) kanye no-111(m) soMthetho Wezentela. Izinhlawulo nazo zabekwa ngaphansi kweSigaba 112(a) kanye no-114AA.
Kodwa-ke, inkantolo ithole ukungahambisani okukhulu emibikweni yelabhorethri. Inkantolo iphawule ukuthi omunye wemibiko usho ngokusobala ukuthi "imiphumela yokuhlaziya ayibonisanga noma yiziphi iziqongo ezihlobene nezibulala-zinambuzane."
“Uma ilabhorethri ngokwayo isiqophe ukungabikho kweziqongo zezibulala-zinambuzane, umnyango awukwazi ukuthembela ngokukhetha ekubeni khona kwama-alkaloid emvelo ukuze uphethe ngokuthi umkhiqizo uyisibulala-zinambuzane,” kusho ijaji.
Inkantolo inqume ukuthi ukuba khona nje kwama-alkaloid emvelo akubonisi ngokuzenzakalelayo ukuthi umkhiqizo ongenisiwe uyisibulala-zinambuzane.
Inkantolo iphinde yaphawula ukuthi le nhlangano yehlulekile ukunikeza ubufakazi bokusekela ukusebenza kahle kwemikhiqizo, imibono yochwepheshe, noma imibiko yocwaningo lokumaketha—ubufakazi obungafakazela ukuthi imikhiqizo ithole ukuqashelwa kwezentengiselwano noma ithengiswe njengezibulala-zinambuzane.
Inkantolo yaqhubeka yathi: “UMnyango wehlulekile ukufakazela ukufihla ngamabomu noma ukuqamba amanga. Zonke izimpahla ezingenisiwe zibhaliswe ngokuhambisana nezimemezelo ezisemthethweni zokungenisa impahla, zihambisana nencazelo yemikhiqizo kanye nemibhalo esekelayo efanele. Lezi zimpahla azizange zingeniswe ngasese.”
Inkantolo iphinde yanquma ukuthi ukwehluleka ukubuza ababhali bombiko wobuchwepheshe kwakungukwephulwa kwesimiso sobulungiswa bemvelo.
"Izijeziso ezibekwa ngaphansi kweZigaba 112(a) kanye no-114AA zoMthetho Wezentela azinakuba semthethweni njengoba kungekho bufakazi bokubandakanyeka ngamabomu kanye nokukhwabanisa, ukukhwabanisa ngamabomu noma ukugwema intela ngamabomu," kusho ijaji.
Inkantolo inqume ukuthi i-ejensi yehlulekile ukunikeza ubufakazi obukholisayo, obuthembekile nobuvunyelwe ngokomthetho ukusekela izimangalo zayo futhi ngenxa yalokho yathola ukuthi ukuhlelwa kabusha kwemikhiqizo ngaphansi kwe-Customs Tariff No. 3808 9199 kwakungafanele.
Ngakho-ke, ukuphucwa kwempahla, ukuqoqwa kwezintela, ukukhokhwa kwezinhlawulo, kanye nezijeziso ezibekiwe kwachithwa. Isikhalazo samukelwa.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Meyi-19-2026
