Challenge to Advance Ruling—Classification of skin care preparations—In the instant case, the appellant had argued that its skin care preparations are Ayurvedic Medicaments. meant for therapeutic or prophylactic uses and put up in packaging for retail sale, and entirely correspond to the description of goods under Tariff Head 3004 of Customs Tariff Act, 1975.
While in the Advance Ruling, it was held that other than 'Pailab' and 'Rupam', the remaining products mentioned in the list submitted by them are not offered primarily as medicaments and, therefore, not to be included under heading 3004.

Now the question before appellate authority is that “Whether Ayurvedic Products manufactured by the Appellant, are classifiable under Chapter 33, or any other Chapter, or as medicaments under Chapter 30 of the Tariff?”
Held that—As per the descriptions of the products printed on the labels of the products when packaged for retail sale and for information to the customer it is found that the products are used mostly for brightening the skin, controlling the excess oil secretion, keeping skin clean glossy and free of freckles and spots, beautifying the skin of sunburn and black patches etc, - None of the descriptions qualify for categorising the products as “medicaments” or “medicines” as they are not used in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of disease or disorder in human beings; rather they are more in tandem with the definition of 'cosmetics' as we find in the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, because none of the problems that these products treat can be classified as “Injury” or “ailment”.

Thus, the 31 products discussed, supplied or intended to be supplied by the Appellant, are not to be classified under Chapter 30, but are to be classified under Chapter 33 (Cosmetics) or Chapter 34 (Soaps).

Advance Ruling stands modified - appeal disposed off. [2018] 3 TAXLOK.COM 8 (AAAR-WB)