The Tribunal held that a process of “manufacture” as defined under the 2005 Act had taken place in the assessee’s special economic zone unit and that the Assessing Officer himself had accepted that the assessee’s unit, processed the raw materials by removing 10 to 20 per cent. impurities, that the cost comparison of the semi-finished product with that of the raw material was also referred to and that the Department had not proved that the certificate issued by the Assistant Development Officer of the Special Economic Zones was not genuine. Accordingly the activity of sieving to separate dust particles. is held to be manufacturing activity. On appeal by the revenue the Court held that the Tribunal is right in holding that the assessee carried on manufacturing activity even though a new product having a distinctive name, character or use was not brought into existence at its special economic zone unit by it and that the assessee was eligible for deduction under section 10AA. (AY.2013-14)
CIT v. Vetrivel Minerals (2020) 428 ITR 75/ 274 Taxman 405/ 196 DTR 469 (Mad.)(HC)
S. 10AA : Special economic zones-Manufacture-Activity of sieving to separate dust particles. [Special Economic Zones Act, 2005. S. 2(r)]