GOQii moves SC over higher customs duty on fitness trackers

New Delhi: Fitness technology company GOQii Technologies on Tuesday sought Supreme Court’s intervention to decide whether its imported fitness bands and activity trackers are communication devices attracting higher customs duty of 10% or 20%, or pedometers attracting a lower rate of 7.5%.

A bench led by Justice PS Narsimha sought response from the customs department on GOQii Technologies’ appeal challenging classification of fitness bands as communication devices by the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal on April 13.