This was announced at a press conference held in Mumbai today. The president of the association, Prem Harchandrai said the duty structure announced as part of the current budget extended the scope of weight duty of Rs 150 per kg to ball bearing housings which are mere cast iron bodies not worth over Rs 20 per kg. This will lead to large scale smuggling of this item through Nepal, Myanmar and Pakistan, he claimed. He said though ball and roller bearings were considered capital goods items, the tariff research unit in the Central Board of Excise and Customs had deemed it fit to club it with consumer items like alcoholicbeverages, personal baggage and dry fruits.This was being done as an excessive protection to the domestic bearing manufacturers who are basically MNCs and are involved in manufacturing of a limited range of bearings against the demand of 35,000 variations available in global market.