G.S.R..…(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts, -

(i) goods of the description as specified in column (3) of the TABLE 1 appended hereto and falling under the Tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said TABLE, from so much of the duty of customs leviable thereon as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said TABLE;

(ii) goods of the description as specified in column (3) of the TABLE 2 appended hereto and falling under the Tariff Item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said TABLE, from so much of that portion of the applied rate of duty of customs leviable thereon as is specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said TABLE;

Explanation. - For the purposes of this notification, "applied rate of duty" means the sum of the standard rate of duty specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess leviable under section 124 of the Finance Act, 2021 (13 of 2021) in respect of the goods specified in the said TABLE, read with any other notification for the time being in force, issued in respect of such goods under sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962);

(iii)all goods falling under the Tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, as are specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the TABLE 3, from the whole of the duty of Customs, to a quantity of imports, hereinafter referred to as Tariff Rate Quota, not exceeding a total of 7.5 million pieces, for All goods combined in the said TABLE, in a year, subject to any of the conditions, specified in the Annexure to this notification, the condition number of which is mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said TABLE;

(iv)goods of the description specified in column (3) of the TABLE 4 below, and falling within the Tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, as are specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said TABLE in such quantity of total imports of such goods in a year, as specified in column (4) of the said TABLE (hereinafter referred to as the ‘tariff rate quota (TRQ) quantity’), from so much of the duty of customs leviable thereon under the said First Schedule as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) of the said TABLE (hereinafter referred to as the ‘In-quota tariff rate’) and from so much of the Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) leviable under section 124 of the Finance Act, 2021 (13 of 2021), as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (6) of the said TABLE (hereinafter referred to as the ‘In-quota AIDC rate’) , subject to any of the conditions, specified in the Annexure to this notification, the condition number of which is mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (7) of the said TABLE, when imported into Republic of India from Republic of Mauritius:

Provided that the exemption shall be available only if importer proves to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, that the goods in respect of which the benefit of this exemption is claimed are of the origin of Republic of Mauritius, in terms of rules as may be notified in this regard by the Central Government by publication in the official Gazette read with Customs (Administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements) Rules, 2020;

Provided further that nothing contained in this notification shall apply to the goods in respect of which the Automatic Trigger Safeguard Mechanism (ATSM) is invoked in accordance with the Side Letter to the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement between the Republic of India and Republic of Mauritius, as issued by Republic of India, on or after the date of such invocation.

2. This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of April, 2021.
 

[F. No. 354/111/2005–TRU (Pt-III)]

(Gaurav Singh)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India