CUS NTF NO. 23/2005 DATE 01/03/2005

Amendments in the Ntf. No. 25/2002-Cus., dt. 01/03/2002 (Seeks to prescribe a duty on capital goods used by the IT/Electronics industry, subject to actual user condition)
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, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 25/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002 which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 122(E), dated the 1st March, 2002, namely:-

In the said notification, in the Table,-

(i) for S. No. 25 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:-

(1)	(2)	(3)
“25.	CD/CD-R/DVD/DVD-R manufacturing machinery or replication lines comprising of injection moulding machines, metallisers, UV bonding station, inspection station, printing machines (screen and offset), mastering equipment with laser beam recorder, electroplating equipment, stamper punch and back polishing equipment	CD/CD-R/DVD/DVD-R”;

(ii) against S.No. 30, in column(3), after the entries, the following shall be inserted, namely:-

“switches, tape deck mechanism, DC micromotors, loudspeakers”;

(iii) against S.No. 33, in column(3), after the entries, the following shall be inserted, namely:-

“DC micromotors”;

(iv) for S.No. 34 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:-

(1)	(2)	(3)
“34.	CNC wire cut machines	Resistors, capacitors, semiconductors, connectors, relays, switches, tape deck mechanism, DC micromotors, loudspeakers

(v) against S.No. 38, in column(3), after the entries, the following shall be inserted, namely:-

“switches”;

(vi) after S.No. 60 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely:-

(1)	(2)	(3)
61.	Impulse voltage tester; megohm meter	Capacitor, capacitor grade Film
62.	Magnetiser for magnets	Tape deck mechanism, DC micromotor, loudspeakers
63.	Ultrasonic plastic welding machine	PCB assemblies
64.	Fuse cap soldering / Tinning machine with or without marking facility, fuse assembly machine, sorting machine, electronic load–testing equipment, fuse element punching machine with or without skiving facility, fuse element winding machine, auto testing/inspection equipment with or without packing facility, ultrasonic welding machine, marking machine for fuses, ultrasonic cleaning equipment fuses	Glass and ceramic cartridge fuses, blade fuses, automotive fuses and surface mount
65.	Masking Machine	Capacitor, resistor
66.	Lay up station, black oxide system, cam station, copper foil tester, copper foil thickness tester, crystal formation unit, densitometer, digital hole check guage, digital V- score checker, electroless nickel gold & entek line, copper recovery system, fluidised sandbath, fluke multimeter, automatic film processor, gold plating line, desoldering/soldering station, hydraulic depinner, immersion tin line, impedance tester, humidity/ temperature chamber, ionic contamination tester, distributed numerical controlled system (Im DNC)	Printed Circuit Boards
67.	Insert moulding machine, 3D co-ordinate measuring system	Relays and switches”.

[F.No. 334/1/2005- TRU]

(V. Sivasubramanian)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

Note.- The principal notification number No. 25/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002 was published in the Gazette of India vide number G.S.R. 122(E), dated the 1st March, 2002, and was last amended vide notification number 71/2004-Customs, dated the 9th July, 2004 and published in the Gazette of India vide number G.S.R. 413(E), dated the 9th July, 2004.

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