CUS NTF NO. 19/2000 DATE 01/03/2000

Exemption to specified goods from Surcharge of Customs
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), read with sub-clause (4) of clause 86 of the Finance Bill, 2000, which clause has, by virtue of the declaration made in the said Finance Bill under the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1931 (16 of 1931), the force of law, the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the goods of the description specified in column (2) of the Table below and , falling within the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), when imported into India, from the whole of the surcharge of customs leviable thereon by virtue of the provision of sub-clause (4) of the said clause 86:

Provided that in respect of the goods specified against S.No. 1 of the said Table, the exemption under this notification shall be subject to the condition, if any, subject to which the goods are exempt either partially or wholly from the duty of customs leviable thereon which is specified in the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act:

Provided further that the exemption under this notification shall bot be applicable in respect of goods mentioned against serial No.3, where the mode of levy of duty of customs under the said First Schedule is ad valorem or specific, whichever is higher, if the sum of duty calculated at such ad valorem rate and the surcharge calculated on the basis of the ad valorem duty exceeds the an\mount of duty calculated at the specific rate.

Table

S. No.	Description of goods
(1)	(2)
1.	Gold and silver’ i. including ornaments ( but excluding ornaments studded with stones or pearls ), improted into India or taken delivery by an eligible passenger in terms of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance ( Department of Revenue ), Nos. 171/94-Customs and 172/94-Customs, both dated the 30th September, 1994; ii. imported in terms of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance ( Department of Revenue ), No. 117/94-Customs, dated the 27th April, 1994; or iii. imported in terms of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance ( Department of Revenue), No. 80/97-Customs, dated the 21st October, 1997.
2.	All goods, falling under the following heading or sub-heading Now, namely:- 0204.41, 0207.12, 0712.20, 0712.30, 0712.90 , 0802.11, 0802.12, 0806.40, 0910.40, 10.01, 1108.11, 1108.13, 15.02, 17.01, 2106.90, 2207.10, 22.08, 2510.20, 27.09, 27.10, 27.12, 27.13, 27.14, 27.15, 3102.21, 3104.30, 3105.20, 6105.30, 3105.40, 3105.51, 3105.59, 3105.60, 3105.90, 3302.10, 4001.21, 4001.22, 4001.29, 4011.30, 45104. 41.05, 41.06, 41.07, 49.01, 49.03, 49.07, 51.05, 51.06, 51.07, 51.08, 51.11, 51.12, 51.13, 52.04, 52.05, 52.06, 5208.41, 5208.42, 5208.51, 5208.21, 5208.53, 5208.59, 5209.42, 5209.51, 5209.52, 5209.59, 5210.41, 5210.51, 5210.52, 5210.59, 5211.42, 5211.51, 5211.52, 5211.59, 5212.24, 53.09, 54.01, 54.02, 54.03, 54.04, 54.05, 54.06, 54.07 ( except 5407.69 ), 54.08 ( except 5408.10 and 5408.21 ), 55.01, 55.02, 55.03, 55.04, 55.06, 55.07, 55.08, 55.09, 55.10, 55.11, 5512.19, 5512.29, 5512.99, 5513.21, 5513.22, 5513.22, 5513.23, 5513.29, 5513.31, 5513.32, 5513.33, 5513.39, 5513.41, 5513.42, 5513.43, 5513.49, 5514.21, 5514.22, 5514.23, 5514.29, 5514.31, 5514.32, 5514.33, 5514.39, 5514.41, 5514.42, 5514.43, 5514.49, 5516.14, 5516.24, 5516.43, 5516.44, 5516.93, 56.01, ( except 5601.10 ), 5602. 56.03, 56.04, 56.05, 56.06, 56.07, 56.08, 56.09, 5702.32, 5702.42, 5702.52, 5702.92, 5703.20, 5703.30, 5704, 58.01, 58.04, 5806.32, 58.07, 5808.90, 58.09, 5810.10, 59.01, 59.02, 59.03, 59.10, 59.11, 6001.92, 6002.42, 6002.43, 6103.42, 6103.43, 6104.19, 6104.41, 6104.43, 6104.44, 6104.49, 6104.62, 6104.63, 61.05, 6106.10, 6106.91, 6107.11, 6107.11, 6107.12, 6108.21, 6108.21, 6108.22, 61.09, 6110.10, 6110.20, 6110.30, 61.15, 6201.11, 6201.12, 6201.91, 6201.92, 6201.93, 6202.11, 6202.12, 6202.13,6202.91, 6202.92, 6202.93, 6203.11, 6203.31, 6203.32, 6203.39, 6203.41, 6203.42, 6203.43, 6204.32, 6204.41, 6204.42, 6204.43, 6204.44, 6204.44, 6204.49, 6204.51, 6204.62, 6204.69, 6206.30, 6207.11, 6212.10, 62.14, 62.15, 63.01, ( except 6301.90 ), 6302.10, 6302.21, 6302.22, 6302.29, 6302.31, 6302.32, 6302.51, 6302.52, 6302.53, 6302.60, 6302.91, 63.03, 6304.11, 6304.19, 6304.91, 6902.10, 6902.30, 6902.90, 7202.70, 8001.10, 8001.10, 8104.11, 8104.04, 84.01, 84.02, 8403.90, 8404.20, 8404.90, 84.05, 84.06, 84.10, 84.11, 8412.10, 8412.21, 8412.29, 8412.31, 8412.29, 8412.90, 8413.40, 8413.40, 8413.92, 8414.10, 8414.20, 8414.40, 84.16, 84.17, 84.18, 8418.10, 8418.30, 8418.40, 8418.50, 8418.61, 8418.69, 8419.20, 8419.31, 8419.32, 8419.39, 8419.39, 8419.40, 8419.40, 84.20, 8421.11, 8421.12, 421.19, 8421.22, 8423.90, 8424.30, 8424.81, 8424.89, 8424.90, 84.25, 8426.11, 8426.12, 8426.19, 8426.20, 8426.30, 8426.49, 8426.99, 84.28, 84.29, 84.30, 8431.10, 8431.31, 8431.39, 8431.41, 8431.42, 8431.43, 8431.49, 84.32, 84.32, 8433.20, 8433.30, 8433.40, 8433.51, 8433.52, 8433.53, 8433.59, 8433.60, 8433.90, 84.34, 84.35, 84.36, 84.37, 8438.30, 8438.90, 84.39, 84.40, 8441.20, 8441.30, 8441.40, 8441.80, 8441.90, 84.42, 84.43, 84.44, 84.45, 84.46, 84.47, 8448.11, 8448.20, 8448.31, 8448.32, 8448.33, 8448.39. 8448.41, 8448.42, 8448.49, 8448.51, 8448.51, 8448.59, 84.49, 8451.21, 8451.29, 8451.30, 8451.40, 8451.40, 8451.50, 8451.80, 8451.21, 8452.29, 8452.30, 8452.40, 84.53, 84.54, 84.55, 8460.39, 8466.93, 8466.94, 84.67, 8468.90, 8469.11, 84.70, 8473.21, 8473.29, 8473.50, 84.74, 8476.90, 84.77, 84.78, 8473.20, 8479.30, 8479.40, 8479.90, 84.80, 8481.40, 8501.33, 8501.34, 8501.53, 8501.61, 8501.61, 8501.62, 8501.63, 8501.64, 8502.40, 85.03, 85.03, 8504.22, 8504.23, 8504.33, 8504.90, 8505.20, 8505.61, 8505.90, 8508.90, 8514.10, 8514.20, 8514.30, 8514.90, 8515.21, 8515.29, 8515.31, 8515.39, 8515.80, 8515.90, 8516.90, 8516.90, 8517.11, 8517.21, 8517.22, 8517.30, 8517.50, 8517.80, 8517.90, 8502.20, 8523.11, 8523.12, 8523.13, 8523.20, 8523.90, 8524.31, 8524.40, 8524.91, 8525.20, 8531.20, 8532.22, 8532.23, 8532.25, 8532.29, 8532.30, 85.35, 8537.20, 8543.81, 8545.11, 8803.10, 8803.20, 8803.30, 9016.00, 90.24, 9026.20, 9026.80, 9026.90, 9027.10, 9027.20, 9027.20, 9027.20, 9027.30, 9027.50, 9027.80, 9027.90 and 9030.40
3.	All goods, falling under the following heading or sub-heading Nos. namelu:- 5208.49, 5209.41, 5209.43, 5210.42, 5210.49, 5211.41, 5211.43, 5212.15, 5212.25, 5516.13, 5516.94, 5802.19, 61.01 ( except 6101.90 ), 61.02 ( except 6102.90 ) , 6104.19, 6104.51, 6104.52, 5104.53, 6104.59, 6106.90, 6108.91, 6208.92, 6210.90, 6201.13, 6203.12, 6203.19, 6203.21, 6203.22, 6203.23, 6203.29, 6203.33, 6203.49, 6204.11, 6204.13, 6204.13, 6204.19, 6204.19, 6204.31, 6204.33, 6204.39, 6204.61, 62.05, 6206.20, 6206.40, 6207.19, 6207.99, 6208.11, 6208.19, 6208.91, 6208.92, 62.10, ( except 6210.10 ), 6211.32, 6211.33, 6211.42, 6211.43, 62.12 ( except 6212.10 ).
4.	Fatty livers of ducks or geese, fresh or chilled falling under sub-heading No. 0207.34
5.	Homeopathic medicine falling under Chapter 30
6.	Yarns of glass fibres, not coloured falling under heading No. 70.19
7.	Narrow woven fabrics of glass fibre falling under headiang No. 70.19
8.	Interchangeable tools for metal working hand tools, falling under sun-headiang NO. 8207.90
9.	Aeroplane engines, falling under sub-heading No. 8407.10
10.	Parts of aeroplane engines, falling under sub-heading No. 8409.10
11.	Reciprocating positive displacement pumps, excluding those to be used with swimming pools, falling under sub-heading No. 8413.50
12.	Rotary positive displacement pumps, excludingthose to be used with swimming pools,falling under sub-heading No. 8413.60
13.	Centrifugal pumps,excluding those to be used with swimming pools falling under sub-heading No. 8413.70
14.	Pumps, excluding those to be used with swimming pools, falling under sub-heading No. 8413.81
15.	Filteringor purifying machinery and apparatus for filteringor purifying water, excluding those to be used with swimming pools, falling under sub-heading No. 8421.21
16.	Crank shaft turning lathes and cam shaft turning lathe, falling water sub-heading No.8458.11, 8458.19 or 8458.99
17.	Tool room precision optical co-ordinate jig boring machines including numerical control, falling under sub-heading No. 8459.40
18.	Floor and table type horizontal boring machines above 160 mm spindle diameter, falling under sub-heading No. 8459.40
19.	Spline shaft grinding machines, falling under sub-heading No. 8460.29
20.	Precision double disc (duplex) grinders for sizing,falling under sub-heading No.8460.29
21.	Thread grinding machines, falling under sub-heading No 8460.29
22.	Race ways super-finishing machines for finishing the races of bearings, falling under sub-heading No. 8460.90
23.	Automatic straight bevel/hypoid bevel gear generators, hypoid bevel gear lappers, gear tooth honing machines and gear shaving machines, falling under sub-heading No. 8461.40
24.	Hydraulic cold circular saws of bar capacity above 530 mm, falling under sub-heading No. 8461.50
25.	Automatic multi-station bolt making machines comprising of feeding, cutting, uspetting and threading mechanism with automatictransfer mechanism between the stations, falling under sub-heading No. 8462.10
26.	Hydraulic extrusion presses for manufacture of seamless tubes or profiles of steel and non-ferrous metals, falling under sub-heading No. 8462.91
27.	Impact extrusion presses for manufacture of rigid and collapsible tubes, falling under sub-heading No. 8462.91
28.	Automatic rigid can trimming machines for trimming, threading, rolling, bending and knurling hollow bodies of non-ferrous metals, falling under sub-heading No, 8462.99
29.	Gear quenching press, falling under sub-heading No. 8462.99
30.	Impact extrusion presses for manufacture of rigid and collapsible tubes, falling under sub-heading No. 8462.99
31.	Automatic Teller Machines, falling under sub-heading No. 8472.90
32.	Printed Circuit Assemblies of word processing machines, falling under sub-heading No. 8473.10
33.	Populated Printed Circuit Boards (Motherboards), falling under sub-heading No. 8473.30
34.	Printed circuit assemblies for automatic teller machines, falling under sub-heading No 8473.40
35.	Turbo alternators falling under sub-heading No. 8502.31 or 8502.39
36.	Static convertors (excluding separately presented power supply units for automatic date processing machines, satisfying the conditions laid down in Note 5(B) (b) to Chapter 84) falling under sub-heading No. 8504.40
37.	Static converters for automatic data processing machines and units thereof, and telecommunication apparatus, falling undersub-heading No. 8504.40
38.	Inductors for power supplies for automatic data processing machines, falling under sub-heading No.8504.50
39.	Printed Cirucuit Assemblies falling under sub-heading No.8504.90, for- i. static converters ii. automatic data processing machines and units thereof; iii. telecommunication apparatus; iv. inductors for power supplies forautomatic data processing machines and units thereof, andtelecommunication apparatus
40.	Set top Boxes which have a communication function, falling under sub-heading No. 8517.80, that is, a microprocessor based deviceincorporating a modem for gaining access to the Internet and having a function of interactive information exchange
41.	Loudspeakers, other than cone type, without housing, having frequency range of 300Hz to 3, 4 KHz with a diameter of not excedding 50mm, for telecommunication use, falling under sub-heading N. 8518.29
42.	Line telephone handsets, falling under sub-heading No. 8518.30
43.	Printed circuit assemblies, falling under sub-heading No. 8518.90, for- i. Microphones having a frequency range of 3000Hz to 3,4 KHz with a diameter not exceeding 10mm, and a height not exceeding 3mm, for telecommunication use; ii. Loudspeakers, without housing, having a frequency range of 300Hz to 3.4 KHz with a diameter not exceeding 50mm, for telecommunication use; or iii. Line telephone hand sets
44.	Printed Circuit Assemblies for Telephone Answering Machines, falling under sub-heading No. 8422.90
45.	Floppy Diskettes falling under sub-heading No. 8523.20
46.	Transmission apparatus, other than apparatus for radio broadcasting or television, falling under sub-heading No.8525.10
47.	Digital still image video cameras, falling under sub-heading No. 8525.40
48.	Portable receivers for calling, alerting or paging, falling under sub-heading No. 8527.90
49.	Aerials and antennae of a kind used with apparatus for radio-telephony and radio-telegraphy, falling under sub-heading No. 8529.10
50.	Parts (including populated PCBs), falling under sub-heading NO.8529.90, for- i. Transmission apparatus other than apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatus; ii. Digital still image video cameras; or iii. Portable receivers for calling, alerting or paging
51.	Flat anel displays of a kind used in automtic data processing machines and telecommunication apparatus, fallin under sub-heading No.8531.80
52.	Parts of indicator panels incorporating Liquid Crystal Devices or Light Emitting Diodes, falling under sub-heading No. 8531.90
53.	Electronic AC switches, falling under sub-heading No. 8536.50, consisting of optically coupled input and output circuits (insulated thyristor AC switches), Electronic switches including temperature protected electronic switches, consisting of a transistor and a logic chip (chip-on-chip technology) for a voltage not exceeding 1000 velts, Electromechanical snap-action switches for a current not exceeding 11 amperes, switches of contact rating less than 5 amperes at voltage not exceeding 250 volts
54.	Plugs and sockets for coaxial cables and printed circuits, falling under sub-heading No.8536.69.
55.	Connection and contact elements for wires and cables, falling under sub-heading No.8536.90
56.	Printed circuit assemblies, falling under sub-heading No. 8538.90, for the following goods of heading No. 85.36, namely:- i. Electronic AC switches consisting of optically coupled input and output circutis (insulated thyristor AC switches) ii. Electronic switches including temperature protected electronic switches, consisting of a transistor and a logic chip (chip-on-chip technology) for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts iii. Electromechanical snap-action switches for a current not exceeding 11 amperes, switches of contact rating less than 5 amperes at voltage not exceeding 250 volts iv. Plugs and Sockets for co-axial cables and printed circuits v. Connection and contact elements for wires and cables vi. Wafer probers
57.	Electrical machines with translation or dictionary function, falling under sub-heading No. 8543.89
58.	Printed circuit assemblies, falling under sub-heading No.8543.90, for - i. Proximity tags and cards, ii. Electrical machines with translation or dictionary functions
59.	Electrical conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 80V, of kind used for telecommunications, falling under sub-heading Nos. 8544.41 or 8544.49
60.	Electrical conductors, for a voltage exceeding 80V, but not exceeding 1000V, fitted with connectors, of a kind used for telecommunications, falling under sub-heading No. 8544.51
61.	Pillows, cushions and similar furnishings of cotton, falling under sub-heading No. 9404.90
62.	Drafting or drawing machines, falling under sub-heading No. 9017.10 or 9017.20
63.	Printed circuit assemblies for Drawing and Drafting machines of heading No. 90.17, falling under sub-heading NO.9017.90
64.	Voltmeters designed for mounting on switchboard of over 250 V, falling under sub-heading No. 9030.39

(T. R. Rustagi)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India

F.No.334/1/2000-TRU

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