CUS NTF NO. 128/2006 DATE 30/12/2006

Changes in Customs Tariff - Exemption to specified goods imported under Free Trade Agreement with Sri Lanka.
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. 26/2000-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2000, namely:-

In the said notification, in the TABLE,-

(a) LIST-1 and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted;

(b) in LIST- 2,

(i) against S.No.3, for the entry in column (3), the entry “All goods, other than:-

(a) goods falling under sub-headings 5308 10 or 5311 00; and

(b) coconut coir falling under 5305” shall be substituted;

(ii) against S.No.4, for the entry, in column (3), the entry “All goods, other than:-

(a) yarn of nylon or other polyamides or polyesters, single, untwisted or with twist not exceeding 50 turns per metre; and

(b) goods falling under 5402 11 10, 5402 19, 5404 11 00, 5404 12 00, 5404 19” shall be substituted;

(iii) against S.No.6, for the entry, in column (3), the entry “All goods, other than:-

(a) goods falling under sub-heading 5607 90 (excluding twine, cordage, ropes and cables, whether or not plaited or braided and whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics of jute or textile bast fibres of heading 5303; and

(b) goods falling under 5609” shall be substituted;

(iv) against S.No.9, for the entry in column (2), the entry “3006 10 or 60” shall be substituted;

(c) in LIST- 3,

(i) against S.No 1, for the entry “6205.90” occurring in column (2), the entry “6205 90 (except men’s or boys’ shirts of wool or fine animal hair)” shall be substituted;

(d) in the Annexure appended to this notification,

(i) against List -1,

(a) in column (2), for the figures “22.08”, the figures “2208, 3006 91 00” shall be substituted;

(b) the figures “4809.10, 4811.10, 5305.11, 5305.19, 5402.41, 5402.42, 5402.43, 5607.90” occurring in column (2), shall be omitted;

(c) for the figures “4823.60” occurring column (2), the figures “4823 61 00, 4823 69 00” shall be substituted;

(d) for the figures “5402.10” occurring in column (2), the figures “5402 11 10, 5402 19 ”shall be substituted;

(ii) after List -1 and the entries relating thereto the following List and entries shall be inserted, namely:-

LIST - 1A

“(a) plastic or similar articles, knitted or crocheted fabrics used for sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not absorbable and falling under 3006 10;

(b) carbon or similar copying paper falling under sub-heading 4809 10 90;

(c) tarred, bituminised or asphalted paper and paperboard falling under 4811 10 00;

(d) coconut coir falling under 5305;

(e) yarn of nylon or other polyamides or polyesters, single, untwisted or with twist not exceeding 50 turns per metre falling under heading 5402;

(f) 5607 90 (excluding jute or textile bast fibres of heading 5303);

(g) plastic or similar articles used as connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables and falling under 8536 70 00”.

2. This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of January, 2007.

F.No.528/5/2006-Cus(TU)

(S. Bajaj)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: The principal notification No. 26/2000-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2000, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R.178(E) dated the 1st March, 2000 and was last amended by notification No. 69/2006-Customs, dated the 30th June, 2006 [G.S.R. No.395(E), dated the 30th June, 2006].

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