CUS NTF NO. 236/1989 DATE 01/09/1989
Preferential rate of duty for specified goods when imported from specified countries
under Agreement of Global System of Trade Preferences.
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 the goods specified in column (2) of the Table annexed hereto and falling under Chapter or Heading number of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, when imported into India from the countries listed in the Appendix I to this notification from so much of that portion of the standard rate of duty of Customs as is specified in column (4) of the said Table:
Provided that in respect of the goods which are imported from the Less Developed Countries listed in Appendix II to this notification, being a country referred to in Article 17 of the Agreement on the Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries, signed at Belgrade, Yugoslavia on the 13th April, 1988, the exemption shall, in respect of goods specified in column (2) of the said Table against Sl. Nos. 14,15 and 16, be from so much of that portion of the duty of Customs as is specified in column (5) of the said Table:
Provided further that the importer proves to the satisfaction of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs in accordance with the Rules of Origin referred to in Article 15 of the said Agreement that the goods in respect of which the benefit of this exemption is claimed are of the origin of the country listed in the said Annexures.
Explanation. - For the purposes of this notification the standard rate of duty means the standard rate of duty specified in the said First Schedule with respect to the aforesaid goods 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 but not including the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of
Revenue) Nos. 105/99-Customs, dated the 10th August, 1999, 72/2005-Customs, dated the 22nd July 2005, 74/2005-Customs, dated the 22nd July 2005, 75/2005-Customs, dated the 22nd July 2005, 67/2006-Customs, dated the 30th June 2006 and 68/2006-Customs, dated the 30th June 2006
[OLD Nos.26/95-Customs, dated the 16th March, 1995 and
105/99-Cusfoms, dated 10th of August, 1999.
]
(Explanation has been substituted vide CUS NTF NO. 69/2006 DATE 30/06/2006)
TABLE
| Sl. No. | Description of goods | Chapter/ Heading No. in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 | Extent of tariff concession | Extent of special concession |
|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
|---|
| 1 | Copra | 1203.00 | 15 per cent of the standard rate. | — |
| 2 | Seed Lac | 1301 90 [OLD1301.10] | 10 per cent of the standard
rate. | — |
| 3 | Gum Arabic | 1301.20 | 30 per cent of the standard rate. | — |
| 4 | Gum Damar | 1301.90 | 10 per cent of the standard rate. | — |
| 5 | Cane Molasses | 1703.10 | 30 per cent of the standard rate. | — |
| 6 | Other Molasses resulting from extraction or refining of sugar
| 1703.90 | 30 per cent of the standard rate. | — |
| 7 | Silica Sand and Quartz Sand (other than metal bearing sands of Chapter 26) | 2505.10 | 25 per cent of the standard rate. | — |
| 8 | Natural sands of all kinds whether or not coloured, other than metal bearing sand of Chapter 26 (other than silica sand and quartz sand) | 2505.90 | 25 per cent of the standard
rate. | — |
| 9 | Portland Cement (Grey) | 2523.29 | 25 per cent of the standard
rate. | — |
| 10 | Antimony ore | 2617.10 | 10 per cent of the standard
rate. | — |
| 11 | Phosphoric acid for use in manufacture of fertilizer | 2809.20 |
20 per cent of the standard rate. | — |
| 12 | Phosphoric acid for use other than in manufacture of fertilizer
| 2809.20 | 20 per cent of the standard rate. | — |
| 13 | Gelatin and Gelatin derivatives | 3503.00 | 23 per cent of the
standard rate. | — |
| 14 | Calf leather- vegetable pretanned | 41.04 or 41.07 (OLD 4104.21) | 30 per cent of
the standard rate. | 50 per cent of the standard rate. |
| 15 | Calf leather-pretanned (other than vegetable pretanned)
| 41.04 or 41.07 (OLD 4104.22) | 30 per cent of the standard rate. | 50 per cent of the standard
rate. |
| 16 | Calf leather, tanned or retanned but not further prepared | 41.04 or 41.07 (OLD 4104.29) | 30 per cent of the standard rate. | 50 per cent of the standard rate |
(In Sl.Nos.14, 15 & 16 bold figures has been substituted vide Cus Ntf No.135/2001 Dt.31/12/2001)
|
| 17 | Sheets of cork | 4502.00 | 25 per cent of the standard
rate. | — |
| 18 | Cotton yam | 5205.11 to 5205.48 | 30 per cent of the
standard rate | — |
| 19 | Abaca fibre - raw | 5305 00 [OLD5305.21] | 10 per cent of the standard
rate | — |
| 20 | Abaca fibre (other than raw) | 5305 00 [OLD5305.29] | 10 per cent of the
standard rate. | — |
| 21 | Refractory bricks containing by weight singly or together more than 50% of the
elements, Mg, Ca or Cr expressed as MgO, CaO, Cr203 | 6902.10 | 30 per cent of the standard
rate. | — |
| 22 | Refractory bricks containing by weight singly or together more than 50% of
Alumina (A10), of silica (SiO) or of a mixture or compound of these products | 6902.20 | 30 per
cent of the standard rate | — |
| 23 | Other refractory bricks | 6902.90 | 30 per cent of the
standard rate. | — |
| 24 | Aluminium foil of thickness not exceeding 0.2 mm, rolled but not further worked
(not backed) | 7607.11 | 20 per cent of the standard rate. | — |
| 25 | Aluminium foil of thickness not exceeding 0.2 mm other than rolled but not
further worked (not backed) | 7607.19 | 20 per cent of the standard rate | — |
| 26 | Tube and pipe fittings of aluminium | 7609.00 | 15 per cent of
the standard rate. | — |
| 27 | Aluminium reservoirs, tanks, vats, etc., of a capacity exceeding 300
litres | 7611.00 | 15 per cent of the standard rate. | — |
| 28 | Aluminium casks, drums, cans, etc., of a capacity not exceeding 300 litres
excluding collapsible tubular containers | 7612.90 | 15 per cent of the standard rate | —
|
| 29 | Mechanical shovels and excavators (self propelled with a 360 Deg. revolving
super structure) | 8429.52 | 20 per cent of the standard rate | — |
| 30 | Other mechanical shovels and excavators (self-propelled) | 8429.59 | 20 per cent of the standard rate | — |
(Against S.No.2 column (3) has been substituted vide CUS NTF NO. 123/2006 DATE 30/12/2006)
APPENDIX I
|
S.No. | Country |
|---|
| (1) | (2) |
|---|
| 1. | Sri Lanka |
| 2. | DPR Korea |
| 3. | Bangladesh |
| 4. | Iraq |
| 5. | Peru |
| 6. | Zimbabwe |
| 7. | Ghana |
| 8. | Vietnam |
| 9. | Yugoslavia |
| 10. | Singapore |
| 11. | Rumania |
| 12. | United Republic of Tanzania |
| 13. | Cuba |
| 14. | Nigeria |
| 15. | Bolivia |
| 16. | Egypt |
| 17. | Guyana |
| 18. | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
| 19. | Mexico |
| 20. | Morocco |
| 21. | Nicaragua |
| 22. | Pakistan |
| 23. | Republic of Korea |
| 24. | Tunisia |
| 25. | Algeria |
| 26. | Angola |
| 27. | Argentina |
| 28. | Brazil |
| 29. | Cameroon |
| 30. | Chile |
| 31. | Colombia |
| 32. | Ecuador |
| 33. | Indonesia |
| 34. | Iran |
| 35. | Malaysia |
| 36. | Phillippines |
| 37. | Qatar |
| 38. | Thailand |
| 39. | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 40. | Uruguay |
| 41. | Venezuela |
| 42. | Zaire |
| 43. | Benin |
| 44. | Guinea |
| 45. | Haiti |
| 46. | Mozambique |
| 47. | Sudan |
APPENDIX II
|
S. No. | Name of the Country |
|---|
| (1) | (2) |
|---|
| 1. | Bangladesh |
| 2. | United Republic of Tanzania |
| 3. | Benin |
| 4. | Guinea |
| 5. | Haiti |
| 6. | Mozambique |
| 7. | Sudan |
Notification No. 236/89-Cus. , dated 1-9-1989 as amended by Notifications No. 172/93-Cus. , dated 17-9-1993; No. 96/95-Cus. , dated 22-5-199; No. 101/95-Cus. , dated 26-5-1995;No. 166/95-Cus. ,dated 7-12-1995;No.175/95-Cus. , dated 9-12-1995; No. 4/96-Cus. , dated 15-1-1996; No. 19/97-Cus. , dated 1-3-1997 and
No.106/99-Cus. , dated 10-8-1999.
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