Notification No.56/2008-CUSTOMS dated 29.4.2008
Amends Notification No. 21/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002 [Basic Customs duty on newsprint lowered to 3%, Import of steel, steel products, zinc, met coke, pig iron & Import of TMT Bars exempted ]

 

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. 21/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002 which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number G.S.R.118 (E) of the same date, namely:-

 

In the said notification,-

(I) in the preamble, in the proviso, after clause (iae), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

            “(iaf) the goods specified against serial No. 446 of the said Table on or before the 30th day of April, 2008.”;  

(II) in the Table,-

(i)                  against S. No. 3, for the entry in column (4), the entry “5%” shall be substituted;

(ii)                against S. No. 3AA, for the entry in column (3), the entry “Butter, ghee and butter oil” shall be substituted;

(iii)               against S. No. 71, for the entry in column (4), the entry “Nil” shall be substituted;

(iv)              against S. No. 154, for the entry in column (4), the entry “3%” shall be substituted;

(v)                against S. No. 184, for the entry in column (4), the entry “Nil” shall be substituted;

(vi)              against S. No. 190A, for the entry in column (4), the entry “Nil” shall be substituted;

(vii)             for S. No. 190B and the entries relating thereto, the following S. Nos. and entries shall be substituted, namely :-

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

“190B.

7204

All goods other than seconds and defectives

5%

-

 

-

190C.

 

7203, 7205, 7206, 7207, 7208, 7209, 7210, 7211, 7212, 7213, 7214, 7215, 7216 or 7217

All goods other than seconds and defectives

Nil

-

-”;

 

(viii)           against S. No. 197, for the entry in column (4), the entry “Nil” shall be substituted;

(ix)              for S. No. 198 and the entries relating thereto, the following S. No. and entries shall be substituted, namely :-

 

S. No.

Chapter or heading or sub-heading or tariff item

Description of goods

Standard rate

Additional duty rate

Condition No.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

“198.

7202

All goods

Nil

-

 

-”;

 

(x)                after S. No. 202 and the entries relating thereto, the following S. No. and entries shall be inserted, namely:-

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

“202A.

72

Thermo-mechanically treated (TMT) bars and structurals

-

Nil

-”;

 

(xi)              against S. No. 207, for the entries in column (3), the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“All goods other than the following:-

(i) goods mentioned against S. Nos. 190A, 190B, 190C, 197, 198, 200 or 202 above; and

(ii) seconds and defectives of goods falling under Chapter 72”;

(xii)             against S. No. 446, for the entry in column (2), the entry “1108 12 00” shall be substituted;

(xiii)           against S. No. 561, for the entry in column (4), the entry “Nil” shall be substituted;

(xiv)           after S. No. 579 and the entries relating thereto, the following S. No. and entries shall be inserted, namely:-

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

“579A.

7901 or 7902

All goods

Nil

-

-”.

 

 [F.No.B-1/1/2008-TRU] 

(S. Bajaj)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

 

Note: The principal notification No.21/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 118(E), dated the 1st March, 2002 and was last amended vide notification No.42/2008-Customs, dated the 1st April, 2008 published vide number G.S.R.259(E), dated the 1st April, 2008.

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