Notification
No.36/2009-Customs dated 17.4.2009
Govt exempts import of raw and refined sugar from Customs duty
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, Part
II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) 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 (g), the following clause
shall be inserted, namely :-
“(ga) the goods specified against serial No. 38B and 38C of the said Table on or
after the 2nd day of August, 2009.”
(ii) in the Table, after S.No. 38 and the entries relating thereto, the
following shall be inserted, namely :-
| S. No. | Chapter or Heading No. or sub-heading No. | Description of goods | Standard rate | Additional duty rate | Condition No. |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| “38B. | 1701 | Raw sugar | Nil | - | 5A. |
| 38C. | 17019100 or 17019990 | Refined or white sugar | Nil | - | 5B.” |
(iii) in the Annexure, after condition No. 5 and the entries relating thereto, the following conditions shall be inserted, namely :-
| Condition No. | Conditions |
| “5A. | If imported by a sugar factory or a sugar refinery. Explanation.- For the purpose of this notification - (i) “sugar factory” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in Section 2(c) of the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966; (ii) “sugar refinery” means a unit which is engaged in the manufacture of refined sugar starting from the stage of raw sugar. |
| 5B. | If imported by- (i) State Trading Corporation of India Ltd (STC) upto an aggregate quantity of 2.50 lac metric tonnes; (ii) MMTC Limited (MMTC) upto an aggregate quantity of 2.50 lac metric tonnes; (iii) Projects & Equipment Corporation of India Ltd (PEC) upto an aggregate quantity of 2.50 lac metric tonnes; or (iv) National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) upto an aggregate quantity of 2.50 lac metric tonnes, with in the period ending on the 1st August, 2009.” |
F. No.354/78/2009-TRU
(Limatula Yaden)
Deputy 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, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 118(E), dated the 1st March, 2002 and was last amended by notification No. 28/2009-Customs, dated the 26th March, 2009 which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.200(E), dated the 26th March, 2009.
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