CUSTOMS
NOTIFICATION No. 37/2001 Dated 31st March, 2001
Additional Duty on alcoholic liquors under Headings 22.03,
22.04, 22.05, 22.06 or 22.08
In
exercise of the powers conferred by proviso to sub-section (1) of section 3 of
the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975)
which has been inserted by sub-clause (a) of clause 110 of the Finance Bill,
2001, 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, having regard to the excise duties for the time
being leviable on like alcoholic liquors
produced or manufactured in different states, or the excise duties which would
be leviable for the time being in different states on the class or description
of alcoholic liquor, as the case may be, hereby specifies, on goods of the
description specified in column (3) of the Table below, and falling under the
heading Nos. of the First Schedule to the said Customs
Tariff Act as are specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the
said Table, when imported into India, the rates of additional duty specified in
the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table.
S.
No. |
Heading
No. |
Description
of goods |
Rate
of additional duty |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
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1. |
22.03,
22.04, 22.05, 22.06 or 22.08 |
All
goods put up in bottles or cans or any other packing, for ultimate sale in
retail and having a CIF price,- |
150%
ad val. 100%
ad val. 75%
ad val. |
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(a) |
not
exceeding US $ 20 per case; |
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(b) |
exceeding
US $ 20 but not exceeding US $ 40 per case |
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(c) |
exceeding
US $ 40 per case |
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Explanation:
For the purpose of this notification, |
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(i) |
a
“case’ shall mean a packing containing a total volume of nine litres
of liquor; |
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(ii) |
the
CIF price of any goods put up in packings of a size other than nine litres
shall be determined on a pro-rata basis. |
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2.
This notification shall come into force on the 1st day of April,
2001.
Sd/-
(Prashant Kumar Sinha)
Under Secretary to the Government of India