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Customs Notification No-128/2006 dated 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 mens 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].