Notification No. 95/ 2017-Customs Dated 22/12/2017

Seeks to further amend Notification No. 69/2011-Customs, dated 29th July, 2011 so as to provide a deepen the concessional rate of basic customs duty in respect of tariff item 8708 40 00 [gear box and parts thereof, of specified motor vehicles], w.e.f. 1st of January, 2018, when imported under the India-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IJCEPA).-

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.152/2009-Customs, dated the 31stDecember, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 943 (E), dated the 31stDecember, 2009, namely:-

    In the said notification, in the Table-

    i)     in serial numbers 11, 12, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 55, 57, 58, 59B, 60, 62, 65, 70, 71, 84, 87, 92,99,101, 104, 110, 111 and 113, for the entry in column (4), the entry, “16.50”, shall be substituted;

    ii)     in serial numbers 27, 28, 56, 137, 143, 179 and 181, for the entry in column (4), the entry “2.75” shall be substituted;

    iii)     in serial number 30, for the entry in column (4), the entry “13.75”shall be substituted;

    iv)     in serial numbers 35 and 112, for the entry in column (4), the entry “8.25” shall be substituted;

    v)     in  serial numbers 16, 41, 891 and 898, for the entry in column (4), the entry “55.00” shall be substituted;

    vi)     in serial number 44, for the entry in column (4), the entry “19.25” shall be substituted;

    vii)     in serial number 54, for the entry in column (4), the entry “38.50” shall be substituted;

    viii)     in serial number 73, for the entry in column (4), the entry “24.75” shall be substituted;

    ix)     in serial number 74, for the entry in column (4), the entry “22.00” shall be substituted;

    x)     in serial numbers 83,141, 149, 172 and 232,for the entry in column (4), the entry“5.50” shall be substituted;

    xi)     in serial numbers 154, 159, 184, 187, 189, 191, 193, 195, 197, 199, 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 214, 217, 218, 222, 224, 227, 229, 231, 236, 240, 248, 265,267, 269, 277, 283, 287, 296, 302, 306, 331, 333, 337, 350, 426, 431, 441, 444, 445, 451, 464, 469, 470, 473, 493, 504, 578, 585, 587, 648, 653, 661,665, 788, 826, 843, 857, 862, 894, 895, 962 and 964, for the entry in column (4), the entry “6.88” shall be substituted;

    xii)     in serial numbers 280, 293 and 314, for the entry in column (4), the entry“11.00” shall be substituted;

    xiii)     in serial numbers 508 and 511, for the entry in column (4), the entry “4.13” shall be substituted.

2.    This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1stday of January, 2018.

[F.No.354/107/1996-TRU (Vol. III)]

(Ruchi Bisht)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note.-The principal notification No.152/2009-Customs, dated the 31stDecember, 2009 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 943 (E), dated the 31stDecember, 2009 and was last amended by notification No. 66/2016-Customs, dated the 31stDecember, 2016, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R 1206 (E), dated the 31stDecember,2016.