Notification No. 6/2005-C.E. Dated 1/3/2005

Govt. has specified 8-digit Central Excise Tariff which will be effective from 28-2-2005- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) read with sub-section (3) of section 85 of Finance Act, 2005 (18 of 2005 ), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts goods specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling within heading, sub-heading or tariff item of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) as amended by the Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 (5 of 2005) and specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, from so much of the additional duty of excise leviable under sub-section (1) of section 85 of the said Finance Act, as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table.
 

Table

S. No.

heading or sub-heading or tariff item

Description of goods

Rate of additional duty of excise

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

1.

21069020

Pan masala (not containing tobacco)

1[6%]

old[5.5%]

2.

2401

Un-manufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse, bearing a brand name

4.2%

3.

2401

Un-manufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse, not bearing brand name

Nil

4.

24021010

Cigars and cheroots of tobacco

1.6%

5.

24021020

Cigarillos of tobacco

1.6%

6.

24029090

Other

1.6%`

7.

24031010

Hookah or gudaku tobacco, bearing a brand name

6.0%

8.

24031010

Hookah or gudaku tobacco, not bearing a brand name

Nil

9.

24031090

Other smoking tobacco, bearing a brand name

6.0%

10.

24031090

Other smoking tobacco, not bearing a brand name

Nil

11.

24039100

“Homogenised” or “reconstituted” tobacco, bearing a brand name

6.0%

12.

24039100

“Homogenised” or “reconstituted” tobacco, not bearing a brand name

Nil

13.

24039910

Chewing tobacco

6.0%

14.

24039920

Preparations containing chewing tobacco

6.0%

15.

24039930

Jarda Scented tobacco

6.0%

16.

24039940

Snuff

6.0%

17.

24039950

Preparations containing snuff

6.0%

18.

24039960

Tobacco extracts and essence, bearing a brand name

6.0%

19.

24039960

Tobacco extracts and essence, not bearing a brand name

Nil

20.

24039990

Pan masala containing tobacco ‘gutkha’

6.0%

21.

24039990

All goods, bearing a brand name

6.0%

22.

24039990

All goods, not bearing a brand name (other than pan masala containing tobacco)

Nil


Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification, ‘brand name or trade name’ means a brand name or trade name, whether registered or not, that is to say, a name or a mark, such as a symbol, monogram, label, signature or invented words or any writing which is used in relation to a product, for the purpose of indicating, or so as to indicate, a connection in the course of trade between the product and some person using such name or mark with or without any indication of the identity of that person.


1. Change vide Notification No. 9/2007-CE Dated 1/3/2007

 

 

as amended by [Notification No. 22/2005-CE dt 13-5-2005 and Notification No. 9/2007-CE dt. 1/3/2007]