Notification No. 236/`89-Cus Dated 01-09-89

Exemption available on cetain goods when imported from some specified countries.-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the goods specified in column (2) of the Table annexed hereto and falling under Chapter or Heading number of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, when imported into India from the countries listed in the Appendix I to this notification from so much of that portion of the standard rate of duty of Customs as is specified in column (4) of the said Table:

Provided that in respect of the goods which are imported from the Less Developed Countries listed in Appendix II to this notification, being a country referred to in Article 17 of the Agreement on the Global System Of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries, signed at Belgrade, Yugoslavia on the 13th April, 1988, the exemption shall, in respect of goods specified in column (2) of the said Table against Sl. Nos. 14, 15 and 16, be from so much of that portion of the duty of Customs as is specified in column (5) of the said Table:


Provided further that the importer proves to the satisfaction of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs in accordance with the Rules of Origin referred to in Article 15 of the said Agreement that the goods in respect of which the benefit of this exemption is claimed are of the origin of the country listed in the said Annexure.


Explanation.—For the purposes of this notification the standard rate of duty means the standard rate of duty specified in the said First Schedule with respect to the aforesaid goods read with any other notification (for the time being in force) issued in respect of such goods under sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 but not including the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 26/95-Customs, dated the 16th March, 1995 and 105/99-Customs, dated 10th August, 1999.


TABLE 
SI. No.

Description of Goods

Chapter/Heading No. in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975

Extent of tariff concession

Extent of special concession

(1)  (2)           (3)              (4)               (5)
 
  1. Copra                         1203.00         	15 per                 -            
                                                   	cent of                             
                                                   	the                                 
                                                   	standard                            
                                                   	rate                                
 
  2. Seed Lac                      1301.10         	10 per                 -            
                                                   	cent of                             
                                                   	the                                 
                                                   	standard                            
                                                   	rate                                
  3. Gum Arabic                    1301.20         	30 per                 -            
                                                   	cent of                             
                                                   	the                                 
                                                   	standard                            
                                                   	rate                                
 
  4. Gum Damar                     1301.90        	10 per                 -            
                                                  	cent of                             
                                                  	the                                 
                                                   	standard                            
                                                   	rate                                
 
  5. Cane Molasses                 1703.10    		30 per                 -            
                                       			cent of                             
                                       			the                                 
                                       			standard                            
                                       			rate                                
 
  6. Other Molasses          	   1703.90    		30 per                 -            
     resulting from                        		cent of                             
     extraction or refining                		the                                 
     of sugar                              		standard                            
                                       			rate                                
 
  7. Silica Sand and               2505.10    		25 per                 -            
     Quartz Sand (other than               		cent of                             
     metal bearing sands of                		the                                 
     Chapter 26)                           		standard                            
                                       			rate                                
 
  8. Natural sands of all          2505.90    		25 per                 -            
     kinds whether or not                  		cent of                             
     coloured, other than                  		the                                 
     metal bearing sand of                 		standard                            
     Chapter 26 (other than                		rate                                
     silica sand and quartz                                                    
     sand)                                                                     
 
  9. Portland Cement         	   2523.29        	25 per                 -            
     (Grey)                                		cent of                             
                                       			the                                 
                                       			standard                            
                                       			rate                                
 
 10. Antimony ore                 2617.10    		10 per                 -            
                                       			cent of                             
                                       			the                                 
                                       			standard                            
                                       			rate                                
 
 11. Phosphoric acid for    	  2809.20    		20 per                 -            
     use in manufacture of                 		cent of                             
     fertilizer                            		the                                 
                                       			standard                            
                                       			rate                                
 
 12. Phosphoric acid for          2809.20    		20 per                 -            
     use other than in                     		cent of                             
     manufacture of                        		the                                 
     fertilizer                            		standard                            
                                       			rate                                
 
 13. Gelatin and Gelatin          3503.00    		23 per                 -            
     derivatives                           		cent of                             
                                       			the                                 
                                       			standard                            
                                       			rate                                
 
 14. Calf                   	  41.04    		30 per        50 per cent of the    
     leather-vegetable             or         		cent of          standard rate      
     pretanned                    41.07       		the                                 
                                       			standard                            
                                       			rate                                
 
 15. Calf                         41.04    		30 per        50 per cent of the    
     leather-pretanned             or        		cent of          standard rate      
     (other than vegetable        41.07      		the                                 
     pretanned)                            		standard                            
                                         		rate                                
 
 16. Calf leather,          	 41.04    		30 per        50 per cent of the    
     tanned or retanned but        or                   cent of          standard rate      
     not further prepared        41.07     		the                                 
                                       			standard                            
                                       			rate                                
 
 17. Sheets of cork              4502.00    		25 per                 -            
                                       			cent of                             
                                       			the                                 
                                       			standard                            
		                                        rate                                
 
 18. Cotton yarn                 5205.11 to  		30 per                 -            
                                 5205.48    		cent of                             
                                       			the                                 
                                       			standard                            
                                       			rate                                
 
 19. Abaca fibre-raw             5305.21        	10 per                 -            
                                       			cent of                             
                                       			the                                 
                                       			standard                           
                                       			rate                                
 
20. Abaca fibre (other     	 5305.29    		10 per                 -            
    than raw)                             		cent of                             
                                       			the                                 
                                       			standard                            
                                       			rate                                
 
 21. Refractory bricks      	 6902.10    		30 per                 -            
     containing by weight                  		cent of                             
     singly or together more               		the                                 
     than 50% of the                       		standard                            
     elements, Mg, Ca or Cr               		rate                                
     expressed as MgO, CaO                                                     
     or Cr2O3                                                                  
 
 22. Refractory bricks      	 6902.20    		30 per                 -            
     containing by weight                  		cent of                             
     singly or together more               		the                                 
     than 50% of Alumina                   		standard                            
     (AlO), of silica (SiO)                		rate                                
     or of a mixture or                                                        
     compound of these                                                         
     products                                                                  
 
 23. Other refractory            6902.90    		30 per                 -            
     bricks                                		cent of                             
                                       			the                                 
                                       			standard                            
                                       			rate                                
 
 24. Aluminium foil of      	  7607.11    		20 per                 -            
     thickness not exceeding               		cent of                             
     0.2mm, rolled but not                		the                                 
     further worked (not                   		standard                            
     backed)                               		rate                                
 
 25. Aluminium foil of      	  7607.19    		20 per                 -            
     thickness not exceeding               		cent of                             
     0.2mm other than rolled               		the                                 
     but not further worked                		standard                            
     (not backed)                          		rate                                
 
 26. Tube and pipe             	  7609.00    		15 per                 -            
     fittings of aluminium                 		cent of                             
                                       			the                                 
                                       			standard                            
                                       			rate                                
 
 27. Aluminium              	  7611.00    		15 per                 -            
     reservoirs, tanks,                    		cent of                             
     vats, etc., of a                      		the                                 
     capacity exceeding 300                		standard                            
     litres                                		rate                                
 
 28. Aluminium casks,       	  7612.90    		15 per                 -            
     drums, cans, etc., of a               		cent of                             
     capacity not exceeding                		the                                 
     300 litres excluding                  		standard                            
     collapsible tubular                   		rate                                
     containers                                                                
 
 29. Mechanical shovels     	  8429.52    		20 per                 -            
     and excavators                        		cent of                             
     (self-propelled with a                		the                                 
     360 Deg. revolving                    		standard                            
     super structure)                      		rate                                
 
 30. Other mechanical       	  8429.59    		20 per                 -            
     shovels and excavators                		cent of                             
    (self-propelled)                      		the                                 
                                       			standard                            
                                    			rate  
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                             
                                     
APPENDIX I 
_______________________________________________________________________
S. No.         Country                 S. No.           Country 
_______________________________________________________________________
(1)               (2)                   (1)               (2) 
_______________________________________________________________________
1.              Sri Lanka             	2.              DPR Korea 
3.              Bangladesh        	4.              Iraq 
5.              Peru                    6.              Zimbabwe 
7.              Ghana                  	8.              Vietnam 
9.              Yugoslavia          	10.             Singapore 
11.            	Rumania              	12.             United Republic of Tanzania 
13.            	Cuba                   	14.             Nigeria 
15.            	Bolivia                	16.             Egypt 
17.           	Guyana                	18.             Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 
19.           	Mexico                 	20.             Morocco 
21.           	Nicaragua            	22.             Pakistan 
23.           	Republic of Korea 	24.             Tunisia 
25.          	Algeria                 26.             Angola 
27.         	Argentina               28.             Brazil 
29.         	Cameroon              	30.             Chile 
31.         	Colombia               	32.             Ecuador 
33.         	Indonesia               34.             Iran 
35.         	Malaysia                36.             Phillippines 
37.         	Qatar                   38.             Thailand 
41   		Trinidad and Tobago    	40.             Uruguay 
41.     	Venezuela               42.             Zaire 
43.      	Benin                   44.             Guinea 
45.      	Haiti                   46.             Mozambique 
47.      	Sudan 
______________________________________________________________________
APPENDIX II 
_______________________________________________________________________
S. No. 			Name of the Country 
_______________________________________________________________________
(1) 				(2) 
_______________________________________________________________________
1. 				Bangladesh 
2. 				United Republic of Tanzania 
3. 				Benin 
4. 				Guinea 
5. 				Haiti 
6. 				Mozambique 
7. 				Sudan 

 

 

as amended by Notification Nos. 172/93-Cus dt 17-9-1993, No 96/95-Cus dt 22-5-1995, No. 101/95-Cus dt 26-5-1995, No. 166/95-Cus dt 7-12-1995, No. 175/95-Cus dt 29-12-1995, No. 4/96-Cus dt 15-1-1996, No. 19/97-Cus dt 1-3-1997, No. 106/99-Cus dt 10-8-1999 and No. 135/2001-Cus dt 31-12-2001 and 69/2006-Cus Dt. 30/6/2006].