Notification No. 15/1997-Cus- Import of specified goods from SAARC countries

Notification No. 15/1997-Cus Dated 01-03-1997

Import of specified goods from SAARC countries - Rate of duty.-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 165/95-Customs, dated the 7th December, 1995, the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the goods of the description specified in column (2) of the Table hereto annexed and falling under the Heading No. or Sub-heading No. 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, —

(a) in the case of goods specified in Part A of the said Table, when imported into India from a country listed in Appendix I, or

(b) in the case of goods specified in Part B of the said Table, when imported into India from a country listed in Appendix II,

from so much of that portion of the applied rate of duty of customs as is specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table :

Provided that the importer proves to the satisfaction of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, in accordance with the Customs Tariff (Determination of Origin of Goods under the Agreement on SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement) Rules, 1995, published with the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 73/95-Customs (N.T.), dated the 7th December, 1995, 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 Appendix I or, as the case may be, Appendix II.

Explanation. — For the purposes of this notification, “applied rate of duty” means the standard rate of duty specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) with respect to the goods specified in the said Table, 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 (52 of 1962), but not including the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Nos. 236/89-Customs, dated the 1st September, 1989 and 26/95-Customs, dated the 16th March, 1995.

TABLE

S. No.	Description of goods	Heading No./Sub-heading No.	Extent of tariff concession (percentage of applied rate of duty)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
	PART A
1.	All goods	07.08 or 07.13	10%
2.	Black gram	0713.31	50%
3.	All goods	0802.50	10%
4.	Areca nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled	0802.90	50%
5.	All goods	0804.20	10%
6.	All goods	0805.10, 08.06 or 0809.10	10%
7.	All goods	0813.10	10%
8.	Pine nuts, dried, other than that of heading Nos. 08.01 to 08.06	0813.40	10%
9.	All goods	0907.00	90%
10.	All goods	0908.10 or 0908.20	50%
11.	Coconut milk powder	1106.30	25%
12.	All goods	1209.30 or 12.11 (except 1211.20)	10%
13.	All goods	1301.10	15%
14.	Natural gums (other than gum arabic) and resins	1301.90	10%
15.	Resin-Gum (other than gum arabic)	1301.90	15%
16.	Chocolate and other foods preparations containing cocoa, other than — (i) cocoa powder containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; or (ii) food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract containing cocoa in a proportion by weight 40% or more but less than 50%, calculated on a totally defatted basis; or (iii) food preparations of goods of heading Nos. 04.01 to 04.04 containing cocoa in a proportion by weight 5% or more but less than 10%, calculated on a totally defatted basis; or (iv) prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products and cereals [other than maize (corn)] in grain form, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, containing more than 6% but not more than 8% by weight of cocoa, calculated on a totally defatted basis.	18.06 (except 1806.10)	50%
17.	All goods	1905.30	50%
18.	Coconut cream, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter	2009.80	50%
19.	All goods	2504.10	50%
20.	All goods	2504.90	40%
21.	All goods	26.14	25%
22.	Coal tar	27.06	10%
23.	All goods	27.13	10%
24.	All goods	28.01 to 28.04, 28.05 (except 2805.30), 28.06, 28.10, 28.12, 28.13, 28.16 to 28.26, 28.28 to 28.32, 28.35, 28.37 to 28.42 or 28.47 to 28.51	10%
25.	All goods	29.01, 29.02 (except 2902.20, 2902.30, 2902.41 to 2902.44), 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.29, 2903.30, 2903.69, 29.06 to 29.14, 29.17 (except 2917.31, 2917.32, 2917.33 and 2917.34), 29.18, 2920.10, 29.21 to 29.29, 29.30 (except 2930.90), 29.31, 29.32, 29.33 (except 2933.59), 29.34, 29.35, 29.36 (except 2936.23, 2936.24, 2936.26 and 2936.29), 29.37, 29.38, 29.39 (except 2939.10), 29.40 or 29.42	10%
26.	All goods	3802.10	30%
27.	All goods	4005.99	10%
28.	All goods	40.06, 40.07, 40.08 or 40.09	50%
29.	All goods	4010.11	15%
30.	All goods	4010.29	10%
31.	All goods	4011.20, 4011.30, 4011.50, 40.14, 40.15 (except 4015.90), 4016.91, 4016.93 or 4016.94)	50%
32.	All goods	4104.10	10%
33.	All goods	44.10	10%
34.	All goods	4418.20	10%
35.	All goods	4418.30	15%
36.	All goods	49.01	10%
37.	All goods	52.01	10%
38.	All goods	5205.11	10%
39.	All goods	68.02 (except 6802.10, 6802.92, 6802.93 and 6802.99)	10%
40.	All goods	6814.90	15%
41.	All goods	69.02 or 69.03	15%
42.	All goods	7210.12	10%
43.	All goods	7318.16	15%
44.	All goods	8482.80	10%
45.	All goods	8505.30	10%
46.	Paper capacitors or power capacitors	8532.24 or 8532.30	15%
47.	All goods	8545.20	10%
48.	All goods	8546.90	10%
49.	All goods	8708.40 or 8708.70	10%
50.	Dentists chairs	9402.10	10%
51.	All goods	9609.20	10%
	PART B
1.	Hilsa fish fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked	0305.30	50%
2.	Dried skip-jack, salted dried skip-jack and salted dried reef-fish	0305.59	100%
3.	Hilsa fish (salted but not dried or smoked) and hilsa fish in brine	0305.69	50%
4.	The following goods, namely : -	0508.00	100%
	(a) Red coral, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked
	(b) Cowrie shells, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape
5.	Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk	0510.00	50%
6.	All goods	0804.30	50%
7.	Jack fruit, fresh	0810.90	50%
8.	All goods	15.20	50%
9.	All goods	1702.30 or 1703.10	50%
10.	All goods	2202.10	50%
11.	All goods	2707.40	50%
12.	All goods	2905.45	50%
13.	All goods	30.04 (except 3004.10, 3004.50 and 3004.90)	50%
14.	The following goods, if intended for use as manure or fertilizer, namely : -	31.01	100%
	(a) Animal or vegetable fertilisers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated;
	(b) Fertilisers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products.
15.	Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous, if intended for use as manure or fertiliser	31.02	100%
16.	All goods	32.08 (except 3208.90), 32.09, 32.10	50%
17.	All goods	32.15 (except 3215.90)	25%
18.	All goods	33.04, 33.05 (except 3305.90)	50%
19.	All goods	33.06 (except 3306.20)	50%
20.	Soap for toilet use (including medicated products)	3401.11	50%
21.	All goods	3917.22, 3917.23, 3917.29, 3917.31 or 3924.10	50%
22.	All goods	42.03 or 42.04	50%
23.	All goods	44.01 to 44.09	25%
24.	All goods	44.10	50%
25.	All goods	44.11 to 44.13 or 44.15 to 44.19	25%
26.	Newsprint, in rolls or sheets	48.01	25%
27.	Newsprint of the following kind, namely : -	48.01	50%
	(i) consisting essentially of fibres obtained by a chemi-mechanical process; or (ii) weighing more than 57g/sqm. but not more than 65g/sqm.
28.	All goods	48.02, 48.04, 48.05 or 48.08	50%
29.	All goods	48.10 (except 4810.31), 48.19 or 48.22	25%
30.	All goods	49.01 or 49.03 to 49.06	25%
31.	All goods	49.07	50%
32.	All goods	49.08	25%
33.	All goods	5208.12, 5208.13, 5208.41, 5208.42, 5208.43 or 5210.12	50%
34.	All goods	53.07 or 53.10	50%
35.	All goods	5402.20, 5407.10 to 5407.30	50%
36.	All goods	5607.10	50%
37.	All goods	5702.39	50%
38.	All goods	58.02 (except 5802.11)	50%
39.	All goods	61.03 (except 6103.21 and 6103.31), 6104.32, 6104.33, 6104.39, 61.05 (except 6105.10), 61.07, 6108.11, 6108.19, 6108.21, 6108.22, 6108.29, 6109.10, 6110.90, 61.11 (except 6111.10), 6112.11, 6112.20, 61.13 or 61.14 (except 6114.10)	50%
40.	All goods	62.03 (except 6203.11, 6203.21 and 6203.31), 6204.32, 6204.33, 6204.39, 62.07 (except 6207.22), 6208.11, 6208.19, 6209.30, 6209.90, 62.10, 62.11, 62.12 or 62.13	50%
41.	All goods	63.02 (except 6302.21 and 6302.22), 6304.11, 6304.91 or 63.05 (except 6305.32)	50%
42.	All goods	64.01, 6402.19, 6402.20, 6402.99, 6403.20, 6403.30, 6403.59, 6403.99, 64.04 or 64.05	50%
43.	All goods	67.02	50%
44.	All goods	69.11	50%
45.	Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles, other than of porcelain or china	6912.00	50%
46.	Copper waste and scrap	7404.00	50%
47.	All goods	7610.10	25%
48.	All goods	84.02, 84.03, 8407.32, 8407.33, 8407.34, 84.08, 8409.91, 84.10 (except 8410.13), 84.13 (except 8413.40) or 8414.10	25%
49.	All goods	8414.51	50%
50.	All goods	8414.60, 84.16, 84.17, 84.19 (except 8419.11 and 8419.19), 84.21 (except 8421.21 and 8421.39), 84.25 (except 8425.42), 8433.52, 8433.53, 8433.59, 8433.60, 8433.90, 84.38, 84.39, 84.42, 84.74 (except 8474.39), 84.75, 84.77 or 8478.10	25%
51.	All goods	85.01 (except 8501.53), 85.02 (except 8502.11, 8502.12 and 8502.13) or 85.03	25%
52.	All goods	8504.10	50%
53.	All goods	85.04 (except 8504.10) or 85.05	25%
54.	All goods	8507.10, 8507.20 or 8507.90	50%
55.	All goods	85.11, 85.22, 85.23, 8524.10, 8524.51, 8524.52, 8524.53, 8524.91, 8524.99, 85.32, 85.33, 85.37, 85.38, 85.41, 85.42, 85.43 (except 8543.89), 85.44 (except 8544.41 and 8544.49), 85.45, 85.46 or 85.47	25%
56.	Copper waste and scrap	8548.10	50%
57.	All goods	8548.90	25%
58.	Wheeled toys designed to be ridden by children	95.01	50%
59.	All goods	9502.10	50%

APPENDIX I

S. No.	Country
(1)	(2)
1.	Bangladesh
2.	Bhutan
3.	Maldives
4.	Nepal
5.	Pakistan
6.	Sri Lanka

APPENDIX II

S. No.	Country
1.	Bangladesh
2.	Bhutan
3.	Maldives
4.	Nepal

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