Notification No. 76/2003-Cus Dated 13-05-2003

Exemption on specified goods imported from the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan.- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts goods of the description as specified in column (3) of the Table below and falling under the Chapter, heading, sub-heading or tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, when imported from the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, 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 or the Deputy Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, in accordance with the Customs Tariff (Determination of Origin of Goods under the Preferential Trade Agreement between the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan and Republic of India) Rules, 2003, published with the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.33/2003-Customs (N.T.), dated the 13th May, 2003, that the goods are of the origin of the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan. 

Explanation.-  For the purposes of this notification the �applied rate of duty� means the standard rate of duty specified in the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, with respect to the goods specified in the said Table, read with any other exemption notification, for the time being in force, issued in respect of such goods under sub-section (1) of section 25 of the said Customs Act.

 

TABLE

 

S. No.

Chapter, heading, sub-heading or tariff item

     Description of goods

Extent of concession      (percentage of applied rate of duty)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

1.  

0802

Almond thin shelled, almond hard shelled, almond shelled

 

50%

2.  

0802 31 00

Walnuts unshelled

 

50%

3.  

0802 32 00

Walnuts shelled

 

50%

4.  

0802 50 00

Pistachios closed shell, pistachios open shell, pistachios shelled (kernel)

 

100%

5.  

0804 20

Fig dried

 

100%

6.  

806 10 00

Grapes fresh, all types

 

50%

7.  

0806 20

Green raisins, green large, black raisins, red raisins, raisins golden, green raisins except large

50%

8.  

0807 19 00

Melon fresh

 

100%

9.  

0808 10 00

Apples fresh

 

50%

10.      

0809 10 00

Apricots fresh

 

50%

11.      

0810 90 10

Pomegranates

 

50%

12.      

0813 10 00

Dried apricots, dried apricots nuts

 

50%

13.      

0813 10 00

Apricots nuts, bitter unshelled; apricots bitter shelled

 

50%

14.      

0813 40

Plums dried, cherries sour dried

 

50%

15.      

0813 40

Mulberries dried, pine nuts toasted

 

100%

16.      

0909 10

Anise seeds

 

50%

17.      

0909 40

Caraway seeds, white, black, kajak

 

50%

18.      

1204 00

Linseeds

 

50%

19.      

1207 40

Sesame seeds

 

50%

20.      

1[1211 90]

 

Old[1211 10 00]

Liquorice roots

 

50%

21.      

1214 10 00

Alfalfa seeds

 

50%

22.      

1301 90 13

Asafoetida

 

100%

23.      

7103 10

Lapis lazuli, ruby, emerald (unworked)

 

100%

24.      

7103 91 00

Emeralds, ruby (otherwise worked)

100%

25.      

7103 99

Lapis lazuli (otherwise worked)

 

100%

 


1. Substituted vide Notification No. 130/2006-Cus Dated 30/12/2006

 

as amended by [Notification No. 130/2006-Cus Dated 30/12/2006.]