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PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 20/2007  

 Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Deptt. of Revenue, New Delhi, Notfn. No.130/2006 Customs, Notfn No131/2006 Customs,  Notfn No.132/2006-Customs, Notfn No.133/2006 Customs and  134/2006-Customs   issued in the file no. 528/5/2006-Cus.(TU) dated 31.12.2006 is reproduced below for the guidance of the Importer, Clearing Agents and the Trading Public. which is already available in the website www.cbec.gov.in  

C16/10/2007-AP(Port)
Custom House, Chennai
 Dated :29.01.2007  

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(P. VENKAT)
JT. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (APPG.)  

30th December, 2006 

Notification  No. 130/2006 - Customs

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 amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.76/2003-Customs, dated the 13th May, 2003, namely:- 

1.  In the said notification, in the Table, against S. No. 20, for the entry in column (2), the entry “1211 90” shall be substituted; 

2.  This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of January, 2007.

 F.No.528/5/2006-Cus(TU) 

 Note: The principal notification No. 76/03-Customs, dated the 13th May, 2003, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R.394(E), dated the 13th May, 2003.              

 

30th December, 2006 

Notification  No. 131/2006-CUSTOMS  

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. 85/2004-Customs, dated the 31st August, 2004, namely:-  

 In the said notification, in the TABLE:- 

(i)  after S.No.22 and the entries relating thereto, the following S. No. and the entries shall be inserted namely :-  

 

“22A

 

 

3907 70 00

 

All goods”;

 (ii) against S.No.27, for the entries relating thereto, the following S. No. and the entries shall be substituted namely :-                                               

 

“27

 

 

4412 10 00

 

Plywood of bamboo, consisting solely of sheets of wood, each ply not exceeding 6mm thickness

27A

4412 39

All goods”;

 (iii) S. No.33A and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted; 

(iv)  S. No. 34A, and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted; 

(v)  S. No. 35A and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted; 

(vi) against S. No. 36, and the entries relating thereto, the following S. No. and the entries shall be substituted, namely :-                                       

 

 

“36

 

 

7229 90

 

All goods other than wire of high speed steel’;

 (vii)   S. No. 36A and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted; 

       (viii) After S.No.51 and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted:- 

51A

8486 90

Parts of machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading 8514), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilisings, pasteurizing, steaming, drying, evaporating, vapourising, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric.

 (ix) after S. No.56 and the entries relating thereto, the following S. No. and entries shall be inserted, namely :-

                                               

 

“56A

 

 

8443 39 53

 

Staplers (stapling machines)”;

 (x)   against S. No.61, and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely :-

                                               

 

“61

 

 

8472 90

 

All goods other than addressing machines and address plate embossing machines”;

 

(xi)  S. No.61A and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted; 

(xii)   after S.No.69 and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and the entries shall be inserted namely :-  

 

“69A

 

 

8508

 

Industrial Vacuum cleaners and parts thereof”;

 xiii)   against S.No.72, - 

(a)    for the entry in column (2), the entry “8443 997” shall  be substituted;

(b)    for the entry in column (3), the entry “parts of goods falling under tariff item 8443 31 00 or 8443 32 00” shall  be substituted; 

(xiv)  S.No.72A and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted; 

(xv)  for S.No.73, and the entries relating thereto, the following S. No. and the entries shall be substituted namely :-  

“73

 

8523 40 10,

8523 40 20,

8523 40 30,

8523 40 60.

All goods

73A

8523 40 40

Unrecorded Compact Disc (audio)

73B

8523 40 50

Compact Disc readable”;

 

(xvi)  against S.No.74, for the entry in column (2), the entry “8528 72” shall  be substituted; 

2.         This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of January, 2007.  

F.No. 528/5/2006-Cus(TU) 

Note: The principal notification No. 85/2004-Customs, dated the 31st August, 2004, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R.560(E) dated the 31st August, 2004 and was last amended by notification No. 86/2006-Customs, dated the 30th August, 2006 [G.S.R. No.513(E), dated the 30th August, 2006].

 30th December, 2006 

Notification  No. 132/2006-CUSTOMS

 

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 amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.24/2005-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2005, namely:- 

In the said notification 

(i)  in the opening paragraph for the words, figures and letters “following goods, falling under the heading, sub-heading or tariff-item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) and specified in column (2) of the Table below”, the words “following goods of the description as specified in column (3) of the Table below and falling under the 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” shall be substituted; 

(ii)                for the table, the following table shall be substituted, namely:- 

Table 

“Sr. No.

Heading, sub-heading or tariff item

Description

1

2

3

1

3818 00

All goods

2.

8443 31 00 or 8443 32 00

All goods

3

8443 39

(a)Electrostatic photocopying apparatus, operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy (direct process ); and

(b)Photocopying apparatus, other than electrostatic, incorporating an optical system

4

8443 99

Parts and accessories of the following goods namely

(a)    all goods falling under tariff items 8443 3100, and 8443 3200;

 (b) Electrostatic photocopying apparatus, operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy (direct process ); and

(c) Photocopying apparatus, other than electrostatic, incorporating an optical system

5

8456  90 10 or 8486 20

Machine tools for dry etching pattern on semi conductor material

6

8469  00 10

All goods

7

8470

All goods

8

8471

All goods

9

8473 21 00 or 8473 29 00

All goods

10

8473 30

All goods

11

8473 50 00

All goods

12

8486 20 00

Apparatus for the projection or drawing of circuit patterns on sensitized semiconductor materials

13

8517

All goods

14

8519 50 00

All goods

15

8523

(a)All prepared unrecorded media for sound recording or similar recording of other phenomena, other than cards incorporating a magnetic stripe

(b)Recorded media for reproducing phenomena other than sound or image 

16

8525 60

All goods

 

17

8528 41 or

 8528 51 or 8528 61

All goods

18

8529 90 90

Parts and accessories of 8528 41 or 8528 51 or 8528 61

19

8531 20 00

All goods

20

8532

All goods

21

8533

All goods

22

8534 00 00

All goods

23

8541

All goods

24

8542 or 8523 52

Electronic Integrated circuits

25

8543 10 10 or 8486 20

Ion Implanters for doping semi conductor material

26

8543 70 11 or 8523 59

Proximity cards and Tags

27

8543 90 or 8548 90

Electronic Microassemblies

28

8544 70

All goods

29

9013 80 10

All goods

30

9013 90 10

All goods

31

9026

All goods

32

9027 20 00

All goods

33

9027 30

All goods

34

9027 50

All goods

35

9027 80

All goods

36

9030 40 00

All goods

37

9030 82 00

All goods

38

9031 41 00

All goods

39

All chapters

All goods for the manufacture of goods covered by S.Nos. 1 to 38 above, provided that the importer follows the procedure set out in the Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable Goods) Rules, 1996.”.

2.         This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1st January, 2007. 

[F.No.528/5/2006-Cus(TU)]
 

Note. - The principal notification No. 24/2005-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2005 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R.122(E), dated the 1st March, 2005.

 

30th December, 2006 

Notification  No. 133/2006-CUSTOMS

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 amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 25/2005 -Customs, dated the 1st March, 2005 which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number 123(E), dated the 1st March, 2005, namely  :- 

1.         In the said notification, in the Table,:-

(i)   against S.No.12 , for the entry in column( 2), the entry “ 8525 50 ” shall  be    substituted;

(ii)  against  S.No.13 , for the entry in column( 2), the entry “ 8525 80 20 ” shall  be  substituted;

(iii) against S.No.14 , for the entry in column( 2), the entry “ 8527 99 ” shall  be substituted;

(iv)  against S.No.26 , for the entry in column( 2), the entry “ 8543 70 99 ” shall  be substituted;

(v)   against  S.No.28 , for the entries in column( 2), the entry “ 8544 49 ” shall  be substituted;

(vi)   against  S.No.29 , for the entry in column( 2), the entry “ 8544 42 ” shall  be  substituted; 

2.       This notification shall come into force with effect from the first day of January, 2007. 

[F.No.528/5/2006-Cus(TU)] 

Note. - The principal notification No. 25/2005-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2005 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R.123 (E), dated the 1st March, 2005. 

 

 

30th December, 2006 

Notification  No. 134/2006-CUSTOMS 

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. 72/2005-Customs, dated the 22nd July, 2005, namely:-

  In the said notification, in the TABLE,- 

in Part A,

(i)  after S.No 25 and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely:- 

“25A

2852 00 00

Oxides, hydroxides, peroxides chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides of mercury

 

7

25B

2852 00 00

Mercuric salts of nucleic acid and other hetrocyclic compounds of mercury

15”;

 

(ii)  against S.No. 26, for the entry in column (3), the entry “ All goods other than fluorosilicates of sodium or of potassium” shall be substituted;
 

(iii)  against S.No. 33, for the entry in column (2), the entry “ 2903 31 00 or 2903 39” shall be substituted;

 

(iv) against S.No. 46, for the entry in column (2), the entry “ 2916 36 00 or 2916 39” shall be substituted; 

(v)  against S.No. 52 and the entries relating thereto, the following entries  shall be substituted, namely:-
 

“52

2930 50 00 or 29 30 90

All goods other than dithiocarbonates (xanthates)

5”;

 

(vi)  S.No. 57 and the entries related thereto shall be omitted; 

(vii)  against S.No. 58, for the entry in column (3), the entry “ All goods other than essential oils of  jasmin, lavander or lavandin and vetiver” shall be substituted; 

(viii) against S.No. 79, for the entry in column (3), the entry “All goods other than instant print films” shall be substituted;

(ix)  against S.No.83and84and the entries relating thereto,the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- 

“83

3808

Insecticide

5

84

3808

Fungicides

7”;

 

(x) against S.No. 95 and the entries relating thereto the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- 

“95

3821 00 00 or 3824

The following goods namely:-

(a) Ammoniacal gas liquors and spent oxide produced in coal gas purification, case hardening compound, heat transfer salts; mixture of diphenyl and diphenyl oxide as heat transfer medium, mixed polyethylene glycols; salts for curing or salting, surface tension reducing agents

(b) electroplating salts; water treatment chemicals; ion exchanger; correcting fluid; precipitated silica and silica gel; oil well chemical

(c) mixture containing perhalogenated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons containing two or more different halogens other than chlorine and fluorine; ferrite powder; capacitor fluids – PCB type; dipping oil for treatment of grapes; Poly brominated biphenyls,poly chlorinated biphenyls, Poly chlorinated terphenyls, crocidolite; goods of a kind known as “hazardous wastes”, phosphogypsum”;

7

 (xi) S.No. 133 and the entries shall be omitted;

(xii)S.No. 134 and the entries shall be omitted;

(xiii) S.No. 135 and the entries shall be omitted; 

(xiv)against S.No. 136, and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted,namely:-
 

“136

4412

All goods, other than plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated plywood

(a)  with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood

(b) with at least one ply of tropical wood specified in Sub-heading  Note to Chapter 44 and

(c) containing at least one layer of particle board

10”;

 

(xv)against S.No. 143 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:- 

“143

4418 71 00, 4418 72 00, 4418 79 00

Assembled flooring panels

10”;

 

(xvi) against S.No. 144, for the entry in column (2), the entry “ 4418 60 00 or 4418 90 00” shall be substituted;

(xvii) against S.No. 150 and the entries relating thereto, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- 

“150

4802

Carbonising base paper

29”;

 (xviii) against S.No 165, for the entry in column (3), the entry “All goods other than floor coverings on a base of paper or of paperboard, whether or not cut to size” shall be substituted; 

(xix) against S.No 169, for the entry in column (3), the entry “All goods, other than (a) floor coverings on a base of paper or of paperboard, whether or not cut to size or (b) gummed or adhesive paper in strips or rolls ” shall be substituted;

(xx) against S.No. 211, for the entry in column (2), the entry “7013 28 00 or 7013 37 00” shall be substituted” 

(xxi)against S.No. 212, for the entry in column (2), the entry “7013 49 00” shall be substituted” 

(xxii)against S.No. 213, for the entry in column (2), the entry “7013 99 00” shall be substituted”

 against S.No 220, for the entry in column (3), the entry “All goods other than glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other vacuum vessels” shall be substituted;

(xxiv) against S.No. 239 and the entries relating thereto, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- 

“239

8101 99

Bars and rods, other than those obtained simply by sintering, profiles, plates, sheets, strip and foil.

10”;

 (xxv) S.No 295 and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted;

(xxv) against S.No.319 and the entries relating thereto, the following entries shall be substituted, namely: 

“319

8464 10, 8486 10 00 or 8486 30 00

Sawing machines

20”;

(xxvii) against S.No.320 and the entries relating thereto, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:-

“‘320

8464 20 00, 8486 10 00, 8486 20 00 or

8486 30 00

Grinding or polishing machines

20”;

 

(xxviii  against S.No 322, for the entry in column (3), the entry “All goods other than addressing machines and address plate embossing machines” shall be substituted; 

(xxix)  against S.No. 324 and the entries relating thereto, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- 

“324

8477 20 00 or 8486 20 00

Extruders

15”;

(xxx)   against S.No. 326 and the entries relating thereto, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- 

“326

8480 71 00 or   8486  40 00

Injection or compression type moulds for rubber or plastics

15”;

 (xxxi)  against S.No. 336 and the entries relating thereto, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:-

“336

8508 70 00 or 8509 90 00

All goods other than parts of industrial vacuum cleaners

”;

 (xxxii)  against S.No. 341, for the entry in column (2), the entry “8486 10 00, 8486 20 00, 8514 20 00” shall be substituted” 

(xxxiii)  against S.No. 351, for the entry in column (2), the entry “8543 70 (except proximity cards and tags, electric fence energiser)” shall be substituted;  

(xxxiv) against S.No 368, for the entry in column (3), the entry “All goods other than cameras of a kind used for recording documents on microfilms, microfiche or other microforms” shall be substituted; 

(xxxv) against S.No 369, for the entry in column (3), the entry “All goods other than   cameras of a kind used for recording documents on microfilms, microfiche or  other microforms” shall be substituted; 

(xxxvi) against S.No 370, for the entry in column (3), the entry “All goods other than cameras of a kind used for recording documents on microfilms, microfiche or  other microforms” shall be substituted; 

(xxxvii)  against S.No. 372 and the entries relating thereto, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- 

372

9006 69

Flashbulbs, flashcubes and the like

5”;

(xxxviii) against S.No. 374 and the entries relating thereto, the following  entries shall be substituted, namely:- 

“374

8443

Electostatic photocopying apparatus operating by reproducing the original image via an intermediate onto the copy (indirect process)

10”;

 (xxxix)  against S.No 386, for the entry in column (3), the entry “All goods other than exposure meters” shall be substituted;
 (xl)   against S.No 390, for the entry in column (2), the entry “9030 33” shall be substituted; 

(xli)   against S.No. 404 and the entries relating thereto, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:-

“404

9209 99 00

Mechanisms for musical boxes

5”;

 (xlii) against S.No 407 and the entries relating thereto, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:-

 

“407

9209 99 00

All goods, other than following:-            (a) Metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes;

(b) Mechanisms for musical boxes;

(c) parts and accessories for the musical instruments of keyboard pipe organs; harmoniums and similar keyboard instruments with free metal reeds.

12”;

 

(xliii)  against S.No 409, for the entry in column (2), the entry “9401 51 00 or 9401 59 00” shall be substituted; 

(xliv) against S.No 422, for the entry in column (2), the entry “9403 81 00 or 9403 89 00” shall be substituted; 

(xlv) against S.No. 427 and the entries relating thereto, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:-  

“427

9503

The following goods, namely: -

(a) Electric trains, including tracks, signals and other accessories therefor

(b) Reduced-size (“scale”) model assembly kits, whether or not working models

(c) Other construction sets and constructional toys

(d) Toys representing animals or non-human creatures

(e) Toy musical instruments and apparatus and parts thereof

(f) Puzzles

(g)  toys, put up in sets or outfits

(h) toys and models, incorporating a motor and parts thereof

 other than tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls carriages, dolls and toy weapons and parts thereof

43”;

 (xlvi)  against S.No. 428  and the entries relating thereto, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- 

“428

9503

All goods other than

(a) Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls carriages, dolls

(b) Goods listed at S.No 427 above

8”;

 (II)   in Part B,

(i)   against S.No. 7, for the entry in column (3), the entry “ All goods other than carbonizing base paper” shall be substituted;  

(ii)   against S.No. 8, for the entry in column (3), the entry “ All goods other than carbonizing base paper” shall be substituted;  

(iii)   against S.No. 9, for the entry in column (3), the entry “ All goods other than carbonizing base paper” shall be substituted;

(iv)  against S.No. 10, for the entry in column (3), the entry “ All goods other than carbonizing base paper” shall be substituted;

(v)   against S.No. 11, for the entry in column (3), the entry “ All goods other than carbonizing base paper” shall be substituted;  

2.      This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of January, 2007.

 [F.No.528/5/2006-Cus(TU)]

 Note: The principal notification No. 72/2005-Customs, dated the 22nd July, 2005,  was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R.497(E) dated the 22nd July, 2005 and was last amended by notification No. 89/2006-Customs, dated the 1st September, 2006 [G.S.R.No.530(E), dated the 1st September, 2006].

//ATTESTED//

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DY­. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS

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