CUS NTF NO. 107/2008 DATE 06/10/2008

South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) Customs duty exemption on specified products from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldieves under SAFTA Agreement.

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 exempts the goods of the description specified in column (3) of the Table hereto annexed and falling under the Chapter Heading, Sub-heading or Tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), and specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, from so much of that portion of the applied rate of duty of customs leviable as is specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table, when imported into the Republic of India from a country listed in APPENDIX to this notification;

Provided that the Importer proves to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, that the goods in respect of which the benefit of this exemption is claimed are of the origin of the country listed in the APPENDIX in accordance with the Rules of Determination of Origin of Goods under the Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), 2006, published in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department Revenue) No.75-Customs, (NT) dated the 30th June, 2006.

Explanation.- For the purposes or 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 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 1952).

T A B L E

S.No.Chapter, heading, sub¬heading or tariff item of the First ScheduleDescription of goodsExtent of tariff concession (percentage of applied rate of duty)
(1)(2)(3)(4)
10207 34 00All Goods50%
20302 69 10All Goods75%
30303 79 10All Goods75%
40303 79 30All Goods75%
50303 79 60All Goods75%
60303 79 80All Goods75%
70304 29 10All Goods75%
80306 13 20All Goods75%
90711 40 00All Goods50%
100711 51 00All Goods50%
110711 90All Goods other than capers50%
120712 20 00All Goods50%
130712 31 00All Goods50%
140804 10All Goods50%
150804 30 00All Goods100%
160907All Goods100%
170908 10All Goods75%
180908 20 00All Goods75%
191512 21 00All Goods75%
201701 11All Goods75%
211701 12 00All Goods75%
221701 91 00All Goods75%
231701 99All Goods75%
242002 90 00Tomato concentrate75%
252008 60 00All Goods75%
262008 91 00All Goods75%
272008 99All Goods100%
282009 50 00All Goods75%
292309 90All Goods50%
303003 90 11All Goods75%
313004 10All Goods75%
323004 20All Goods75%
333204 11All Goods75%
343204 12Acid dyes and preparation based thereon75%
353204 13All Goods75%
363204 14All Goods75%
373204 16All Goods75%
383204 17Pigments75%
393204 19All Goods75%
403206 49Red Oxide75%
413301 19 10Citronella Oil (java type)75%
423301Other Essential oils75%
433303 00All Goods75%
443304 10 00All Goods75%
453304 20 00All Goods75%
463304 30 00All Goods75%
473304 91All Goods100%
483304 99All Goods100%
493305 10All Goods100%
503305 90Hair oils50%
513306 10Toothpowder, toothpaste75%
523307 10All Goods75%
533307 30All Goods75%
543307 41 00All Goods75%
553307 90All Goods75%
563401 11All Goods75%
573401 19House hold and laundry soap75%
583505 10All Goods75%
593812 20All Goods50%
603915 10 00All Goods75%
613915 20 00All Goods75%
623915 30All Goods75%
633915 90All Goods75%
643917Artificial guts (sausage castings) of hardened protein or of cellulosic materials.75%
653917 21All Goods75%
663917 22 00All Goods75%
673917 23All Goods75%
683917 29All Goods75%
693917 31 00All Goods75%
703917 32 10All Goods75%
713917 33 00All Goods75%
723917 39All Goods75%
733917 40 00All Goods75%
743918 10All Goods75%
753918 90All Goods75%
763919 10 00All Goods75%
773919 90All Goods75%
783920 10All Goods75%
793920 20All Goods75%
803920 30All Goods75%
813920 43 00All Goods75%
823920 49 00All Goods75%
833920 51All Goods75%
843920 59All Goods75%
853920 61All Goods75%
863920 62All Goods75%
873920 63All Goods75%
883920 69All Goods50%
893920 71All Goods50%
903920 73All Goods75%
913920 79All Goods75%
923920 91All Goods75%
933920 92All Goods75%
943920 93All Goods75%
953920 94All Goods75%
963920 99All Goods50%
973921 11 00All Goods75%
983921 12 00All Goods75%
993921 13All Goods75%
1003921 14 00All Goods75%
1013921 19 00All Goods75%
1023921 90All Goods75%
1033922 10 00Baths, shower-baths and wash-basins50%
1043922 20 00All Goods50%
1053922 90 00All Goods50%
1063923 10All Goods75%
1073923 21 00All Goods75%
1083923 29All Goods75%
1093923 30All Goods75%
1103923 40 00All Goods75%
1113923 50All Goods75%
1123923 90All Goods75%
1133924 10All Goods75%
1143924 90All Goods75%
1153925 10 00All Goods75%
1163925 20 00All Goods75%
1173925 30 00All Goods75%
1183925 90All Goods75%
1193926 10All Goods75%
1203926 20All Goods75%
1213926 30All Goods75%
1223926 40Bangles, beads of plastic and imitation jewellery75%
1233926 90All Goods75%
1244003 00 00All Goods50%
1254004 00 00All Goods50%
1264005 10 00All Goods50%
1274005 20All Goods50%
1284005 99All Goods50%
1294006 10 00All Goods75%
1304006 90All Goods75%
1314007 00All Goods75%
1324008 11All Goods75%
1334008 19All Goods75%
1344008 21All Goods75%
1354008 29All Goods75%
1364012 90All Goods50%
1374016 10 00All Goods50%
1384016 92 00All Goods50%
1394016 93All Goods75%
1404016 95All Goods75%
1414016 99All Goods50%
1424017 00All Goods50%
1434808 10 00All Goods75%
1444809 90 00Carbon or similar copying paper50%
1454811 10 00All goods other than other than floor coverings on a base of paper or of paperboard, whether or not cut to size50%
1464811 41 00All Goods50%
1474811 49 00All Goods50%
1484817 10 00All Goods50%
1494817 20 00All Goods50%
1504817 30All Goods50%
1514821 90All Goods50%
1524901All Goods75%
1535001 00 00All Goods50%
1545002 00All Goods50%
1555003 00All Goods50%
1565004 00All Goods50%
1575005 00All Goods50%
1585006 00All Goods50%
1595007 10 00All Goods50%
1605007 90 00All Goods50%
1616101 90All goods other than of wool or fine animal hair75%
1626102 10 00All Goods75%
1636102 90All Goods75%
1646103 10All Goods of wool or fine animal hair75%
1656103 29All Goods75%
1666103 31 00All Goods75%
1676103 39All Goods75%
1686103 41 00All Goods75%
1696103 49All Goods75%
1706104 19Of wool or of fine animal hair75%
1716104 29All Goods75%
1726104 31 00All Goods75%
1736104 39All Goods75%
1746104 61 00All Goods75%
1756104 69All Goods75%
1766106 90All Goods75%
1776107 19All Goods75%
1786107 29All Goods75%
1796108 19All Goods75%
1806110 11All Goods75%
1816111 90Of wool or of fine animal hair75%
1826114 90Of wool or of fine animal hair75%
1836115 94 00All Goods75%
1846203 29 00Of wool or of fine animal hair75%
1856204 21 00All Goods75%
1866205 90Of wool or of fine animal hair75%
1876211 39 00Of wool or of fine animal hair75%
1886211 41 00All Goods75%
1896213 90Of silk or silk waste75%
1906401 10All Goods75%
1916401 92All Goods75%
1926401 99All Goods75%
1936402 12All Goods75%
1946402 19All Goods100%
1956402 99Other footwear, incorporating a protective metal toe-cap75%
1966402 91All Goods75%
1976403 12 00All Goods75%
1986403 19All Goods75%
1996403 91 or 6403 99Footwear made on a base platform of wood, not having an inner sole or protective metal toe-cap75%
2006403 40 00All Goods75%
2016404 11All Goods75%
2026404 19All Goods100%
2036405 20 00All Goods75%
2046405 90 00All Goods100%
2056802 21All Goods50%
2066810 11 10All Goods50%
2076901 00Bricks/blocks/tiles75%
2087010 10 00All Goods50%
2097013 28 00 or 7013 37 00All Goods50%
2107213 10All Goods50%
2117213 20All Goods50%
2127213 91All Goods50%
2137213 99All Goods50%
2147214 10All Goods50%
2157214 20All Goods50%
2167214 30 00All Goods50%
2177214 91All Goods50%
2187217 20All Goods50%
2197315 82 00All Goods75%
2207318 14 00All Goods75%
2217318 19 00All Goods75%
2227403 11 00All Goods50%
2237403 12 00All Goods50%
2247403 13 00All Goods50%
2257407 10All Goods50%
2267408 11All Goods50%
2277408 19All Goods50%
2287608 10 00All Goods50%
2298414 30 00All Goods50%
2308414 51All Goods75%
2318418 21 00All Goods50%
2328428 10All Goods50%
2338450 11 00All Goods50%
2348501 10Micro and AC Motor50%
2358501 20 00All Goods50%
2368501 40 10All Goods50%
2378501 52Electric Motor 1 HP to 10 HP - AC -excluding special types50%
2388504 40All Goods75%
2398504 90All Goods75%
2408509 40All Goods75%
2418516 10 00Storage water heaters/geysers upto 100 litres capacity/ upto 3 KW75%
2428516 29 00All Goods75%
2438516 40 00Electric Irons - other than steam irons75%
2448516 60 00All Goods75%
2458528 71 00 or 8528 72Colour TVs -Set Top Box (Satellite Receivers)75%
2468536 20All Goods75%
2478536 30 00Voltage stabilisers -domestic types75%
2488537 10 00All Goods75%
2498537 20 00All Goods75%
2508539 29All Goods75%
2518539 31All Goods75%
2528544 11All Goods75%
2538544 19Insulated plastic and rubber Wires -domestic types75%
2548544 20All Goods75%
2558544 49All goods for voltage not exceeding 80V75%
2569028 30All Goods75%
2579030 33All Goods75%
2589404 21All Goods75%
2599603 10 00Hill grass/broom75%

APPENDIX

S.No.Country
(1)(2)
1.People's Republic of Bangladesh
2.Kingdom of Bhutan
3.Republic of Maldives
4.Nepal

Sd/-
(S BAJAJ )
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India


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