Exemption for travel goods limits excise liability to a capped ad valorem rate, excluding predominantly plastic items.
Exemption caps excise liability for travel articles falling under the tariff subheading for travel goods by waiving duty in excess of a specified ad valorem rate, excluding goods made predominantly of plastics, and is effected under rule-making authority in the Central Excise Rules.

Excise exemption for conveyor belting caps additional duty above a prescribed ad valorem rate.
Exemption for conveyor and transmission belts of vulcanised rubber classified under the tariff subheading limits excise duty by disallowing that portion of duty which exceeds the amount calculated at the prescribed ad valorem rate.

Small scale exemption for tread rubber reduces excise liability for limited clearances, subject to prior year production limits and declaration requirements.
The notification grants limited excise relief for tread rubber and related retreading products cleared for home consumption by permitting exemption of duty exceeding specified per kilogram amounts for initial and immediate subsequent clearances up to prescribed aggregate quantities, subject to an overall prior year production threshold. Manufacturers or factories exceeding the preceding financial year's aggregate clearance threshold are ineligible; new or late entrant manufacturers may qualify only after filing a declaration and remaining within the threshold. Clearances already fully exempt under other continuing notifications are excluded from aggregate computations.

Excise duty exemption for retreading rubber products limits payable duty to a fixed per kilogram rate; excess exempted.
The Central Government exempts tread rubber, camel back, cushion compound, cushion gum, tread gum and tread packing strips within Chapter 40 from so much of the excise duty as exceeds the amount calculated at a fixed per kilogram rate, by notification under the Central Excise Rules, thereby capping assessable duty for those retreading products.

Effective rate of duty on specified resins and plastic materials set as ad valorem under Central Excise Rules amendment.
The Central Government, under sub rule (1) of rule 8 of the Central Excise Rules, 1944, amends a prior notification to insert three entries in the Table specifying that cellulose acetate moulding granules (and related scraps), homo and copolymer resin emulsions based on acrylic and/or vinyl monomers, and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose are subject to an ad valorem effective rate of duty.

Effective duty rates on cinematograph films: per-print scaled rates with exemptions for early clearances, colour, length, and format.
Notification fixes effective excise duty by exempting the portion of duty above specified per-print and per-metre rates for cinematograph films under heading 37.06. It prescribes tiered per-print charges for feature and dubbed films with nil duty on initial print batches, distinct rates for black and white and colour, per metre rates for advertisement and other shorts, counts prior cleared prints for exemption eligibility, increases rates by twenty five percent for films over 4000 metres, and provides reduced or nil rates for films below 30 mm, while excluding exported prints.

Exemption cap on excise duty limits payable duty for non plastic glues and adhesives to a specified ad valorem rate.
Glues and adhesives under sub heading 3506.00 that are not based on plastics are exempted from any Central Excise duty in excess of the amount calculated at the rate of 15% ad valorem, the exemption being provided under sub rule (1) of rule 8 of the Central Excise Rules, 1944, thereby capping payable excise liability at that ad valorem rate while leaving duties up to that threshold leviable under the Tariff Schedule.

Credit for input duty on specified fixed vegetable oils permits set rates of credit in soap manufacture subject to conditions.
Credit is specified for certain fixed vegetable oils used in manufacture of soap under sub-heading 3401.10 at the rates listed in the annexed Table. Credit is available only for oil quantities saponified or hydrolyzed (where hydrolyzation precedes saponification) on or after 1 March 1987 and is to be taken on the date of saponification or hydrolyzation. Credit taken in any calendar month may be utilised for duty on the specified soap only after the commencement of the succeeding month, must be recorded in separate RG 23B registers by value-category of soap, and is usable only for duty on the corresponding soap variety; excess credit is not refundable or transferable.

Effective rate of duty on soap reduced by value-based bands, limiting excise liability to specified ad valorem rates.
The notification limits excise duty on soap classified under the relevant tariff subheading by exempting the portion of duty in excess of specified ad valorem rates tied to value bands, with "value" determined according to Central Excise valuation rules.

Exemption for catalysts manufactured from used metals limits excise duty to value of material added and manufacture charges.
The notification exempts catalysts of the specified precious metals manufactured out of used or spent catalysts from excise duty to the extent that duty would exceed the amount calculated with reference only to the value of material, if any, added and the amount charged for such manufacture; "catalyst" includes compounds of those metals.

Excise duty exemption on potassium chlorate caps the payable duty to a prescribed ad valorem rate under statutory rule.
Under sub rule (1) of rule 8 of the Central Excise Rules, 1944, potassium chlorate falling under sub heading 2829.10 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 is exempted from that portion of excise duty which exceeds the amount calculated at a prescribed ad valorem rate, thereby capping the effective duty payable on that tariff entry.

Excise exemption for cement where duty limited to specified rate if cement uses onsite clinker and meets production threshold.
Cement manufactured in factories commencing production on or after 1 April 1986 is exempt from central excise to the extent duty exceeds an amount calculated at a specified per tonne rate, provided the cement is produced from clinker made within the same factory and annual cement production is at least thirty per cent of licensed capacity as certified by the Development Commissioner for Cement Industry; the exemption is in force until 31 March 1990.

Central excise exemption amendment: substitution of tariff sub heading modifies which classification is covered by the exemption.
The Central Government amended an existing exemption notification under the Central Excise Rules and the Additional Duties of Excise Act by substituting one tariff sub heading for another, thereby altering which tariff classification is referenced for the exemption; the amendment is limited to replacing the sub heading reference and does not add substantive eligibility conditions.

Effective duty rates for cigarettes set with packaging approval requirement and apportioned excise between statutory levies.
Notification fixes per thousand effective excise rates for cigarettes by exempting duty in excess of stated rates and requires apportionment of levies between the tariff and additional excise statute in a 2:1 ratio; eligibility for these rates is conditional on cigarettes being packed in approved packages that declare length and bear a surface design approved by the Director (Audit), with provisional clearances allowed pending approval subject to a deadline and repayment if approval is not secured.

Set off of duty: finished snuff exempt to extent of duty already paid on input snuff under excise rules.
Exemption allows set off of duty on finished snuff (sub heading 2404.50) by permitting reduction of excise duty and additional excise duty leviable on the finished product to the extent equivalent to duty already paid on the snuff from which the finished snuff was manufactured, and is effective only until the specified terminal date.

Excise exemption for chewing tobacco and snuff limits duties to an ad valorem ceiling and prescribes apportionment.
Chewing tobacco and snuff under the specified tariff sub headings are exempted from excise and additional excise duties to the extent those duties exceed an ad valorem ceiling of 25 per cent; the duty collectible up to that ceiling is to be apportioned between the Tariff Schedule duty and the additional excise duty in a 75:25 ratio.

Excise exemption for papad removes excise liability by tariff classification under statutory rule powers.
Notification exempts papad classified under the specified tariff sub-heading from the entirety of excise duty leviable under the Central Excise Tariff Act, exercised under the statutory power conferred by rule 8(1) of the Central Excise Rules.

Excise exemption for unpackaged food products excludes malt extract and food preparations containing any cocoa
Exemption from excise duty is granted for goods classifiable under sub-heading 1901.90 when such food products are not in unit containers, removing the whole of the duty leviable; the exemption expressly excludes malt extract and food preparations containing malt extract or cocoa powder in any proportion.

Excise exemption for food products caps duty at an ad valorem rate while excluding malt extract products.
The Central Government exempts food products classified under the Central Excise Tariff from excise duty to the extent that duty exceeds the amount calculated at the rate of fifteen per cent. ad valorem, thereby capping liability; the exemption expressly does not apply to malt extract or food preparations containing malt extract in any proportion.

Exemption of sugar from excess additional excise duty where duty beyond the prescribed per quintal rate is disallowed.
The government exempts sugar falling under the specified tariff subheading from so much of the additional duty of excise as is in excess of the amount calculated at the prescribed per quintal rate, thereby capping the additional duty payable on that sugar.