Standard Unit Quantity Code (UQC) - regarding.

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....of Customs and Central Excise All Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Preventive) All Commissioners of Central Excise and Customs All Directors General under CBEC. Sir / Madam, Subject: Standard Unit Quantity Code (UQC) - regarding. The issue of poor quality of trade data has been engaging the attention of the Government. Further, an analysis of National Import Data Base (NIDB) reveals that ....

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.... utility to the assessing officers, who are unable to ascertain the contemporaneous values or assessment practice of a given item in different Customs locations. Therefore, the solution lies in improving the quality of data by using standard UQCs. 3. In this regard, it is seen that the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 prescribes only a single Unit Quantity Code (UQC) against each Tariff Item, and it is t....