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PROPOSALS INVOLVING CHANGES IN BASIC CUSTOMS DUTY RATES AND CLARIFICATORY AMENDMENTS IN RESPECTIVE NOTIFICATIONS - FINANCE (No.2) BILL, 2019

5 July, 2019

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PROPOSALS INVOLVING CHANGES IN BASIC CUSTOMS DUTY RATES AND CLARIFICATORY AMENDMENTS IN RESPECTIVE NOTIFICATIONS

S. No

Heading, sub-heading tariff item

Commodity

From

To

 

 

Defence 

 

 

1

Any Chapter 

Specified Defence equipment and their parts imported by the Ministry of Defence or the Armed Forces

Applicable rate

Nil

 

 

Medical Devices

 

 

2

Any Chapter

Raw material, parts or accessories  for use manufacture of artificial kidneys, disposable sterilized dialyzer and micro-barrier of artificial kidney

Applicable rate

Nil

 

 

Food processing

 

 

3

0801 32 10

Cashew kernel broken 

₹ 60/ Kg or45%, whichever is higher

70%

4

0801 32 20,

0801 32 90

Cashew kernel whole, Cashew nuts shelled, others 

₹ 75/ Kg or 45%, whichever is higher

70%

 

 

Nuclear Fuels and Nuclear Energy projects

 

 

5

2612 10 00

All forms of Uranium ores and Concentrates for generation of nuclear power (Uranium concentrate U3O8 already exempt)

2.5%

Nil

6

2844 20 00

All goods for use in generation of Nuclear power (Certain goods such as sintered natural uranium dioxide already exempt)

7.5%

Nil

7

9801

All goods required for setting up of the following power projects under project imports: -

a)Mahi Banswara Atomic Power project- 1 to 4, Mahi Banswara site Rajasthan

b)Kaiga Atomic Power project – 5 & 6, Kaiga site, Karnataka

c)Gorakhpur Atomic Power project- 3 & 4, GHAVP, Haryana

d)Chutka Atomic Power project- 1 & 2, Chutka site, Madhya Pradesh

Applicable rate

Nil

 

 

Oils and associated chemicals 

 

 

8

Chapter 15, 

2915 70,

3823 11 00,

3823 12 00, 3823 13 00,

3823 19 00

Palm stearin and other oils, having 20% or more free fatty acid, Palm Fatty Acid Distillate and other industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids, acid oils from refining, for use in manufacture of soap and oleochemicals.

Nil

7.5%

 

 

Petroleum and Petrochemicals

 

 

9

2709 00 00

Petroleum Crude

Nil

Re. 1 per tonne

10

2710

Naphtha

5%

4 %

11

2903 15 00

Ethylene dichloride (EDC)

2%

Nil

12

2910 20 00

Methyloxirane (Propylene Oxide)

7.5%

5%

13

 

Plastic and Rubber 

 

 

14

3904

Poly Vinyl Chloride

7.5%

10%

15

3926 90 91,

3926 90 99 

Articles of plastics 

10%

15%

16

4002 31 00

 All goods i.e. Butyl Rubber

5%

10%

17

4002 39 00

 Chlorobutyl rubber or bromobutyl rubber

5%

10%

 

 

Paper and Paper products

 

 

18

 48

a. Newsprint 

Nil

10%

 

 

b.Uncoated paper used for printing of newspapers

 

 

 

 

c.Lightweight coated paper used for printing of magazines

 

 

19

4901 10 10,

4901 91 00,

4901 99 00

Printed books (including covers for printed books) and printed manuals, in bound form or in loose-leaf form with binder, executed on paper or any other material including transparencies.

Nil

5%

 

 

Textiles

 

 

20

5101

Wool Fibre

5%

2.5%

21

5105

Wool Tops

5%

2.5%

 

 

Flooring materials

 

 

22

2515 12 20,

6802 10 00,

6802 21 10,

6802 21 20,

6802 21 90,

6802 91 00,

6802 92 00

Marble Slabs

20%

40%

 

 

Inputs for Optical Fibres

 

 

23

28 or 70

Raw materials used in manufacture of Preform of Silica:-

(i)Refrigerated Helium Liquid (2804 29 10)

(ii)Silicon Tetra Chloride and Germanium Tetra Chloride (2812 19 20, 2812)

(iii)Silica Rods (7002 20 90)

(iv)Silica Tube (7002 31 00)

Applicable Rate

 

Nil  

24

5603 94 00

Water blocking tapes for manufacture of optical fiber cable

Nil

20%

 

 

Precious Metals

 

 

25

7106

Silver dore bar, having silver content not exceeding 95%

8.5%

11%

26

7108

Gold dore bar, having gold content not exceeding 95%

9.35%

11.85%

27

71 or 98

(a) Gold (excluding ornaments studded with stones or pearls) imported by an eligible passenger as baggage

(b)Silver (excluding ornaments studded with stones or pearls)  imported by an eligible passenger as baggage

10%

12.5%

 

 

Iron and Steel, Other base metals

 

 

28

7218

Stainless steel in ingots or other primary forms; semi-finished products of stainless less

5%

7.5%

29

7224

Other alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms; semi-finished products of other alloy steel

5%

7.5%

30

 

7225, 

7225 19 90

Inputs for the  manufacture of CRGO steel:-

a) MgO coated cold rolled steel coils

b)Hot rolled coils

c)Cold-rolled MgO coated and annealed steel

d)Hot rolled annealed and pickled coils

e)Cold rolled full hard

5%

2.5%

31

7226 99 30

Amorphous alloy ribbon

10%

5%

32

7229

Wire of other alloy steel (other than INVAR)

5%

7.5%

33

8105 20 10

Cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy

5%

2.5%

 

 

Capital goods

 

 

34

8474 20 10

Stone crushing (cone type) plants for the construction of roads

Nil

7.5%

35

82, 84, 85 or 90

Capital goods used for manufacturing of following electronic items, namely-

(i)Populated PCBA

(ii)Camera module of cellular mobile phones

(iii)Charger/Adapter of cellular mobile phone

(iv)Lithium Ion Cell

(v)Display Module

(vi)Set Top Box

(vii)Compact Camera Module 

Applicable rate

Nil

36

84, 85 or 90

Capital goods used for manufacturing of specified electronic items, namely-

(i)Cathode Ray tubes;

(ii)CD/CD-R/DVD/DVD-R;

(iii)Deflection components, CRT monitors/CTVs;

(iv)Plasma Display Panel

Nil 

Applicable 

 

 

Electronics

 

 

37

8504 40

Charger/Power adapter for CCTV camera/IP camera/DVR/NVR

Nil

15%

38

85

Specified electronic items like plugs, sockets, switches, connectors,  relays.

Nil

Applicable rate

 

 

Automobile and automobile parts 

 

 

39

8421 39 20,

8421 39 90

Catalytic convertor (All goods under these tariff items other than catalytic converters will continue at 7.5%)

5%

10%

40

8702, 8704

Completely Built Unit (CBU) of vehicles falling under heading 8702, 8704

25%

30%

41

Any Chapter 

(i)E-Drive assembly, 

(ii)On board charger, 

(iii)E-compressor and

(iv)Charging Gun

Following parts of electric vehicles: -

Applicable rate

Nil

42

87

Prescribing actual user condition in respect of existing exemption from BCD to parts of Hybrid vehicles

-

-

 

 

Oil rigs and other goods used for oil exploration

 

 

43

84 or any other chapter 

Providing option to pay BCD at transaction value on the disposal of goods, imported without payment of customs duty for petroleum operations / coal bed Methane operations where such disposal is made in unserviceable and mutilated condition

Applicable rate on depreciated value 

7.5% on transaction value

 

 

Export Promotion for Sports goods

 

 

44

39 , 4407 

Foam/EVA foam (39) and Pine Wood (4407) are being included in the list of items allowed duty free import upto 3% of FOB value of sports goods exported in the preceding financial year subject to specified conditions

Applicable rate

Nil

 

Clarifications and Miscellaneous changes regarding Basic Customs Duty

 

 

Fisheries

 

 

45

2309

Clarification is being issue that prawn feed and shrimp larvae feed, other than in pellet form will also attract 5% customs duty applicable on other fish feed in pellet form.  

 

 

 

 

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