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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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