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      AMENDMENTS IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE TO THE CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT, 1975  - FINANCE (No.2) BILL, 2019

      5 July, 2019

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      AMENDMENTS IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE TO THE CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT, 1975   

       

      AMENDMENTS

      A.

      Tariff rate changes for  Basic Customs Duty [to be effective from 06.07.2019]*  [Clause [87(a)] of the Finance (No. 2) Bill, 2019]

      Rate of Duty

      S. No

      Heading, sub-heading tariff item

      Commodity

      From

      To

       

       

      Construction Materials

       

       

      1

      3918

      Floor covering of plastics, Wall or ceiling coverings of plastics

      10%

      15%

      2

           

      6905,

      6907

      Ceramic roofing tiles and ceramic flags and pavings, hearth or wall tiles 

      10%

      15%

      3

      8302

      Base metal fittings, mountings and similar articles suitable for furniture, doors, staircases, windows, blinds, hinge for auto mobiles 

      10%

      15%

       

       

      Precious Metals

       

       

      4

      7106

      Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum) unwrought or in semimanufactured forms, or in powdered form

      10%

      12.5%

      5

      7107 00 00

      Base metals clad with silver, not further worked than semi-manufactured

      10%

      12.5%

      6

      7108

      Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semimanufactured forms, or in powder form 

      10%

      12.5%

      7

      7109 00 00

      Base metals or silver, clad with gold, not further worked than semimanufactured

      10%

      12.5%

      8

      7110

      Platinum, unwrought or in semi-manufactured form, or in powder form

      10%

      12.5%

      9

      7111 00 00

      Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not further worked than semimanufactured

      10%

      12.5%

      10

      7112

      Waste and scrap of precious metals or of metal clad with precious metals; other waste and scrap containing precious metal compounds, of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal

      10%

      12.5%

       

       

      Automobile parts 

       

       

      11

      6813

      Friction material and articles thereof (for example, sheets, rolls, strips, segments, discs, washers, pads), not mounted, for brakes, for clutches or the like, with a basis of asbestos, of other mineral substances or of cellulose, whether or not combined with textile or other materials. 

      10%

      15%

      12

      7009

      Glass mirrors, whether or not framed, including rear-view mirrors

      10%

      15%

      13

      8301 20 00

      Locks of a kind used in motor vehicles 

      10%

      15%

      14

      8421 23 00

      Oil or petrol filters for internal combustion engines

      7.5%

      10%

      15

      8421 31 00

      Intake air-filters for internal combustion engines

      7.5%

      10%

      16

       

       8421 39 20,

      8421 39 90

      Air purifiers or cleaners and other filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for gases 

      7.5%

      10%

      17

      8512 10 00,

      8512 20 10,

       8512 20 20

      Lighting or visual signaling equipment of a kind used in bicycles or motor vehicles 

      10%

         15%

      18

       

      8512 20 90,

      8512 30 90

      Other visual or sound signalling equipment for bicycles or motor vehicles

      7.5%

      15%

      19

      8512 30 10

      Horns for vehicles

      10%

      15%

      20

      8512 90 00

      Parts of visual or sound signalling equipment for bicycles or motor vehicles

      7.5%

      10%

      21

       

      8512 40 00,

      8539 10 00,

      8539 21 20,

      8539 29 40

      Windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters, Sealed beam lamp units and other lamps for automobiles

      10%

      15%

      22

      8706

      Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705. 

      10%

      15%

      23

      8707

      Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705

      10%

      15%

       

       

      Electronics and Electrical equipments

       

       

      24

      8415 90 00

      Indoor and outdoor unit of split –system air conditioner

      10%

      20%

      25

      8518 21 00, 8518 22 00

      Loudspeaker

      10%

      15%

      26

      8521 90 90

      Digital Video Recorder (DVR) and Network Video Recorder (NVR)

      15%

      20%

      27

      8525 80 

      CCTV camera and IP camera

      15%

      20%

      28

      9001 10 00

      Optical Fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables

      10%

      15%

       

      Miscellaneous changes in Tariff Schedule

      29

      9804

      Chapter Note 7 to be inserted in Chapter 98 so as to exclude printed books imported for personal use from the purview of heading 9804. This heading covers all dutiable articles imported for personal use and attracts 28% IGST. This amendment would exclude printed books from this heading and they would be subject to the applicable merit rate.

      B.

      Amendments not affecting rates of duty [Clause  87(b)  of the Finance (No. 2) Bill, 2019]

      30

      First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 is amended to:

      (i) Create specific tariff lines for specific products, presently classified as others; (ii) Rectify the errors to align it with HSN.

      These changes would come into effect from a date to be notified by the Central Government in the official gazette.

      *  Will come into effect immediately owing to a declaration under the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1931.   

       

       

       

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