Amendments to certain All Industry Rate of Duty Drawback-Reg. - Customs - 05/2015

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AIRPORT AND AIR CARGO COMPLEX PB 5400: QUEEN'S ROAD: C.R. BUILDING; BENGALURU- 560 001 C.NO. VIII/48/04/2014 AIR/CUS./TECH./717 DATE: 20.02.2015 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 05/2015 Sub: Amendments to certain All Industry Rate of Duty Drawback - Reg. The Government have considered representations and feedback related to the All Industry Rates (AIR) of Duty Drawback that were made effective from 22.112014 and have notified certain amendments effective from 13.022015 vide Notification Nos.20/2015-Customs (N.T) and 21/2015-Customs (N.T.) both dated 10.02.2015. The changes made, inter-alia, include- (a) Separate entries for (i) protective industrial wear including boiler suits under tariff items 61140407 and 62110408 (ii) leather gaiters or chaps and synthetic gaiters or chaps under tariff items 640618 and 640619, respectively (iii) PCB drills made from solid tungsten carbide blanks or rods under tariff item 820701 (iv) cutlery etc. of stainless steel having nickel content of 8% or more under tariff items 821402 and 821502 (v) rubber bladders, shoulder or shin guards and rounders bat of wood under tariff items 950612, 950613 and 950614, respectively. (b) Change in drawback rate and cap applicable to tariff item No.420199; provision of composite rates of drawback for tariff item No.7308 and 8433; (c) Changes in drawback caps for tariff item No.42020301, 42020401, 420301, 420599, 430301, 482306, 570204, 570301, 570304, 570501, 570503, 732301, 732302, 821401, 821501 and 950610; (d) Prescribing 1% (all Customs) rate to optical fibre cable of tariff item no.900101; (e) Enabling drawback under brand rate route on export of rice 2. Above is brought to the notice of the trade for information and due compliance. (Sandeep Prakash) Commissioner