Effective rates of duty on copper and articles thereof
Notification No. 67/89-C.E.
Dated 1-3-1989
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 176/88-Central Excises, dated the 13th May, 1988, the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts goods of the description specified in column (3) of the Table hereto annexed and falling under the heading Nos. or sub-heading Nos. of the Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) as are specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, from so much of the duty of excise leviable thereon which is specified in the said Schedule, as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table.
TABLE
S. No. |
Heading No./Sub-heading No. |
Description of goods |
Rate |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
01. |
|
Copper mattes: cement copper (precipitated copper) - |
|
|
7401.10 |
(i) |
copper mattes |
Rs. 3465 per tonne |
|
7401.20 |
(ii) |
cement copper (precipitated copper) |
Rs. 3465 per tonne |
02. |
74.02 |
Unrefined copper, copper anodes for electrolytic refining |
Rs. 3465 per tonne |
03. |
|
Refined copper, unwrought - |
|
|
7403.11 |
(i) |
cathodes and sections of cathodes |
Rs. 3465 per tonne |
|
7403.12 |
(ii) |
wire-bars |
Rs. 6510 per tonne |
|
7403.13 |
(iii) |
billets (excluding those of circular cross-section) |
Rs. 3465 per tonne |
|
7403.13 |
(iv) |
billets of circular cross-section |
Rs. 6510 per tonne |
|
7403.19 |
(v) |
cast rods |
Rs. 6510 per tonne |
|
7403.19 |
(vi) |
other |
Rs. 3465 per tonne |
04. |
|
Copper alloys, unwrought - |
|
|
7403.21 |
(i) |
copper-zinc base alloys (brass) |
Rs. 3465 per tonne |
|
7403.22 |
(ii) |
copper-tin base alloys (bronze) |
Rs. 3465 per tonne |
|
7403.23 |
(iii) |
copper-nickel base alloys (cupro-nickel) or copper-nickel-zinc base alloys (nickel silver) |
Rs. 3465 per tonne |
|
7403.29 |
(iv) |
other (excluding-master alloys) |
Rs. 3465 per tonne |
05. |
74.04 |
Copper waste and scrap |
Rs. 3465 per tonne |
06. |
74.05 |
Master alloys of copper |
Rs. 3465 per tonne |
07. |
|
Copper bars, rods and profiles- |
|
|
7407.11 |
(i) |
bars and rods of refined copper |
Rs. 6510 per tonne |
|
7407.12 |
(ii) |
bars and rods of copper alloys |
Rs. 3465 per tonne |
|
7407.29 |
(iii) |
profiles (other than hollow profiles) |
Rs. 7350 per tonne |
08. |
7408.11 or 7408.21 |
Wire (of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm), of refined copper or-copper alloys |
Rs. 6510 per tonne |
09. |
|
Copper plates, sheets (including circles) and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0.15 mm - |
|
|
7409.10 |
(i) |
of refined copper |
Rs. 4725 per tonne |
|
7409.20 |
(ii) |
of copper-zinc base alloys (brass) |
Rs. 4725 per tonne |
|
7409.30 |
(iii) |
of copper-tin base alloys (bronze) |
Rs. 4725 per tonne |
|
7409.40 |
(iv) |
of copper-nickel base alloys (cupro-nickel) or copper-nickel-zinc base alloys (nickel-silver) |
Rs. 4725 per tonne |
|
7409.90 |
(v) |
of other copper alloys |
Rs. 4725 per tonne |
10. |
|
Copper foil (whether or not printed or backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backing materials) of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0.15 mm - |
|
|
7410.11 |
(i) |
of refined copper, not backed |
Rs. 4725 per tonne |
|
7410.12 |
(ii) |
of copper alloys, not backed |
Rs. 4725 per tonne |
|
7410.21 |
(iii) |
of refined copper, backed |
Rs. 4725 per tonne |
|
7410.22 |
(iv) |
of copper alloys, backed |
Rs. 4725 per tonne |