Exemption to certain specified fabrics [Ch. 54 and 55] - 254/87 - Central Excise - Tariff

Exemption to certain specified fabrics [Ch. 54 and 55]

Notification No. 254/87-C.E.

Dated 25-11-1987

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (1) of rule 8 of the Central Excise Rules, 1944, read with sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 60/87-Central Excises, dated the 1st March, 1987, the Central Government hereby exempts goods of the description specified in column (2) of the Table hereto annexed and falling under the heading Nos. of the Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), specified in the corresponding entry in column (1) of the said Table, from so much of the duty of excise leviable thereon under the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957), as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table.

THE TABLE

Heading No.	Description of goods			Rate
(1)	(2)			(3)
54.09, 54.12, 55.08,	I.	Fabrics of width not more than 100 centimetres and whose weight per square metre -
55.11 and 55.12		(a)	does not exceed 100 grams	Rs. 2.00 per square metre
		(b)	exceeds 100 grams	Rs. 5.00 per square metre
	II.	Fabrics of width more than 100 centimetres but not more than 120 centimetres		Rs. 1.25 per square metre
	III.	Fabrics of width more than 120 centimetres		Rs. 5.00 per square metre