Capital goods, components and spares thereof imported under EPCG Scheme - Amendment to Notification No. 29/97-Cus. - 122/99 - Customs -Tariff

Capital goods, components and spares thereof imported under EPCG Scheme - Amendment to Notification No. 29/97-Cus. Notification No. 122/99-Cus Dated 4-11-1999 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 29/97-Customs, dated the 1st April, 1997, namely :- In the said notification, - (a) in paragraph 2, - (i) in the second proviso to condition (2), for the words "bio-tech and engineering sectors," the words "bio-tech, engineering, textile and chemical sectors," shall be substituted; (ii) in the first proviso to condition (5), for the words "bio-tech and engineering sectors," the words "bio-tech, engineering, textile and chemical sectors," shall be substituted; (b) in Explanation, in clause (1), - (i) in sub-clause (b), the words "sericulture; and", the word "sericulture;" shall be substituted; (ii) in sub-clause (c), for the words and figure "ANNEXURE I; and", the word and figure "ANNEXURE I;" shall be substituted; (iii) after sub-clause (d), the following sub-clauses shall be inserted, namely :- "(e) manufacture of textile products, which are specified in Annexure III, and (f) manufacture of chemical products, namely dye and dye intermediates and drug and drug intermediates, which are specified in Annexure IV;" (c) after Annexure II, the following Annexures shall be inserted, namely :- "ANNEXURE III I. Spinning machinery 1. Modern spinning machines i.e. AIRJET/DREF/PARAFIL/ Self-twisting machines/core spinning machines 2. Automatic cone winding machine with yarn splicer and auto doffing system II. Weaving machinery 1. High speed warping machine with yarn tensioning, pneumatic suction devices and accessories 2. Drawing-in machine 3. Beam knotting machines 4. Indigo dyeing Range with/without sizing plant 5. Shuttleless looms (air jet, water jet, rapier and projectile) III. Processing machinery for composite mills as well as independent process houses 1. Singeing Machine for yarn/fabric 2. Continuous Bleaching Plant 3. Yarn/Fabric Mercerising Machine 4. Fabric Reversing Machine 5. Fabric Dyeing Machine complete with dye kitchen and accessories 6. Automatic dye Weighing and Dispensing Machine 7. Volumetric/Gravimetric measurement liquid chemical station 8. HTPH Hosiery Yarn Dyeing Machine complete with dye kitchen and accessories 9. High Speed Computer Control Padding Mangle 10. Wet Fabric Spreading and Squeezing Machine 11. Continuous Weight Reduction Machinery through microwave technique 12. Compacting Machine 13. Open Width Tubular Inspection Machine 14. Laser engraver 15. Powder dot coating machine 16. Kier decatising/continuous decatising machine 17. Combined contipress/decatising machine 18. Knit-tabular mercerising or bleaching-cum-mercerising machine 19. Pre-shrinking range for flat and knitted goods 20. Auto flame controlled, width controlled singeing machine for flat and knitted fabrics 21. Solvent scouring machine IV. Machinery for spinning composite weaving and knitting sectors 1. Auto control type humidification plant V. Machinery for composite mills and independent process houses 1. Effluent treatment unit with biopag reactor, activated sludge process, activated carbon, ultrafiltration ozonisation facilities 2. Effluent treatment unit with automatic sensing devices, automatic controlled chemical dozing dissolved air flotation (DAF), reverse osmosis, sludge dewatering, decanters, ultrafilters, vaccum filters to deliver water for reuse VI. Machinery for composite mills, knitting and independent process house 1. Light Fastness Testing Equipment VII. Worsted machinery 1. High Production Carding sets worsted/wollen 2. High Speed intersecting Gill box/chain Gills/Rotary Gills/Vertical Gill boxes 3. Rectilinear Combs 4. Draw Frame/Roving Frame/Automatic Rubbing Frame/ Bobbiners/Finishers 5. Ring Frames from 60 mm ring Dia and above 6. Ring Frames with Stro Spinning attachment/or Auto Doffers having maximum 75 mm Ring Dia 7. Shearing, polishing and Cropping machine 8. Hydraulic Flat Paper Press/Continuous Hydraulic Flat Paper Press /Rotary Press. ANNEXURE IV 1. Effluent Treatment Plant 2. Instrumentation for process control 3. Centrifuges 4. Safety and health related equipments 5. Quality control equipments 6. Pollution and Environmental Control equipments 7. Incinerators 8. Scientific Instruments 9. Computer Software systems."