Full exemption to handwoven jamdanee sarees imported from Bangladesh, from customs duty - 87/93 - Customs -Tariff

Full exemption to handwoven jamdanee sarees imported from Bangladesh , from customs duty Notification No. 87/93-Cus. Dated 28-2-1993 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts handwoven jamdanee sarees falling under heading Nos. 50.07, 52.08 or 52.09 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), when imported into India from Bangladesh, which has ratified the Bangkok Agreement, from - (a) the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon under the said First Schedule; and (b) the whole of the additional duty leviable thereon under section 3 of the second mentioned Act: Provided that the importer proves to the satisfaction of the Assistant Collector of Customs that the goods, in respect of which the benefit of exemp tion under this notification is claimed, comply with the requirements specified in the Customs Tariff (Determination of Origin of Goods under the Bangkok Agreement) Rules, 1976. Explanation. - In this notification, "Bangkok Agreement" means the First Agree ment of Trade Negotiations among Developing Member Countries of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.