Amends 19 Notifications - 45/93 - Customs -Tariff

Amends 19 Notifications Notification No. 45/93-Cus. Dated 28-2-1993 as corrected by errata 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 directs that each of the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue and Banking (Revenue Wing) or Department of Revenue, as the case may be, specified in column (2) of the Table hereto annexed, shall be amended or further amended, as the case may be, in the manner specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table. TABLE S. No. Notification No. and date Amendment (1) (2) (3) 1. No. 259/76-Cus toms, dated the 2nd August, 1976. In the said notification, for the figures and words "40 per cent ad valorem ", the figures and words "75 per cent ad valorem " shall be substituted. 2. No. 150/81-Cus toms, dated 25th May, 1981. In the said notification, for the Table and Explanation, the following Table and Explanation shall be substituted, namely :- "TABLE Sl. No. Description Purpose of import Rate of duty (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. Stainless steel plates, sheets and strips of a thickness of 16 B.G. or more (a) for the manufacture of capital goods, equipments or components for the following industries 80% ad valorem (i) Fertilizers; (ii) Drugs and Pharmaceuticals and interme diates;  (iii) Petro chemicals; (iv) Organic chemicals; (v) Industrial furnaces; (vi) Nuclear Projects; (vii) Textiles; (viii) Synthetic detergents; and (ix) Dairy. (b) for the manufacture of the following equipments or components - 80% ad valorem (i) Pressure vessels; (ii) Heat Exchangers; (iii) Industrial Screens; (iv) Industrial filters; (v) Centrifuges and Industrial separators; (vi) Mixers; (vii) Reactors; (viii) Distillation columns; (ix) Dryers; (x) Metallic Drums for cone winding or per forated cones;  (xi) Dyeing equipment for textile Industry; and (xii) Tubes. 2. Scrap of stainless steel For melting purpose 50% ad valorem 3. Hot-rolled stainless steel coils For any purpose 60% ad valorem Explanation : (a) "B.G." means Birmingham Gauge which is used for measuring thickness; (b) "Hot-rolled stainless steel coils" means coiled semi-finished hot rolled products of stainless steel, of a rectangular section, not less than 1.5 millimetres thick, of a width exceeding 500 millimetres and of a weight of not less than 500 kilogram per piece; (c) "plates" and "sheets" mean rolled products (other than "Hot-rolled stainless steel coils") of any thickness, and if in rectangles, of a width exceeding 500 millimetres; (d) "strip" means rolled products with sheared or unsheared edges, of rectangular section, of a thickness not exceeding 6 millimetres of a width not exceeding 500 millimetres and of such diamensions that the thickness does not exceed one tenth of the width, in straight strips, coils or flattened coils.". 3. No. 64/86-Cus toms, dated the 17th February, 1986. In the said notification, for the Table, the following Table shall be substituted, namely :- "TABLE Sl No. Heading No. or sub-hea ding No. Description of goods Rate of duty (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. 8101.91 Unalloyed unwrou ght tungsten 35% ad valorem 2. 8102.91 Unalloyed unwrou ght molybdenum 35% ad valorem 3. 8103.10 Unalloyed unwrou ght tantalum 35% ad valorem 4. 8104.11 and 8104.19 Unwrought magne sium 35% ad valorem 5. 8105.10 Unalloyed unwrou ght cobalt 35% ad valorem 6. 8106.00 Unalloyed unwrou ght bismuth 35% ad valorem 7. 8107.10 Unalloyed unwrou ght cadmium 35% ad valorem 8. 8108.10 Unalloyed unwrou ght titanium 35% ad valorem 9. 8109.10 Unalloyed unwrou ght zirconium 35% ad valorem 10. 8110.00 Unalloyed unwrou ght antimony 35% ad valorem 11. 8111.00 Unalloyed unwrou ght manganese 35% ad valorem 12. 8112.11, 8112.20, 8112.30, 8112.40 and 8112.91 Unalloyed unwrou ght beryllium, chro mium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, hafnium, indium, niobium, rhenium and thallium. 35% ad valorem ". 4. No. 88/86-Cus toms, dated the 17th February, 1986. In the said notification, for the figures and words "45% ad valorem ", the figures and words "75% ad valorem " shall be substituted. 5. No. 181/86-Cus toms, dated the 1st March, 1986. In the said notification, for the figures and words "50% ad valorem ", the figures and words "55% ad valorem " shall be substituted. 6. No. 255/86-Cus toms, dated the 17th April, 1986. In the said notification, for the figures and words "30 per cent ad valorem , and from the whole of the additional duty leviable thereon under section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act", the figures and words "35 per cent ad valorem " shall be substituted. 7. No. 482/86-Cus toms, dated the 4th December, 1986. In the said notification, for the figures and words "30 per cent ad valorem , and from the whole of the additional duty leviable thereon under section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act", the figures and words "35 per cent ad valorem " shall be substituted. 8. No. 58/87-Cus toms, dated the 1st March, 1987. In the said notification, for the figures and words "40 per cent ad valorem ", the figures and words "70 per cent ad valorem " shall be substituted. 9. No. 292/87-Cus toms, dated the 12th August, 1987. In the said notification, for the words and figures "Rs. 1,100 per tonne", the figures and words "50 per cent ad valorem " shall be substituted. 10. No. 343/87-Cus toms, dated the 27th October, 1987. In the said notification, for the figures and words "20% ad valorem plus Rs. 6,000 per tonne", the figures and words "25% ad valorem " shall be substituted. 11. No. 288/88-Cus toms, dated the 12th October, 1988. In the said notification, for the figures and words "45% ad valorem ", the figures and words "50 per cent ad valorem " shall be substituted. 12. No. 319/88-Cus toms, dated the 23rd December, 1988. In the said notification, for the Table, the following Table shall be substituted, namely :- "TABLE Sl. No. Description of goods Rate of duty (1) (2) (3) 1. Copper mattes and master alloys 45 per cent ad valorem 2. Unwrought copper (refined or not) 45 per cent ad valorem 3. Copper waste and scrap 45 per cent ad valorem 4. Copper rods of which the maximum cross sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm. 45 per cent ad valorem 5. Copper wire of which the maximum cross sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm. 45 per cent ad valorem 6. Unwrought zinc 45 per cent ad valorem ". 13. No. 82/90-Cus toms, dated the 20th March, 1990. In the Table annexed to the said notification, - (i) against S. No. 1, in column (4), for the entry, the entry "75 per cent ad valorem " shall be substituted; (ii) against S. No. 2, in column (4), for the entry, the entry "75 per cent ad valorem " shall be substituted. 14. No. 83/90-Cus toms, dated the 20th March, 1990. In the said notification, for the figures and words "5% ad valorem ", the figures and words "15 per cent ad valorem " shall be substituted. 15. No. 82791-Cus toms, dated the 25th July, 1991. In the said notification, for the figures and words "15% ad valorem ", the figures and words "60 per cent ad valorem " shall be substituted. 16. No. 75/92-Cus toms, dated the 1st March, 1992. In the said notification, for the figures and words "5% ad valorem ", the figures and words "35 per cent ad valorem " shall be substituted. 17. No. 80/92-Cus toms, dated the 1st March, 1992. In the said notification, for the figures and words "5% ad valorem plus Rs. 7,500 per tonne", the figures and words "50 per cent ad valorem " shall be substituted. 18. No. 210/92-Cus toms, dated the 21st May, 1992. In the said notification, for the figures and words "65 per cent", the figures and words "85 per cent" shall be substituted. 19. No. 255/92-Cus toms, dated the 7th August, 1992. In the said notification, for the figures and words "10 per cent", the figures and words "45 per cent" shall be substituted.