Prescribes duty on machinery for the garments and hosiery industry - 072/89 - Customs -Tariff

Prescribes duty on machinery for the garments and hosiery industry Notification No. 72/89-Cus. Dated 1-3-1989 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 the goods specified in the Table below and falling within Chapter 82, 84, 85 or 90 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), when imported into India for use in the garment and hosiery industry from- (a) so much of that portion of duty of customs leviable thereon which is specified in the said First Schedule as is inexcess of the amount calculated at the rate of 35 per cent ad valorem; and (b) the whole of the additional duty of customs leviable thereon under section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act. TABLE Sl. No. Description of goods (1) (2) 1. Two needle flat bed lockstitch industrial sewing machine. 2. Two or three needle two thread chainstitch feed-off-the-arm machine. 3. Lock stitch tacker and button Sewer. 4. Blind stitch machines. 5. Single needle, cylinder bed upper feed blind stitch machine. 6. Single needle, drop feed chainstitch machine, speed above 4,000 stitches per minute. 7. Singleor two needle two threads chainstitch top and botton covering machine. 8. High speed two thread chainstitch machine 1, 2 or 3 needles dropfeed, of speed 3000 stitches and above per minute. 9. Single needle flat bed drop feed lockstitch machine. 10. Chainstitch overedging machines and Safety stitch machine. 11. Single needle lock stitch machine with built in trimmer of speed above 4000 stitches per minute. 12. Two or three needle chainstitch machines. 13. Power driven cloth cutting machine. 14. Tie making machines. 15. Collar turning and blocking machine and Cuff turning and blocking machine. 16. Automatic collar turning machine. 17. Chain Stitch Tacker Button sewer