Partial exemption from auxiliary duty of Customs in excess of 5% ad valorem on specified goods - 160/88 - Customs -Tariff

Partial exemption from auxiliary duty of Customs in excess of 5% ad valorem on specified goods Notification No. 160/88-Cus. Dated 13-5-1988 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), read with sub-section (4) of section 77 of the Finance Act, 1988 (26 of 1988) and in supersession of the Noti fication of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Depart ment of Revenue) No. 88/88-Cus., dated the 1st March, 1988, the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the goods specified in column (3) of the Table annexed hereto, and falling within the Chapters of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, when imported into India, from so much of the auxiliary duty of customs leviable thereon under sub section (1) of section 77 of the said Finance Act, as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate of 5 per cent of the value of such goods as determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 of the first mentioned Act. THE TABLE Sl. No. Chapter of the First Schedule to Customs Tariff Act, 1975 Description of goods (1) (2) (3) 1. 8 Dates dry all qualities but excluding seedless. 2. 14 Wattle Bark. 3. 26 Zinc Concentrates. 4. 27 Mineral grease (including petroleum jelly) and Lubricating oil. 5. 37 Photopolymer (relief image) plates. 6. 44 (i) Wood in rough; (ii) Wood roughly squared and half-squared, but not further manufactured. 7. 52 Cotton Raw. 8. 53 Flax, Ramie, Sisal and Manila Hemp fibre. 9. 82 Blades/knives for leather shaving machine. 10. 90 Polymer plate processing equipment. 11. 90 Automatic film processor for use in the printing industry. 12. 90 Colour scanner. Explanation . - In this notification, "lubricating oil" means any oil as is ordinarily used for lubricating, excluding any hydrocarbon oil which has its flash point below 93.3° centigrade.