Exemption to specified goods for manufacture of solar energy equipments - 356/86 - Customs -Tariff

Exemption to specified goods for manufacture of solar energy equipments Notification No. 356/86-Cus. Dated 17-6-1986 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 column (2) of the Table hereto annexed, when imported into India for the manufacture of solar energy equipments, from the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon which is specified in the first Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) and the additional duty leviable thereon under section 3 of the second mentioned Act, subject to the condition that an officer not lower in rank than a Director in the Department of Non-Conventional Energy Sources of the Government of India is satisfied that the goods in question are essential for the manufacture of solar energy equipments and the goods in respect of which the exemption is claimed are such as are not manufactured in India and certifies to this effect and recommends grant of the above exemption. TABLE Sl. No. Description of goods 1. Vaccum tube solar collectors 2. Concentrating solar collectors 3. Stirling engine 2. This notification shall be in force upto and inclusive of the 31st May, 1987.