Electrical apparatus and appliance - 134/86 - Customs -Tariff

Electrical apparatus and appliance Notification No. 134/86-Cus. Dated 17-2-1986 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 and falling within Chapter 85 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), when imported into India, from so much of that portion of the duty of customs leviable thereon, which is specified in the said First Schedule as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table : Provided that nothing contained in this notification shall affect the exemption granted under any other notification of the Government of India for the time being in force, from the duty of customs specified in the said First Schedule, in respect of the goods referred to in this notification. THE TABLE Sl. No. Description of goods Rate of duty (1) (2) (3) 1. Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) electric wire, cable, bars, strips and the like (including coaxial cable) of copper, whether or not fitted with connectors. 70 per cent ad valorem 2. Electrical apparatus, for making and breaking electrical circuits, for the protection of electrical circuits or for making connections to or in electrical circuits; resistors other than heating resistors; printed circuits, switch boards (other than telephone switch boards) and control panels; infrared and ultraviolet electric discharge lamps; electronic valves and tubes; photo-cells; insulated electric wire, cable, bars, strip and the like of any material other than copper, whether or not fitted with connectors; carbon brushes, arc-lamp carbons, battery carbons, carbon electrodes and other carbon articles of a kind used for electrical purposes; insulators of any material; insulating fittings for electrical equipment; electrical conduit tubing and joints therefor, of base metal lined with insulating material; and electrical appliances and apparatus, having individual functions, falling under Heading No. 85.43. 2. Nothing contained in this notification shall apply to — (i) resistors of power rating upto 50 watts; (ii) electronic valves and tubes, namely :— (a) restifying valves and tubes upto 2000 volts Peak Inverse Voltage and upto 5 Amperes current rating; (b) triodes, tetrodes, pentodes or any combination thereof; (c) cold cathode type and thermionic type which are for use as display devices; and (d) television picture tubes; (iii) relays and switches designed for use in circuits upto 100 volts and upto 10 amperes current rating; (iv) connectors, namely, plugs and sockets other than those having all the pins or contacts desinged for use in circuits of 200 volts and above. 3. This notification shall come into force on the 28th day of February, 1986.