AMENDMENTS IN THE CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT, 1975

S. No.

 Amendment

Clause of the Finance Bill, 2021

1.

Section 8B of the Customs Tariff Act is being amended to incorporate certain technical changes.

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2.

Section 9 of the Customs Tariff Act is being amended to include provisions for anti-absorption, retrospective levy from the date of initiation of investigation in anti-circumvention cases, aligning countervailing duty provisions with those in safeguard measures in respect of levy on goods cleared from EOU and SEZ into Domestic Tariff Area, stipulating that when countervailing duty is revoked temporarily, such revocation shall be for a period not exceeding one year at a time and to provide for imposing Countervailing duty on review for period not exceeding 5 years at a time, instead of the 5 years at present

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3.

Section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act is being amended to include provisions for anti-absorption, retrospective levy in anti-circumvention cases, aligning anti-dumping duty provisions with those in safeguard measures in respect of levy on goods cleared from EOU and SEZ into Domestic Tariff Area, stipulating that when anti-dumping duty is revoked temporarily, such revocation shall be for a period not exceeding one year at a time and to provide for imposing ADD on review for period not exceeding 5 years at a time, instead of the 5 years at present.

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