OTHER CHANGES (INCLUDING CERTAIN CLARIFICATIONS/TECHNICAL CHANGES BY AMENDING NOTIFICATION NO. 50/2017-CUSTOMS DATED 30.06.2017

S.No.

S. No. of notification No. 50/2017

Description

1.

6

The condition of Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) for Live L. Vannamei Shrimp has been removed from the notification No. 50/2017 – Customs, as the same is being regulated by the Department of Fisheries.

2.

525, 526A and 531A

Certain clarificatory amendments have been made to entry no. 525, 526A and 531A of notification No. 50/2017 dated 30.06.2017, in order to bring clarity about the scope of exemptions in relation to imports of completely knocked down/semi knocked down forms (CKD/SKD) of electric vehicles (EV) (including commercial, passenger and two-wheeled electric vehicles). These amendments clarify that for an EV kit to be eligible for the duty benefits available to a CKD form of an EV, each individual component in the kit need not be in a disassembled form. Further, it has been clarified that even if some components are missing in the EV kit, the benefit of concessional rate of duty available to CKD/SKD kits would still be available provided that the kit as presented has the essential character of an EV.

3.

531A

This entry provides for concessional rate of Customs duty on imports of two-wheeled electrical vehicles. The words ‘electric compressor’ and ‘contactor’ have been deleted from this entry as these parts are not used in two-wheelers.