ADDITIONAL DUTY OF CUSTOMS TO COUNTERVAIL STATE TAXES/VATS - Customs - Additional Duties of Customs - U/s 3(5) - To countervail State Taxes / VAT

ADDITIONAL DUTY OF CUSTOMS TO COUNTERVAIL STATE TAXES/VATS Tariff description<!--?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" ?--> Rate of additional duty Any imported Article An additional duty at a rate not exceeding four per cent. of the value of the imported article. G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (5) of section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 19/2005-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2005 [number G.S.R. 117(E), dated the 1st March, 2005], hereby directs that all goods specified under the Chapter, heading, sub-heading or tariff item of the First Schedule to the said Act, having regard to the sales tax, value added tax, local tax and other taxes or charges leviable on sale or purchase or transportation of like goods in India, when imported into India, shall be liable to an additional duty of customs at the rate of four percent. ad valorem. [F.No.334/3/2006-TRU] (S.Bajaj) Under Secretary to the Government of <!--?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" ?--> India [Also See 1. Notification No. 19/2006- Cus., dated 1-3-2006 ] 2 . Notification No. 102/2007- Cus., dated 14-9-2007 ]