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Seeks to further amend Notification No. 12/2012-Customs, dated the 17.03.2012 so as to carry out Budgetary changes. Details are contained in Joint Secretary (TRU –I) DO letter dated 29.02.2016

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..... reto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely :- (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) "96A 2207 20 00 Denatured ethyl alcohol (ethanol) for use in manufacture of excisable goods. 2.5% - 5"; (iii) after serial number 109 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely :- (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) "109A 2505 10 11, 2505 10 12, 2505 10 19 Silica Sands 2.5% - -"; (iv) after serial number 121A and the entries relating thereto, the following serial numbers and entries shall be inserted, namely :- (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) "121B 2701 11 00, 2701 12 00, 2701 19 All goods 2.5% 2% - 121C 2701 20, 2702, 2703 All goods 2.5% - - 121D 2704, 2705, 2706 All goods 5% - - 121E 2707 All goods 2.5% - - 121F 2708 All goods 5% - -"; (v) serial numbers 122, 122A, 123, 124, 124 A, 125, 126, 126A, 126B and 126C and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted; (vi) in serial number 151, in column (6), the entry "5" shall be inserted; (vii) in serial number 152, in column (6), the entry "5" shall be inserted; (viii) after serial number 163 and the entries relating theret .....

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..... ) (6) "259A 4401 21 00, 4401 22 00 Wood in chips or particles, imported for use in manufacture of the following, namely:- i. paper and paperboard; ii. newsprint. Nil - 5"; (xvii) for serial number 260 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be substituted, namely:- (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) "260 47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material (excluding rayon grade wood pulp) when used for the manufacture of the following, namely :- (i) newsprint; (ii) paper and paperboard; (iii) adult diapers; (iv) all goods falling under chapter heading 9619, other than adult diapers. Nil Nil Nil 2.5% - - - - 5 and 25 5 5 5"; (xviii) serial number 275 and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted; (xix) after serial number 284 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely :- (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) "284A 50,52, 54, 55 or any other chapter Cotton and Elastane blended printed fabrics Nil - 28A"; Cotton and metallic yarn dyed blended fabrics Cotton and spandex and metallic blended fabrics Cotton and Elastane printed fabric Cotton and silk li .....

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..... ations undertaken under specified contracts under the Coal Bed Methane Policy Nil Nil 40A"; (xxviii) serial numbers 358, 359, 359A and 360 and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted; (xxix) against serial number 368, in column (5), for the entry "Nil", the entry " - " shall be substituted; (xxx) after serial number 371C and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:- (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) "371D 2818 20 90 Aluminium Oxide for use in the manufacture of washcoat for catalytic converters 5% - 5"; (xxxi) against serial number 372, in column (3), in item (i), the following shall be inserted, namely:- "Notwithstanding anything contained in List17, the exemption shall not apply to the following goods falling under 8517, namely:- (a) Soft switches and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) equipment namely VoIP phones, media gateways, gateway controllers and session border controllers; (b) Optical Transport equipment; combination of one or more of Packet Optical Transport Product/Switch(POTP/POTS), Optical Transport Network(OTN) products, and IP Radios; (c) Carrier Ethernet Switch, Packet Transport N .....

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..... es shall be inserted, namely :- (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) "428B 8523 Foreign Satellite data on storage media imported by National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad Nil Nil -"; (xxxix) against serial number 431, in column (3), (a) in item no. (i), after the words "parts, components and accessories", the words "excluding charger or adapter, battery, wired Headsets and speakers" shall be inserted; (b) in item no. (iii), the words "battery chargers," shall be omitted; (xl) after serial number 431and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:- (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) "431A 85 or any other chapter (a) Inputs or parts for use in manufacture of charger or adapter of mobile handsets including cellular phones; (b) Inputs or sub-parts for use in manufacture of parts mentioned at (a) above. Nil - 5 431B 85 or any other chapter (a) Inputs or parts for use in manufacture of battery of mobile handsets including cellular phones; (b) Inputs or sub-parts for use in manufacture of parts mentioned at (a) above. Nil - 5 431C 85 or any other chapter (a) Inputs or parts for use in manufacture of wired .....

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..... anic LED) panels for manufacture of Television Nil - 5"; (xlii) against serial number 433, in column (3) for the figure and letters "1KW", the figures and letters "1.5KW" shall be substituted; (xliii) serial number 433A and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted; (xliv) after serial number 433B and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:- (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) "433C Any Chapter Raw materials or parts for use in manufacture of e-Readers 5% - 5"; (xlv) after serial number 435 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:- (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) "435A 8609 00 00 Refrigerated containers 5% - -"; (xlvi) against serial number 439, for the entry in column (5), the entry "-" shall be substituted; (xlvii) against serial number 440, - (a) in column (3), for item (v), the item " (v) Engine for xEV (hybrid electric vehicle);" shall be substituted; (b) for the entry in column (5), the entry "-" shall be substituted; (xlviii) serial number 441 and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted; (xlix) for serial numbe .....

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..... n Council or the Synthetic and Rayon Textile Export Promotion Council; (b) the entitlement certificate issued by the respective export promotion councils shall carry the name of supporting manufacturers along with the name of the merchant exporter in case the goods are exported by a merchant exporter; (c) the total value of goods imported shall not exceed one per cent. of the Free on Board (FOB) value of textile garments exported during the preceding financial year; Provided that total value of goods imported in the remaining part of the financial year 2015-16 shall not exceed one-twelfth of one per cent. of the FOB value of textile garments exported during the financial year 2014-15. (d) the importer produces a certificate from the Apparel Export Promotion Council or the Synthetic and Rayon Textile Export Promotion Council, as the case may be, certifying the value of exports made during the financial year mentioned in clause (c) above, and that the fabrics under import are not manufactured in India, and also the value and quantity of goods already imported under this notification during the current financial year. (ii) after Condition No. 40, the following condition shall be .....

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..... stry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, to the effect that the imported goods are required for A. petroleum operations referred to in sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) and have been imported under the contract referred to in that sub-clause, or B. petroleum operations or coal bed methane operations referred to in sub-clause (iii) of clause (a), as the case may be, and have been imported under a contract signed under the New Exploration Licensing Policy or the Coal Bed Methane Policy or the Marginal Field Policy, as the case may be; and (2) a certificate, in the case of a contract entered into by the Government of India and a Foreign Company or Companies or, the Government of India and a consortium of an Indian Company or Companies and a Foreign Company or Companies, that no foreign exchange remittance is made for the imports of such goods undertaken by such Foreign Company or Companies; (c ) where the importer is a sub-contractor, he produces to the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, at the time of importation, the following, namely:- (i) a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate Genera .....

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..... duces to the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, at the time of such transfer, the following, namely:- (1) a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate General of Hydro Carbons in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, to the effect that the said goods may be transferred in the name of another sub-contractor of the licensee or another licensee or a sub-contractor of such licensee, or another sub-contractor of the contractor or another contractor or a subcontractor of such contractor (hereinafter referred to as the "transferee") and that the said goods are required for petroleum operations to be undertaken under :- (I) petroleum exploration or mining leases referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (a), or (II) petroleum operations to be undertaken under a contract referred to in sub-clause (ii) of clause (a), or (III) petroleum operations or coal bed methane operations, as the case may be, to be undertaken under a contract referred to in sub-clause (iii) of clause (a) (2) undertaking from the transferee to comply with all the conditions of the notification, including that he shal .....

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..... of Civil Aviation; and (b) carries passengers in the flight at the beginning and end of the stay period in India, but undertakes no commercial flights during the stay period. (vi) Condition No. 79 shall be omitted; (D) Lists 13 and 14 and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted; (E) in List 21, items (4), (5), (7), (9), (10), (11) and (17) and entries relating thereto shall be omitted; (F) in List 32, in item (E), for sub-item (3), the following shall be substituted, namely:- "E) (3) Braille paper"; (G) after List 33 and the entries relating thereto, the following List shall be inserted, namely:- "List 34 (1) Land Seismic Survey Equipment and accessories, requisite vehicles including those for carrying the equipment, seismic survey vessels, global positioning system and accessories, and other materials required for seismic work or other types of Geophysical and Geochemical surveys for onshore and offshore activities. (2) All types of drilling rigs, jackup rigs, submersible rigs, semi-submersible rigs, drill ships, drilling barges, shot-hole drilling rigs, mobile rigs, workover rigs consisting of various equipment and other drilling equipment required for dri .....

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..... d connected equipment, Tanks used for storage of oil, condensate, coal bed methane, water, mud, chemicals and related materials. (13) All types of fully equipped vessels and other units /equipment required for pollution control, fire prevention, fire fighting, safety items like Survival Craft, Life Raft, fire and gas detection equipment, including H2S monitoring equipment. (14) Mobile and skid mounted pipe laying, pipe testing and pipe inspection equipment. (15) All types of valves including high pressure valves. (16) Communication equipment required for petroleum or coal bed methane operations including synthesized VHF Aero and VHF multi channel sets/ VHF marine multi channel sets. (17) Non-directional radio beacons, intrinsically safe walkie-talkies, directional finders, EPIRV, electronic individual security devices including electronic access control system. (18) Specialized antenna system, simplex telex over radio terminals, channel micro wave systems, test and measurement equipment. (19) X-band radar transponders, area surveillance system. (20) Common depth point (CDP) cable, logging cable, connectors, geo-phone strings, perforation equipment and explosives ( .....

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