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TMI BlogGta service on cocoa beansX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Whether cocoa beans can be termed as agricultural produce under gst? - Reply By Padmanathan Kollengode - The Reply = Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax rate Para 2 Defines agricultural produce to mean any produce out of cultivation of plants and rearing of all life forms of animals, except the rearing of horses, for food, fibre, fuel, raw material or other similar products, on which either ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... no further processing is done or such processing is done as is usually done by a cultivator or producer which does not alter its essential characteristics but makes it marketable for primary market; From the above, it appears that cocoa bean is agri produce - Reply By Shilpi Jain - The Reply = Further data required regarding what are the processes undertaken to get cocoa beans. If the pro ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... cess is not something which is normally performed by the cultivator then it will not be regarded as an agricultural produce. - Reply By Vasudev Mehta - The Reply = Maam, cocoa tree is grown in the dense forests of Ghana. Out of the trees, fruits develop which are known as cocoa fruits. Inside the cocoa fruits there are seeds . The seeds are removed from the fruits and dried and fermented to remo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ve germs and imported in India and from Mumbai directly transported to jammu for manufacturing of chocolate. - Reply By Amit Agrawal - The Reply = Issue raised depends upon industry / trade / agri practices etc. You have clarified that '.... The seeds are removed from the fruits and dried and fermented to remove germs and imported in India ... Assuming that ' such processing is ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... NOT done as is usually done by a cultivator or producer which does not alter its essential characteristics but makes it marketable for primary market ', resultant seeds (which are imported into India) does not fall under agricultural produce as defined under Notification No. 12/2017- Central Tax (Rate) as amended ill date, in my view. These are ex facie views of mine and the sa ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... me should not be construed as professional advice / suggestion. - Reply By Vasudev Mehta - The Reply = Sir, These Cocoa beans are similar to coffee beans which are seeds which come out of coffee plant. The beans are just dried in dry sun. There is no process undertaken on beans and the processing is only done after it reaches jammu and kashmir plant. There is a circular which clarifies unproc ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... essed coffee beans are agricultural produce. these cocoa beans are similar to coffee beans - Gta service on cocoa beans - Query Started By: - Vasudev Mehta Dated:- 12-4-2023 Goods and Services Tax - GST - Got 5 Replies - GST - Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing, reply post by an expert, personal opinion Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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