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Customs - Notifications (Tariff)11.10.2018

Amends the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act to increase the duty on items under chapter 85.

Document Text

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) Notification No. 74/2018–Customs New Delhi, the 11th October, 2018 G.S.R…..(E).- WHEREAS the Central Government on being satisfied that the import duty leviable on goods, falling under Chapter 85 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), should be increased and that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action. NOW, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8A of the said Customs Tariff Act, the Central Government hereby directs that the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act shall be amended in the following manner, namely: - In the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, in Section XVI, in Chapter 85, against tariff items 8517 61 00 and 8517 69 90, for the entry in column (4), the entry “20%” shall be substituted. 2. This notification shall be effective from the 12th October, 2018. [F.No.354/374/2018-TRU] (Gunjan Kumar Verma) Under Secretary to the Government of India

Source: Government of India — Customs - Notifications (Tariff), dated 11.10.2018. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

HS Codes Referenced

197520188517

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