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Customs - Notifications (Tariff)02.06.1998

Effective rate of duty on specified goods of Chapters 70, 84, 85 or 90.

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Information Technology Agreement (W.T.O.). Effective rate of duty. Notification No. 25/98-Customs 2-6-1998 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts goods of the description specified in column (3) of the Table below, and falling under the sub-heading Nos. of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) as are specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, when imported into India, from the whole of the duty of Customs leviable thereon under the said First Schedule. Table Description S. No. Sub- heading No. (1) (2) (3) 1. 7017.10 or 7020.00 Quartz reactor tubes and holders designed for insertion into diffusion and oxidation furnaces for production of semi-conductor wafers. 2. 8419.89 Chemical vapour deposition apparatus for semi-conductor production. 3. 8419.90 Parts of chemical vapour deposition apparatus for semi-conductor production. 4. 8421.19 Spin dryers for semi-conductor wafer processing. 5. 8421.91 Parts of Spin dryers for semi-conductor wafer processing. 6. 8424.89 Deflash machines for cleaning and removing contaminants from the metal leads of semiconductor packages prior to the electroplating process. 7. 8424.89 Spraying appliances for etching, stripping or cleaning semi-conductor wafers. 8. 8424.90 Parts of spraying appliances for etching, semi-conductor cleaning or stripping wafers. 9. 8456.10 Machines for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light in the production of or photo beam semiconductor wafers. 10. 8456.91 Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electro- discharge, electro-chemical, electron beam, ionic-beam or plasma arc processes, for dry-etching patterns on semiconductor materials of the said First Schedule. 11. 8456.99 Focused ion beam milling machines to produce or repair masks and reticules for patterns on semiconductor devices. 12. 8456.99 Laser cutters for cutting contacting tracks in semiconductor production by laser beam. 13. 8464.10 Machines for sawing monocrystal semiconductor boules into slices, or wafers into chips. 14. 8464.20 Grinding, polishing and lapping machines for processing of semiconductor wafers. 15. 8464.90 Dicing machines for scribing or scoring semiconductor wafers. 16. 8466.91 Parts of grinding, polishing and lapping machines for processing of semiconductor wafers. 17. 8466.91 Parts of machines for sawing monocrystal semiconductor boules into slices, or wafers into chips. 18. 8466.91 Parts of dicing machines for scribing or scoring semiconductor wafers. 19. 8466.93 Parts of focused ion beam milling machines to produce or repair masks and reticules for patterns on semiconductor devices. 20. 8466.93 Parts of machines for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photo beam in the production of semiconductor wafers. 21. 8466.93 Parts of machines for dry-etching patterns on semiconductor materials. 22. 8466.93 Parts of laser cutters for cutting contacting tracks in semiconductor production by laser beam. 23. 8466.93 Parts of apparatus for stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers. 24. 8477.10 or 8479.89 25. 8477.90 or 8479.90 Encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors. Parts of encapsulation equipment assembly of semiconductors. for 26. 8479.50 Automated machines for transport, handling and storage of semiconductor wafers, cassettes, wafer boxes and other material for semiconductor devices. 27. 8479.89 Apparatus for growing or pulling moriocrystal semiconductor boules. 28. 8479.89 Epitaxial deposition machines for semiconductor wafers. 29. 8479.89 Apparatus for physical deposition by sputtering on semiconductor wafers. 30. 8479.89 or 8543.30 Apparatus for wet-etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat panel displays. 31. 8479.89 Die attach apparatus, tape automated bonders and wire bonders for assembly of semiconductors. 32. 8479.89 Machines for bending, folding and straightening semiconductor leads. 33. 8479.89 Physical deposition apparatus for semiconductor production. 34. 8479.89 Spinners for coating photographic emulsions on semiconductor wafers. 35. 8479.90 Parts of apparatus for growing or pulling monocrystal semiconductor boules. 36. 8479.90 Parts of epitaxial deposition machines for semiconductor wafers. 37. 8479.90 Parts of apparatus for physical deposition by sputtering on semiconductor wafers. 38. 8479.90 Parts tape for die attach apparatus, automated bonders and wire bonders for assembly of semiconductors. 39. 8479.90 Parts of spinners for coating photographic emulsions on semiconductor wafers. 40. 8479.90 or Parts of apparatus developing, stripping for wet-etching, cleaning or 8543.90 semiconductor wafers and displays. flat panel 41. 8479.90 Parts of automated machines for transport, handling and storage of semiconductor wafers, wafer cassettes, wafer boxes and other material for semiconductor devices. 42. 8479.90 Parts of machines for bending, folding and straightening semiconductor leads. 43. 8479.90 Parts of physical deposition apparatus for semiconductor production. 44. 8480.71 Injection and compression moulds manufacture of semiconductor devices. for 45. 8514.10 Resistance heated furnaces and ovens for the manufacture of semiconductor devices on semiconductor wafers. 46. 8514.20 Inductance or dielectric furnaces and ovens for the manufacture of semiconductor devices on semiconductor wafers. 47. 8514.30 Parts of resistance heated furnaces and ovens for the manufacture of semiconductor devices on semiconductor wafers. 48. 8514.30 Apparatus for rapid heating of semiconductor wafers. 49. 8514.90 Parts of furnaces and ovens of heading Nos. 8514.10 to 8514.30. 50. 8514.90 Parts of apparatus for rapid heating of wafers. 51. 8543.11 Ion implanters for doping semiconductor materials. 52. 8543.89 or Pattern generating apparatus of a kind used for producing masks or reticles from photo 9017.20 resist coated substrates. 53. 8543.90 Parts of ion implanters for doping semiconductor materials. 54. 8543.90 or 9017.90 Parts and accessories of pattern generating apparatus of a kind used for producing masks or reticles from photoresist coated substrates. 55. 9010.41, 9010.42 or 9010.49 Apparatus for the projection or drawing of circuit patterns on sensitized semiconductor materials. 56. 9010.90 Parts and accessories of the apparatus of heading Nos. 9010.41 to 9010.49. 57. 9011.10 Optical stereoscopic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles. 58. 9011.20 Photo micrographic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles. 59 9011.90 Parts and accessories of optical stereoscopic equipment microscopes specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles. fitted with 60. 9011.90 Parts and accessories of photo micrographic equipment microscopes specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles. fitted with 61. 9012.10 Electron beam microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles. 62. 9012.90 Parts and accessories of electron beam microscopes equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles. fitted with 63. Omitted 64. 9030.90 Parts and accessories of instruments and for semiconductor apparatus and parts of appliances measuring or wafers or devices. checking 65. 9031.41 Optical instruments and appliances, for inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for inspecting photo masks or reticles used semiconductor devices. in manufacturing 66. 9031.49 Optical instruments and appliances measuring contamination on semiconductor wafers. surface for particulate 67. 9031.90 Parts and accessories of optical instruments and appliances for inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for inspecting masks, photo masks in used or manufacturing semiconductor devices. reticles 68. 9031.90 Parts and accessories of optical instruments and appliances for measuring surface particulate contamination on semiconductor wafers. Notification No. 25/98-Cus., dated 2-6-1998 as amended by Notification No. 27/99-Cus., dated 28-2-1999 and No. 20/2001-Cus, dated 01-03-2001..

Source: Government of India — Customs - Notifications (Tariff), dated 02.06.1998. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

HS Codes Referenced

196219751998199920017017702084198421842484568464846684778479848085148543901090119012901790309031

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