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Customs - Notifications (Tariff)01.11.2010

Exempts Crude Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals falling under the tariff item 2709 00 00 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, when imported into India from Brunei Darussalam, from customs leviable thereon in excess of 3% ad valorem.

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. 116/2010-Customs New Delhi dated the 1st November, 2010 G.S.R. (E).- 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 Crude Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals falling under the tariff item 2709 00 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), when imported into India from Brunei Darussalam, from so much of the duty of customs leviable thereon as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate of 3% ad valorem: Provided that the importer proves to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, that the goods in respect of which the benefit of this exemption is claimed are of the origin of Brunei Darussalam, in accordance with provisions of the Customs Tariff [Determination of Origin of Goods under the Preferential Trade Agreement between the Governments of Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of India] Rules, 2009, published in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 189/2009-Customs (N.T.), dated the 31st December 2009. F. No. 354/64/2003-TRU (Pt.I)] (Prashant Kumar) Under Secretary to the Government of India

Source: Government of India — Customs - Notifications (Tariff), dated 01.11.2010. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

HS Codes Referenced

196219752003200920102709

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