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Customs - Notifications (Tariff)26.07.2018

Exempts the Integrated Goods and Services Tax, leviable under sub-section (7) of section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), as in excess of the amount calculated over and above the value at which Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers/Department of Fertilizers sells urea, falling under tariff item 3102 10 00 of the First Schedule of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, to Fertilizer Marketing Entities (FMEs) on high sea sale basis (commonly known as “Pool Issue Price”).

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[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. 55/2018 –Customs New Delhi, the 26th July, 2018 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) and sub-section (12) of section 3 of Customs Tariff Act, 1975, (51 of 1975), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the Integrated Goods and Services Tax, leviable under sub- section (7) of section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), as in excess of the amount calculated over and above the value at which Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers/Department of Fertilizers sells urea, falling under tariff item 3102 10 00 of the First Schedule of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), to Fertilizer Marketing Entities (FMEs) on high sea sale basis (commonly known as “Pool Issue Price”). 2. This notification shall come into force on the 27th July, 2018. [F.No.354/255/2018-TRU] (Gunjan Kumar Verma) Under Secretary to the Government of India

Source: Government of India — Customs - Notifications (Tariff), dated 26.07.2018. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

HS Codes Referenced

1962197520183102

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