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Customs - Notifications (Tariff)25.08.2025

Extends custom duty exemption on Raw Cotton.

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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. 36/2025-Customs New Delhi, the 28th of August, 2025 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) read with section 124 of the Finance Act, 2021 (13 of 2021), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 35/2025-Customs, dated the 18th August, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 561(E), dated the 18th August, 2025, namely: - In the said notification, in paragraph 2, for the figures, letters and words “30th day of September, 2025”, the figures, letters and words “31st day of December, 2025” shall be substituted. [F. No. CBIC-190354/288/2021-TO(TRU-I)] (Dheeraj Sharma) Under Secretary

Source: Government of India — Customs - Notifications (Tariff), dated 25.08.2025. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

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190354196220212025

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