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Customs - Notifications (Tariff)28.09.2018

Further amends the notification No. 25/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002 [G.S.R. 122(E)].

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. 71/2018-Customs New Delhi, the 28th September, 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), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 25/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 122(E), dated the 1st March, 2002, namely :- in the said notification, in the TABLE, (i) (ii) (1) “68. against S.No. 57, in column (2), for the words and letters “ auto PCB loader”, the words, letters and figures “Automatic/ Semi-automatic PCB Loader and Unloader falling under tariff item 8428 90 90” shall be substituted; after S.No. 67 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be added, namely:- (2) (3) (i) (ii) PCB Coating machine falling under sub-heading 8424 89; PCBA Loader & Unloader falling under sub-heading 8479 89 Mobile Hand sets Lithium Ion Cell for use in the manufacture of Battery of Mobile Hand sets 69. (i) Powder Dryer falling under tariff item 8479 89 99; (ii) Automatic Feeding and Blending System falling under tariff item 8479 82 00; Slurry Transfer System under tariff item 8413 70 96; falling (iii) (iv) Cathode Coating Extrusion Machine falling under tariff item 8424 89 90; (v) Anode Extrusion Coating Machine falling under tariff item 8424 89 90; (vi) Cathode Compression (Cold Press) falling under tariff item 8420 10 00; (vii) Anode Compression (Cold Press) falling under tariff item 8420 10 00; (viii) High Vacuum Pump falling under tariff item 8414 10 00; (ix) Negative Electrode Automatic Production Machine falling under tariff item 8479 89 99; (xi) (xii) (x) Negative Electrode Automatic Plate Machine falling under tariff item 8479 89 99; Fully Automatic Winding Machine falling under tariff item 8479 81 00; Semi-Automatic Winding Machine falling under tariff item 8479 81 00; (xiii) Auto EL Filling Machine falling under tariff item 8479 89 99; (xiv) Heating and Pressing Machine for Lithium falling under tariff item 8419 39 00; (xvi) (xv) Auto Degassing Sealing Machine falling under tariff item 8479 89 99; Electric Coin Cell Crimper with Die Mould falling under tariff item 8422 40 00; (xvii) Hand Held Electrode Cutter falling under tariff item 8477 80 90; (xviii) Vacuum Oven without Vacuum Pump falling under tariff item 8514 30 90; Electrode Slitting Machine falling under tariff item 8464 90 00; Evaporator Re-circulating Chiller falling under tariff item 8418 69 90 (xix) (xx) 70. Winding machine falling under tariff item 8479 81 00 Speaker and Receiver of Mobile Hand sets 71. 72. Fully Automatic USB Soldering Machine falling under tariff item 8515 19 00 Data Cables Optical Fiber/ Optical Fiber Cables (i) Optical Fibre Cable Stranding Machine falling under tariff item 8479 40 00; (ii) Optical Fibre Colouring line machine falling under tariff item 8443 19 90; (iii) Optical Fibre cable Buffering tube machine falling under tariff item 8479 40 00; (iv) Optical Fibre draw tower machines falling under tariff item 8475 21 00; (v) Optical Fibre Draw Furnace System falling under tariff item 8514 30 90; (vi) Optical Fibre Rewinding machine falling under tariff item 8475 21 00; Core falling Glass Fibre manufacturing machine under tariff item 8475 21 00; (vii) Optical (viii) Optical Glass preform falling manufacturing machine under tariff item 8475 29 00; Fiber Spin Device falling under tariff item 8445 90 00 (ix) 73. 74. Plasma Etching machine falling under tariff item 8479 89 99 Printed Circuit Boards Semi-automatic Automatic/ Screen Printing Machine falling under tariff item 8443 39 90 Printed Circuit Board Assembly”. [F.No. 356/13/2014-TRU (Pt)] (Mohit Tewari) Under Secretary to the Government of India Note: The principal notification No. 25/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section-3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 122(E), dated the 1st March, 2002 and last amended by notification No 18/2016-Customs dated the 1st March, 2016 vide number G.S.R. 212(E) dated the 1st March, 2016.

Source: Government of India — Customs - Notifications (Tariff), dated 28.09.2018. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

HS Codes Referenced

196220022014201620188413841484188419842084228424842884438445846484758477847985148515

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