22nd  November, 2006

 NOTIFICATION NO. 116 /2006-CUSTOMS (N.T.)

 

  G.S.R.       (E).-  In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 75 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), sub-section (2) of section 37 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) and sub-section (2) of section  94 of the Finance Act,1994 (32 of 1994) read with  rule 3 and   rule 4 of the Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback Rules, 1995, the Central Government, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.81/2006-CUSTOMS (N.T.), dated the  13th July, 2006 (hereinafter referred  to as  the  said  notification), namely:-

(1)     In the said notification, after paragraph 15 under the heading “Conditions ”, the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely: - 

 

‘15A.     The term “dyed” in relation to textile materials in Chapters 54 and 55, shall include “printed or bleached”.’

 

(2)                In the  Schedule to the said notification,-

 

(a) in Chapter 10, against  tariff item 10, for the entry in column  4, the  entry  “1.075%” shall  be  substituted;

(b) in Chapter 48, after  tariff  item  4823901805 and the entries relating thereto,  the    following tariff  item and the  entries  shall be  inserted, namely:-

 

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

“4823901806

Decorative handicraft articles made of papier mache

 

5%

 

0.5%”;

 

 

(c)        in Chapter  54,-

 

(i)        for  tariff  items 540701, 540702,540703,540704,540705 and 540706 and the entries relating thereto, the following  tariff items and the  entries shall be  substituted, namely:-


“540701

Woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of Synthetic Filament Yarn(Grey)

KG

8%

22

3%

8.3

540702

Woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of Synthetic Filament Yarn (Dyed)

KG

9%

26

3.5%

10.1

540703

Woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of Man-made Filament Yarn  and Man-made Staple Fibre(Grey)

KG

8.5%

25

3%

8.8

540704

Woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of Man-made Filament Yarn  and Man-made Staple Fibre(Dyed)

KG

10%

29

3.5%

10.2

540705

Woven fabrics containing less than  85%  by weight of  Man-made Filament Yarn  and/or Man-made Staple Fibre (Grey)

KG

7%

22

3%

9.4

540706

Woven fabrics containing less than  85%  by weight of Man-made Filament Yarn  and/or Man-made Staple Fibre (Dyed)

KG

8%

25

3.5%

10.9”;

 

(ii)    for tariff  items 540801,540802,540803,540804,540805 and 540806 and the  entries  relating thereto,  the  following  tariff items and the entries shall be  substituted, namely:-

 

“540801

Woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of artificial filament yarn (Grey)

KG

8%

22

3%

8.3

540802

Woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of artificial filament yarn(Dyed)

KG

9%

26

3.5%

10.1

540803

Woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of man-made filament yarn and man-made staple fibre   (Grey)

KG

8.5%

25

3%

8.8

540804

Woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of man-made filament yarn and man-made staple fibre   (Dyed)

KG

10%

29

3.5%

10.2

540805

Woven fabrics containing less than  85%  by weight of  man-made filament yarn  and/or man-made staple fibre  (Grey)

KG

7%

22

3%

9.4

540806

Woven fabrics containing less than  85%  by weight of man-made filament yarn  and/or man-made staple fibre  (Dyed)

KG

8%

25

3.5%

10.9”;

 

(d)        in Chapter 55,-

 

(i)     for tariff  items 551501,551502, 551503,551504, 551505, and  551506 and the entries relating thereto, the following tariff items and the  entries shall be substituted, namely :-

 

“551501

Containing 85% or more by weight of Man-made Staple Fibre and Man-made Filament Yarn       (Grey)

KG

8.5%

25

3%

8.8

551502

Containing 85% or more by weight of Man-made Staple Fibre and Man-made Filament Yarn       (Dyed)

KG

10%

29

3.5%

10.2

551503

Containing less than  85%  by weight of Man-made Staple Fibre and/or Man-made Filament Yarn       (Grey)

KG

7%

22

3%

9.4

551504

Containing less than 85% by weight of Man-made Staple Fibre and/or Man-made Filament Yarn       (Dyed)

KG

8%

25

3.5%

10.9”;

 

 

(ii)       for tariff  items 551601,551602,551603,551604,551605 and 551606 and the entries  relating thereto,  the following tariff items and the entries shall be  substituted, namely:-

 

“551601

Containing 85% or more by weight of Man-made Staple Fibre and Man-made Filament Yarn       (Grey)

KG

8.5%

25

3%

8.8

551602

Containing 85% or more by weight of Man-made Staple Fibre and Man-made Filament Yarn       (Dyed)

KG

10%

29

3.5%

10.2

551603

Containing less than  85%  by weight of Man-made Staple Fibre and/or Man-made Filament Yarn       (Grey)

KG

7%

22

3%

9.4

551604

Containing less than 85% by weight Of Man-made Staple Fibre and/or Man-made Filament Yarn       (Dyed)

KG

8%

25

3.5%

10.9” ;

 

(e)                in chapter 81, for the tariff items and the  entries relating thereto,  following tariff items and the  entries shall be substituted, namely:-

 

“8101

Tungsten (wolfram) and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap

KG

2.5%

40

2.5%

40

8102

Molybdenum and articles thereof ,excluding waste and scrap

KG

2.5%

104

2.5%

104

8103

Tantalum and articles thereof ,excluding waste and scrap

KG

2.5%

94

2.5%

94

8104

Magnesium and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap

KG

2.5%

5.5

2.5%

5.5

8105

Cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy; cobalt and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap

KG

2.5%

140

2.5%

140

8106

Bismuth and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap

KG

2.5%

24

2.5%

24

8107

Cadmium and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap

KG

2.5%

1.9

2.5%

1.9

8108

Titanium and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap

KG

2.5%

93

2.5%

93

8109

Zirconium and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap

KG

2.5%

3.4

2.5%

3.4

8110

Antimony and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap

KG

2.5%

3

2.5%

3

8111

Manganese and articles thereof,  excluding waste and scrap 

KG

2.5%

 3.7

 2.5%

3.7

8112

Beryllium, chromium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, hafnium, indium, niobium (columbium), rhenium and thallium, and articles of these metals, excluding waste and scrap

 

 

2.5%

 

2.5%

 

8113

Cermets and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap

 

 2.5% 

 

 

 

2.5%” ; 

 

 

 

[F.No.609/54/2006-DBK] 

Note: The principal notification No.81/2006-CUSTOMS (N.T.) was published in the  Gazette of  India vide number G.S.R.420(E), dated the 13th July, 2006.