Seeks to amend notification No. 53/2011-Customs dated 01st July, 2011 so as to provide deeper tariff concessions in respect of specified goods imported from Malaysia under the India-Malaysia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (IMCECA) w.e.f. 01.01.2018 - 97/2017 - Customs -Tariff

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) Notification No. 97/2017-Customs New Delhi, dated the 29th December, 2017 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, on 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.53/2011-Customs, dated the 1st July, 2011 published in the Gazette of India, vide number G.S.R. 499 (E), dated the 1st July, 2011, namely:- In the said notification, in the Table,- i) in Sl. No. 84, for the entry in column (4), the entry 55.0 , shall be substituted; ii) in Sl. No.85, for the entry in column (4), the entry 55.0 , shall be substituted; iii) in Sl. No. 87, for the entry in column (4), the entry 52.0 , shall be substituted; iv) in Sl. No.129, for the entry in column (4), the entry 44.0 , shall be substituted; v) in Sl. No. 130, for the entry in column (4), the entry 54.0 , shall be substituted; vi) in Sl. No. 133, for the entry in column (4), the entry 52.0 , shall be substituted; vii) in Sl. No. 134, for the entry in column (4), the entry 52.0 , shall be substituted; viii) in Sl. No. 136, for the entry in column (4), the entry 48.0 , shall be substituted. 2. This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of January, 2018. [F. No. 354/43/2009-TRU] (Ruchi Bisht) Under Secretary to the Government of India Note: The principal notification No. 53/2011-Customs, dated the 1st July, 2011 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i), vide number G.S.R. 499 (E), dated the 1st July, 2011 and was last amended vide notification No. 65/2016-Customs, dated the 31st December, 2016 and was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i), vide number G.S.R. 1205 (E), dated the 31st December, 2016.