Amends First Schedule of Customs Tariff Act, 1975. - Rates of Customs duty on import of certain items enhanced. - 67/2018 - Customs -Tariff

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) Notification No. 67/2018 Customs New Delhi, the 26th September, 2018 G.S.R. 927 (E). -WHEREAS the Central Government on being satisfied that the import duty leviable on goods, falling under Chapters 39 , 40 , 42 , 64 , 71 and 84 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), should be increased and that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action. NOW, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8A of the said Customs Tariff Act, the Central Government hereby directs that the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act shall be amended in the following manner, namely:- In the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act ,- (A) in Section VII,- (a) in Chapter 39 , for the entry in column (4) occurring against all the tariff items of headings 3922, 3923, 3924 and 3926 the entry 15% shall be substituted; (b) in Chapter 40 , for the entry in column (4) occurring against tariff item 4011 10 10, the entry 15% shall be substituted; (B) in Section VIII, in Chapter 42 , for the entry in column (4) occurring against all the tariff items of heading 4202, the entry 15% shall be substituted; (C) in Section XII, in Chapter 64 , for the entry in column (4) occurring against all the tariff items of headings 6401, 6402, 6403, 6404 and 6405, the entry 25% shall be substituted; (D) in Section XIV, in Chapter 71 , for the entry in column (4) occurring against all the tariff items of headings 7113 and 7114, the entry 20% shall be substituted; (E) in Section XVI, in Chapter 84, - (a) for the entry in column (4) occurring against tariff items 8414 30 00 and 8414 80 11, the entry 10% shall be substituted; (b) for the entry in column (4) occurring against all the tariff items of sub-headings 8415 10, 8415 20, 8415 81, 8415 82 and 8415 83, the entry 20% shall be substituted; (c) for the entry in column (4) occurring against tariff items 8418 10 90, 1 [ 8418 21 00 ] and 8418 29 00, the entry 20% shall be substituted; (d) for the entry in column (4) occurring against tariff items 8450 11 00, 8450 12 00 and 8450 19 00, the entry 20% shall be substituted. 2. This notification shall be effective from the 27th September, 2018. [F.No.354/374/2018-TRU] (Mohit Tewari) Under Secretary to the Government of India ******** Notes 1. Corrected vide Corrigendum dated 27-09-2018