Capacity based rate of duty - unmanufactured tobacco, bearing a brand name - chewing tobacco - Amends Notification no. 16/2010-Central Excise, dated the 27th February, 2010 - 19/2010 - Central Excise - Tariff

Capacity based rate of duty - unmanufactured tobacco, bearing a brand name - chewing tobacco - Amends Notification no. 16/2010-Central Excise, dated the 27th February, 2010 [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) New Delhi, dated the 13th April, 2010 Notification No. 19/2010 - Central Excise G.S.R. 321(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 3A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 , the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 16/2010-Central Excise, dated the 27th February, 2010 , published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 118(E) dated the 27th February, 2010, namely :- In the said notification , A. In the opening paragraph, - (a) in clause (i), the word "and" wherever it occurs shall be omitted; (b) for clause (ii), the following shall be substituted, namely:- "(ii) chewing tobacco falling under tariff item 2403 99 10 of the said Tariff Act ; and (iii) Jarda scented Tobacco falling under tariff item 2403 99 30 of the said Tariff Act ," (c) for the words, brackets and figure "column (6)", the words, brackets and figures "column (6) or column (7)" shall be substituted; B. For Table-1and illustration, the following shall be substituted, namely:- "Table-1 Sl.No. Retail sale price (per pouch) Rate of duty per packing machine per month (Rs. in Lacs) 1 [ Chewing tobacco (other than filter khaini) and Jarda scented Tobacco. ] Unmanufactured Tobacco Chewing tobacco commonly known as filter khaini Without lime tube/lime pouches With lime tube/lime pouches Without lime tube/lime pouches With lime tube/lime pouches (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) 1. Upto Re.1 8.00 7.75 5.75 5.50 5.50 2. From Re.1.01 to Rs. 1.50 12.00 11.50 8.50 8.00 8.00 3. From Rs. 1.51 to Rs. 2.00 14.25 13.50 10.25 9.75 10.00 4. From Rs. 2.01 to Rs. 3.00 21.50 20.25 15.25 14.50 14.25 5. From Rs. 3.01 to Rs. 4.00 26.75 25.00 19.00 17.75 18.00 6. From Rs. 4.01 to Rs. 5.00 33.50 31.25 23.75 22.25 21.00 7. From Rs. 5.01 to Rs. 6.00 40.00 37.50 28.50 26.75 24.25 8. From Rs. 6.01 to Rs. 7.00 63.25 59.75 45.25 42.75 27.00 9 From Rs. 7.01 to Rs. 8.00 63.25 59.75 45.25 42.75 29.50 10 From Rs. 8.01 to Rs. 9.00 63.25 59.75 45.25 42.75 31.50 11 From Rs. 9.01 to Rs. 10.00 63.25 59.75 45.25 42.75 33.50 12 From Rs. 10.01 to Rs. 15.00 89.75 84.5 64 60.25 33.5 + 5 * (P-10) 13 From Rs. 15.01 to Rs. 20.00 112.50 107.25 80.25 76.50 14 From Rs. 20.01 to Rs. 25.00 132 125.25 94 89.25 15 From Rs. 25.01 to Rs. 30.00 150.25 142.50 107.25 101.50 16 From Rs. 30.01 to Rs. 35.00 163 153.75 116.25 109.75 17 From Rs. 35.01 to Rs. 40.00 175.75 165.25 125.50 118 18 From Rs. 40.01 to Rs. 45.00 186 178 132.5 127 19 From Rs. 45.01 to Rs. 50.00 197.75 189 141 135 20 Rs.50.01 and above 197.75 + 3.96 * (P-50) 189 + 3.78 * (P-50) 141 + 2.82 * (P-50) 135 + 2.70 * (P-50) Where 'P' above represents retail sale price of the pouch for which duty rate is to be determined Provided that in respect of Filter khaini, the entry in column no.(2) of S.No.12 the table shall be read as " Rs. 10.01 and above". Illustration1:- The rate of duty per packing machine per month for a 1 [ Chewing tobacco (other than filter khaini) and Jarda scented Tobacco ] pouch not containing lime tube and having retail sale price of Rs.55.00 (i.e. 'P') shall be = Rs. 197.75 + 3.96*(55-50) lakhs = Rs. 217.55 lakhs" Illustration 2:- The rate of duty per packing machine per month for a Filter Khaini pouch having retail sale price of Rs.15.00 (i.e. 'P') shall be = Rs. 33.5 + 5*(15-10) lakhs = Rs. 58.50 lakhs"; and C. After Explanation 4, the following shall be inserted, namely:- " Explanation 5.- For the purposes of this notification, "filter khaini" means chewing tobacco which is packed in sachets of filter paper or fabric before being packed in pouches with the aid of a packing machine". [F. No. 334/1/2010-TRU] (Prashant Kumar) Under Secretary to the Government of India Note:- The principal notification no. 16/2010-Central Excise, dated the 27th February, 2010 was published vide number G.S.R. 118(E) dated the 27th February, 2010. **************************** Notes : As corrected vide corrigendum notification dated 21-4-2010 As Corrected vide Corrigendum [F.No. 334/1/2010-TRU], Dated 15/04/2010 , before it was read as:- Chewing Tobacco (other than filter khaini)