Prohibits import of Acetate tow and Filter Rod except use in manufacturing of specified goods. - 16/2011- Customs (N.T.) - Customs - Non Tariff

Notification No. 16/2011- Customs (N.T.) New Delhi, the 1st March, 2011 G.S.R. (E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 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, for the purposes specified in clauses (u) and (v) of sub-section (2), hereby prohibits the import of the goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under chapter, heading, sub- heading or tariff item of the First Schedule of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), except when such goods are imported for use in the manufacture of goods, the description of which is specified in column (4) of the Table and the importer follows the procedure set out in Customs (Import of goods at concessional rate of duty for manufacture of excisable goods) Rules, 1996 , as if the goods were imported at a concessional rate of duty. Table S.No. Chapter/heading/Sub-heading/TariffItem Description of goods Description of goods (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. 5502 00 10 Acetate tow 1 [ Filter rod, Pharmaceutical products of Chapter 30 ] 2. 56 or any Chapter 3 [ Filter rod of a kind used in the manufacture of cigarettes or bidis ] 2 [ Filter cigarettes, bidis or Pharmaceutical products of Chapter 30 ] [F. No. 334/3/2011-TRU] (Sanjeev Kumar Singh) Under Secretary to the Government of India --------------------------------- Notes:- 1. Substituted vide Notification No. 56/2011-Cus(NT), dated 02/08/2011 before it was read as:- Filter rod 2. Substituted vide Notification No. 56/2011-Cus(NT), dated 02/08/2011 before it was read as:- Filter Cigarette Further Substituted vide Notification No. 20/2012-Cus(NT), dated 17/03/2012 , before it was read as:- Filter cigarette, Pharmaceutical products of Chapter 30 Further Substituted vide Notification No. 27/2012-Cus(NT), dated 28/03/2012, before it was read as:- Filter cigarettes or bidis 3. Substituted vide Notification No. 20/2012-Cus(NT), dated 17/03/2012 , before it was read as:- Filter Rod