Seeks to provide the tariff concession to the goods of the description specified in column (3) of the Table hereto annexed and falling under the Chapter.

Circular No.ES/117/2018-19                                                             July 05, 2018

To: Members of the Council

Sub: Seeks to provide the tariff concession to the goods of the description specified in column (3) of the Table hereto annexed and falling under the Chapter.

Dear Member,

CBIC has issued Notification No.50/2018- Customs dated 30^th June, 2018 notifying tariff concession on specified goods on import from specified countries.

CBIC has exempted the goods of the description specified in column (3) of the Table falling under the Chapter, Heading No., Sub- Heading. or tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and specified in the Corresponding entry in column (2)  of the said Table-  

(a) in the case of goods specified in Part A of the said Table, when imported into India from a country listed in APPENDIX I given below; or

(b) in the case of goods specified in Part B of the said Table, when imported into India from a country listed in APPENDIX II given below,

From so much of that portion of the applied rate of duty of customs as is specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table:

Provided that the importer proves to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, that the goods in respect of which the benefit of this exemption is claimed are of the origin of the country listed in the said APPENDIX I or APPENDIX II, as the case may be, in accordance with the Customs Tariff (Determination of Origin of Goods under the Bangkok Agreement) Rules, 1976, published in the notification of the Government of India in the Department of Revenue and Banking (Revenue Wing) No. 430-Customs, dated the 1st November, 1976.

Relevant extract of the notification is given here- below:-

APPENDIX I

APPENDIX II

This is for your information.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

S. BALARAJU
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR