Drawback Cap of Rs. 1276 Notified on Guar Gum Refined Split and Guar Meal

·     DBK Rate Reduced to 0.75% from 1%

[Customs Notification No. 41 (Non Tariff) dated 26th April 2017]

Regarding amendment in Notification no. 131/2016-Customs (N.T.) dated 31.10.2016 relating to AIR of duty drawback with respect to Guar and its products.

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 75 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), sub-section (2) of section 37 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), and section 93A and sub-section (2) of section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), read with rules 3 and 4 of the Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback Rules, 1995, the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 131/2016 - Customs (N.T.), dated the 31st October, 2016, published vide number G.S.R. 1018 (E), dated the 31st October, 2016, namely:-

In the said notification, in the Schedule,-

(i)  in Chapter – 7, for tariff item 0713 and the entries relating thereto, the following tariff items and entries shall be substituted, namely:-

“0713

Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split

 

 

 

 

 

071301

Guar Gum Refined Split

MT

0.75%

1276

0.1%

170.1

071399

Others

 

1%

 

0.15%”;

 

(ii) in Chapter – 11, for tariff item 1106 and the entries relating thereto, the following tariff items and entries shall be substituted, namely :-

“1106

Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 0714 or of the products of Chapter 8

 

 

 

 

 

110601

Guar Meal

MT

0.75%

1276

0.1%

170.1

110699

Others

 

1%

 

0.15%”;

 

(iii)     in Chapter – 13, against tariff item 130201, for the entry in column (2), the entry “Of Guar Gum” shall be substituted.

[F. No. 609/28/2017-DBK]