Frozen Fish Imports under Japan CEPA Liberalised, Rules of Origin Amended

[Notification No. 44/2022 - Customs (N.T.) dated 20 May 2022]

G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub- section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to further amend the Customs Tariff (Determination of Origin of Goods under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between the Republic of India and Japan) Rules, 2011, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called the Customs Tariff (Determination of Origin of Goods under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between the Republic of India and Japan) Amendment Rules, 2022.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Customs Tariff (Determination of Origin of Goods under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between the Republic of India and Japan) Rules, 2011, in Annexure-1, in Part 2, in Section I, in Chapter 3, for the figures and words “03.01-03.07 Manufacture in which all the materials used are wholly obtained.", the following shall be substituted, namely: -

“0301.10-0304.92

Manufacture in which all the materials used are wholly obtained.

0304.99

A change to sub-heading 0304.99 from any other chapter.

0305.10-0307.99

Manufacture in which all the materials used are wholly obtained."

[F. No.20000/3/2012-OSD(ICD)]