CBEC Revises Unit Quantity Code in Customs Tariff Schedule

· Many Quantities Falls in Kgs Change to Numbers

· Comments Invited by Tariff Unit by 15 January on Draft

[CBEC Draft Circular dated 23^rd December 2013]

Subject: Draft changes of UQC against HS Code in Customs Tariff of India for declaration in Bills of Entry/Shipping Bills.

Representations have been received in the CBEC from the trade and industry for change of Standard Unit Quantity Code (UQC) in the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 as per common trade parlance. The CBEC has also made it mandatory that importer and exporter should declare Standard Unit Quantity Code (UQC) in the Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills. Accordingly an exercise has been taken by the CBEC to incorporate changes in Standard Unit Quantity Code in respect of certain items. A list of proposed UQC changes has been finalized and attached as Annexure ‘A’.

2. Chambers, trade, industry and field formations are requested to go through the draft list of UQC and offer their comments, views and suggestions. It is requested that comments, views and suggestions on the same may be forwarded to the undersigned on or before 15^th January, 2014. The same may also be emailed to tariffunit-rev@nic.in.

3. The draft list of UQC has been put up only to elicit public response. No final decision has been taken as yet by the Government / Board. Any decision in the matter will be finalized only after due examination of the responses received.

Annexure 'A'
LIST OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN UQC AGAINST THE HS CODES
S.No.	ITC-HS CODE	DESCRIPTION	Standard	Recommended
1	40159020	--- Labels	NOS	Kgs
2	41021010	---Sheepskins	NOS	Kgs
3	41021020	---Pelts of Baby Lambs	NOS	Kgs
4	41021030	---Lamb Skin Other Than Pelts	NOS	Kgs
5	41022110	---Sheep Skins	NOS	Kgs
6	41022120	---Lamb Skins	NOS	Kgs
7	41022130	---Lamb Pelt	NOS	Kgs
8	41022910	---Sheep Skins	NOS	Kgs
9	41022920	---Lamb Skins	NOS	Kgs
10	4412	Plywood, Veneered Panels And Similar Laminated Wood	CUM	Kgs
11	4901	Printed Books, Brochers, Leaflets and similar printed matter, whether or not in single sheets	KGS	Nos
12	4909	Printed or Illustrated Post Cards; Printed Cards Bearing Personal Greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelops or trimmings	KGS	Nos
13	4910	Calendars of Any Kind, Printed, including calender blocks	KGS	Nos
14	7308	Structures(excluding Prefabricated building of Heading 9406) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frame-work, doors and windows and other frames and thresholdsfor doors…………	KGS	Nos
15	7323	Table, Kitchen or Other Household Articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel; iron or steel wool; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of iron or steel	KGS	Nos
16	7324	Sanitary Ware & Parts Thereof, of iron or steel	KGS	Nos
17	82051000	- Drilling, threading or tapping tool	KGS	Nos
18	82089090	--- others	KGS	Nos
19	83014090	--- other	KGS	Nos
20	84051010	--- Producer Gas & Water Gas Generators	KGS	Nos
21	84051020	- Acetylene Gas Generators	KGS	Nos
22	84051090	--- Other	KGS	Nos
23	84186100	- Heat Pumps other than air conditioning machine of headin 8415	KGS	Nos
24	841869	-- others	KGS	Nos
25	842191	-- of centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers	KGS	Nos
26	842199	-- others	KGS	Nos
27	84314990	--- others	KGS	Nos
28	84328010	--- Lawn or Sports Ground Rollers	KGS	Nos
29	84328020	--- Rotary Tiller	KGS	Nos
30	84669400	-- for machines of heading 8462 or 8463	KGS	Nos
31	84733010	--- Microprocessor	KGS	Nos
32	84733020	--- Motherboard	KGS	Nos
33	84733091	---- Network access Controller	KGS	Nos
34	84733092	Graphic and Intelligence based Script Technology (GIST) Cards for multilingual computers	KGS	Nos
35	84733099	---- Others	KGS	Nos
36	84734090	--- others	KGS	Nos
37	84813000	- Check (non-return) Valve	KGS	Nos
38	84839000	- Toothed wheel, chain sprockets and other trasnsmission elements presented seperatly; parts	KGS	Nos
39	85030029	---- others	KGS	Nos
40	85030090	--- others	KGS	Nos
41	85177010	-- Populated; loaded or stuffed printed circuit boards	KGS	Nos
42	85189000	- Parts	KGS	Nos
43	85299090	--- others	KGS	Nos
44	85322200	-- Aluminium electrolytic	KGS	Nos
45	8533	Electrical Resistors (Including Rheostats and Potentiometers), other than heating resistors	KGS	Nos
46	85340000	Printed Circuits	KGS	Nos
47	8535	Electrical Apparatus for Switching or protecting electric circuits, or for making connections…… for a voltage exceeding 1,000 volts	KGS	Nos
48	8536	Electrical Apparatus for Switching or protecting electric circuits, or for making connections…… for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 volts: connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables.	KGS	Nos
49	85381010	--- For industrial use	KGS	Nos
50	85442010	--- Co-axial Cable	KGS	Mtr
51	85444220	--- Plastic insulated	KGS	Kgs
52	8546	Electrical Insulators of any material	KGS	Nos
53	87149220	--- Bicycle Spokes	NOS	Kgs
54	90049090	--- others	KGS	Nos
55	90058090	--- Other	KGS	Nos
56	90269000	- parts & accessories	KGS	Nos
57	9031	Measuring or Checking Instruments, Appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors	KGS	Nos
58	91101200	-- Incomplete Movements, Assembled	KGS	Nos
59	91101900	-- Rough Movements	KGS	Nos
60	91109000	- Other	KGS	Nos
61	91131000	- Of Precious Metal or of Metal clad with precious metal	KGS	Nos
62	9401	Seats (other than those of heading 9402) whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof	KGS	Nos

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