Lentils (Masur) Import from USA Basic Customs Duty Hiked to 20% from 10%

[Customs Notification No. 44 dated 17^th September 2021]

Seeks to amend the BCD rate on Lentils (Masur) [0713 40 00], originating in or exported from USA.

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and sub-section (12) of section 3, of Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 50/2017-Customs, dated the 30th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 785(E)., dated the 30th June, 2017, namely,-

In the said notification, in the Table, against S. No. 21F, in column (4), for the entry, the entry “20%”, shall be substituted.

[F. No CBIC-190354/126/2021-TRU]