Vegetable Oils Import Duty Hiked by 5%

·     7.5% goes up to 12.5%

·     15% Rises to 20%

Bunker Fuel Exemption Procedure for Indian Flag Vessels between Coastal Ports Rationilised

Gorakhpur – Haryana, Kudankulam Nuclear Power Projects Notified for Duty Exemption

[Customs Notification No. 46 dated 17th September 2015]

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 12/2012-Customs, dated the 17th March, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide numberG.S.R.185(E), dated the 17th March, 2012, namely:-

In the said notification, -

(A)  in the Table,-

(i)   against S.No.51, for the entries occurring in column (4) against clauses (A), (B) and (C) of item II of column (3), the entry 12.5% shall respectively be substituted;

(ii)  against S.No.55, for the entry in column (4), the entry 12.5% shall be substituted;

(iii) against S.No. 56, for the entry in column (4), the entry 20% shall be substituted;

(iv) against S.No.57, for the entry in column (4), the entry 12.5% shall be substituted;

(v)  against S.No. 58, for the entry in column (4), the entry 20% shall be substituted;

(vi) against S.No. 59, for the entry in column (4), the entry 20% shall be substituted;

(vii) against S.No. 62, for the entry in column (4), the entry 12.5% shall be substituted;

(viii)   against S.No. 63, for the entry in column (4), the entry 20% shall be substituted;

(ix) against S.No. 65, for the entry in column (4), the entry 12.5% shall be substituted;

(x)  against S.No. 66, for the entry in column (4), the entry 20% shall be substituted;

(xi) against S.No. 69, for the entry in column (4), the entry 20% shall be substituted;

(xii) against S.No. 71, for the entry in column (4), the entry 20% shall be substituted.

(B)  in the ANNEXURE, in Condition No. 101, under the column heading "Conditions",-

(a)  for clause (iii), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-

(iii) such ships or vessels carry containerised cargo namely, export-import cargo or empty containers or domestic cargo, between such ports;";

(b)  for clause (iv), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-

(iv) such ships or vessels file an import manifest (IGM) or an export manifest (EGM), as the case may be, in each leg of the voyage;";

(C)  in List 33, after item number (6) and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely:-

7.    Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana (GHAVP) Units -1 and 2 (700 MW x2)

8.    Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) Units 3 and 4 (1000 MW x 2)".

[F. No. 354/126/2014-TRU]