India-UAE CEPA Implements from 1 May 2022

· 10887 Tariff Lines Notified in Table I, 7938 Lines Zero Duty, 2949 with Duty Ranging from 2% to 100%

· 31 Items under TRQ includes Polymers, PVC, Gold and Gold Jewellery, and Copper Wire

[Notification No. 22/2022-Customs dated 30 April 2022]

Seeks to give effect to the first tranche of India UAE CEPA

G.S.R..…(E).- 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 exempts, -

(i) goods of the description as specified in column (3) of the TABLE I appended hereto and falling under the Tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said TABLE, from so much of the duty of customs leviable thereon as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said TABLE;

(ii) goods of the description as specified in column (3) of the TABLE II appended hereto and falling under the Tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said TABLE, from so much of the duty of customs leviable thereon as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said TABLE and from so much of the Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) leviable under section 124 of the Finance Act, 2021 (13 of 2021), as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) of the said TABLE;

(iii) goods of the description specified in column (3) of the TABLE III appended below, and falling within the Tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, as are specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said TABLE in such quantity of total imports of such goods in a year, as specified in column (4) of the said TABLE (hereinafter referred to as the ‘tariff rate quota (TRQ) quantity’), from so much of the duty of customs leviable thereon under the said First Schedule as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) of the said TABLE (hereinafter referred to as the ‘In-quota tariff rate’) and from so much of the Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) leviable under section 124 of the Finance Act, 2021 (13 of 2021), as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6) of the said TABLE (hereinafter referred to as the ‘In-quota AIDC rate’) , subject to any of the conditions, specified in the Annexure to this notification, the condition number of which is mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (7) of the said TABLE,

when imported into Republic of India from The United Arab Emirates:

Provided that the exemption shall be available only if importer proves to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, that the goods in respect of which the benefit of this exemption is claimed are of the origin of The United Arab Emirates, in terms of rules as may be notified in this regard by the Central Government by publication in the Official Gazette of India read with Customs (Administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements) Rules, 2020.

2. This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of May, 2022.