India Welcomes Biden to G20, Removes Retaliatory Import Duty on US Lentils, Apples, Almonds, Walnuts, Boric Acid and Diagnostic or Lab Reagents

·         High Duty on Steel and Steel Products Continue for the time being

 

[Notification No. 53/2023-Customs dated 5 September 2023]

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) and sub-section (12) of section 3 of the 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 further amendments 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, -

I.    in the Table, -

(1)  S. No. 21F and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted;

(2)  S. No. 24AA and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted;

(3)  S. No. 32B and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted;

II.   after the Table, in the first proviso, for the figures and letters “21C, 21D, 21E, 24A, 24B, 26A, 32A, 177, 177B, 249A, 250A, 371A, 371B, 376A, 377A and 377AA”, the figures and letters “177, 250A, 371A, 371B, 376A, 377A and 377AA” shall be substituted;

2. This notification shall come into force on the 6th Day of September, 2023.

[F. No.190354/164/2023-TRU]

 

Extracts from 50/2017- Cus- Amended Entries as below:

 

 

 

Old BCD

New BCD

21F

0713 40 00

Lentils (Mosur) originating in or exported from United States of America
[44/17.09.2021 – Duty raised to 20% from 10%]

[38/26.07.2021 – Duty reduced to 10% from 30%]
SNos. 21E and 21F inserted by 26/02.06.2020 – Import Duty on Lentils (Mosur) Cut to 10% for Three Months; Import from USA too Cut 30% -

[39/28.12.2020 – SNos. 21E and 21F amended - Masoor Dal Duty Exemption Extended by Two Months to 31 Dec 2020]

20%
10%
30%

Nil

24AA

0802 11 00

All goods originating in or exported from the United States of America
[17/15.06.2019 – SNo. 24AA inserted]

Rs. 41 per kg/-

Rs. 35 per kg/-

32B

0808 10 00

All goods originating in or exported from the United States of America
[02/01.02.2021 –Duty reduced to 35% from 70%]
[17/15.06.2019 – SNo. 32B inserted]

35%
70%

15%

 

[53/05.09.2023 – Snos. 21F, 24AA and 32B Omitted]

 

 

 

Provided that nothing contained in entries against serial numbers 14, 21B, 21C, 21D, 21E, 24A, 24B, 26A, 32A,177, 177A, 177B, 249A, 250A, 371A, 371B, 376A, 377A and 377AA of the said Table, shall apply to goods originating in the United States of America.

 

Effective Duties

21C

0713 20 90

Chickpeas (garbanzos)
[02/01.02.2021 –Duty reduced to 10% from 60%]

10% 60%

-

-

21D

0713 40 00

Lentils (Mosur)
[38/26.07.2021 – Duty reduced to Nil from 10%]
[02/01.02.2021 –Duty reduced to 10% from 30%]
[49/20.06.2018 - SNos. 21B, 21C and 21D inserted]

Nil
10% 30%

-

-

 

 

SNos. 21C, 21D not to apply to USA, see proviso below.

 

 

 

21E

0713 40 00

Lentils (Mosur) [Exemption Valid till 31 December October August 2020]
[02/01.02.2021 –SNo. 21E Omitted]

10%

-

-

24A

0802 11 00

All goods (Almonds in shell)

Rs. 35 per kg

-

-

24B

0802 12 00

All goods (Almonds in shelled)
[49/20.06.2018 - SNos. 24A and 24B inserted]

Rs. 100 per kg

-

-

26A

0802 31 00

All goods (Walnuts in shell)
[49/20.06.2018 - SNo. 26A inserted]

100%

-

-

32A

0808 10 00

All goods (Apples)
[02/01.02.2021 –Duty reduced to 15% from 50%]
[49/20.06.2018 - SNo. 32A inserted]

15% 50%

-

-

177B

2810 00 20

Boric Acid
[17/15.06.2019 – SNo. 177A renumbered as 177B;
49/20.06.2018 - SNo. 177A inserted]

7.5%

-

-

249A

3822 90 90

3822 00 90

All goods  (Diagnostic or Laboratory Reagents)
[55/29.12.2021 - HS2022 Changes w.e.f. 1 Jan 2022 incorporated]
Diagnostic Reagents [49/20.06.2018 - SNo. 249A inserted] [25/06.07.2019 – SNo. 249A substituted with All Goods]

10%

-

-