After Sales Service for Repairs and Reconditioning of Electronic Goods Exported Earlier

· Re-export Must Take Place within One Year of Re-import

[Notification No. 60/2018 – Customs dated 11 September 2018]

Seeks to amend notification No. 158/95-Customs dated 14th November, 1995 to allow re-import of certain indigenously manufactured electronic goods, for repair and reconditioning within seven years from the date of exportation, without payment of basic customs duty subject to the condition that the goods are re-exported back after repair and reconditioning within one year from the date of re-importation.

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. 158 / 95-Customs, dated the 14^th November, 1995, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 744(E), dated the 14^th November, 1995, namely :-

In the said notification,

A. In the Table,

(i) against serial number 1, in column (2), after the word "reconditioning", the words “, other than the goods specified in Annexure " shall be inserted;

(ii) after serial number 2 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be added, namely:-

(1)	(2)	(3)
“3	Goods as specified in Annexure, manufactured in India and re- imported into India for repairs or for reconditioning	1.	Such re-importation takes place within 7 years from the date of exportation; Provided that such re-importation takes place within 10 years from the date of exportation in case of Nepal and Bhutan.
		2.	Goods are re-exported within one year of the date of re-importation;
		3.	The Assistant/Deputy Commissioner of Customs is satisfied as regards identity of the goods;
		4.	The importers at the time of importation executes a bond undertaking to – (a) export the goods after repairs or reconditioning within the period as stipulated; (b) pay, on demand, in the event of his failure to comply with any of the aforesaid conditions, an amount equal to the difference between the duty levied at the time of re-import and the duty leviable on such goods at the time of importation but for the exemption contained herein”.

B. after the Table, the following Annexure shall be added, namely:-

Annexure
S.No.	Heading or sub– heading or tariff item	Description of Goods
1.	8443 31 00	Machines which perform two or more of the functions of printing, copying or facsimile transmission, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network
2.	8471 30, 8471 41, 8471 49 00, 8471 50 00	Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data on to data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included
3.	8472 90 30	Automatic bank note dispensers
4.	8504 40	Static converters
5.	8517	Telephone sets including telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area networks), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443, 8525, 8527 or 8528
6.	8518 40 00	Audio-frequency electric amplifiers
7.	8518 50 00	Electric sound amplifier sets
8.	8525	Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders
9.	8526	Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus
10.	8528 62 00	Projectors: Capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 8471
11.	8528 71 00	Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: Not designed to incorporate a video display or screen
12.	8528 72	colour TVs
13.	8531 20 00	Indicator panels incorporating liquid crystal devices (LCD) or light emitting diodes (LED)
14.	9018 11 00	Electro-cardiographs
15.	9018 12	Ultrasonic scanning apparatus
16.	9018 13	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
17.	9018 19 10	Electro encephalographs
18.	9018 19 20	Echo cardiograph
19.	9021 40	Hearing aids
20.	9022	Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta or gamma radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, X-ray tubes and other X-ray generators, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like
21.	9027	Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeter, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like; instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light (including exposure meters); microtomes
22.	9028 30	Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor - Electricity meters
23.	9030	Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 9028; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, x-ray, cosmic or other ionizing radiations
24.	9032	Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus

[F.No. 356/13/2014-TRU (Pt)]