Optical Equipment, IP Radio BCD Raised to 20% from 10 percent

[Notification No. 75/2018 – Customs dated 11th October, 2018]

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. 57/2017- 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. 798 (E), dated the 30th June, 2017, namely:-

In the said notification, in the Table, for serial number 20 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be substituted, namely: -

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

20

8517 62 90

All goods other than following goods, namely: -

(a)   Wrist  wearable  devices  (commonly  known  as smart watches)

(b)   Optical transport equipment

(c)   Combination  of  one  or  more  of  Packet  Optical Transport Product or Switch (POTP or POTS)

(d)   Optical Transport Network (OTN) products

(e)   IP Radios

10%

-

21

8517 69 90

All goods other than following goods, namely: -

(a)   Soft switches and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) equipment, namely, VoIP phones, media gateways, gateway controllers and session border controllers

(b)   Carrier  Ethernet  Switch,  Packet  Transport  Node (PTN) products, Multiprotocol Label Switching- Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) products

(c)   Multiple Input/Multiple Output (MIMO) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) products

10%

-

Previous entry was as below:

20.

8517 62 90

All goods other than wrist wearable devices (commonly known as smart watches)

[22/02.02.2018 – SNo. 9 to 20 inserted]

10%

-

2. This notification shall be effective from the 12th October, 2018.

[F.No.354/374/2018-TRU]