REGISTERED No. D-28
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1948
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE (REVENUE DIVISION)
New Delhi, the, 6th July 1948. NOTIFICATION
CUSTOMS
No. 31.—'In exercise of the powers conferred by section 23 of the sea Customs Acts, 1878 (VIII of 1878), the Central Government is pleased to direct that with effect from the 8th July 1948 the articles specified in the third column of the Schedule hereto annexed shall be exempt from so much of the customs duty leviable thereon under the, Indian Tariff Act, 1934 (XXXII of 1934), as is in excess of the rates specified in the fourth column of the said Schedule, the exemptions herein mentioned being granted in order to implement the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade the text of which was authenti- cated by the Government of India at Geneva on the 80th of October 1947—
SCHEDULE
Name of article,
Serial No.
Standard rate of d u ty ex- cept where otherwise sta- ted
Relative item No. in the First Sche- dule to the In dian Tariff, Act 1934
2
1
3
4.
1
25 per cent ad valorem.
25 per cent ad valorem.
Bacon and Ham, not canned or bottled.
2 4 Butter and cheese.
3 4 (1) Milk, condensed or preserved, including milk 2ft per cent ad valorem.
cream, but excluding dried skim milk that is
to say dried milk powder containing not
more 4% of fat and no added ingredients.
4 7 Dehydrated vegetables; all so r ts other than 30 per cent ad volroem.
tomatoes, onions, potatoes and dauli flowers.
5 30 per cent ad valorem.
67
Re. 1/- per cwt
50 Per cent ad valorem.
20 per cent ad valorem.
15 Tper cent ad valorem.
20 per cent ad valorem.
24 per cent ad valorem
27 per cent ad valorem
Apples, Pears, Prunea and Grapes, fresh. Currants. Cassia, Lignea ground or unground. Vanilla Beans. Grass and clover seeds. Cochineal Rosin Mineral grease including Petroleum Jelly
25 per cent ad valorem
8 0 10 11 12 13 14
8 8 (1) 9 (3) 9 (6) 12 13 13(4) 15 15 15 (5)
Rs. 10/- per cwt,
( 989 ).
3 115 U, (0) Tung (lil. 30 per ot>nt urf valorem. 16 15(8) Neutwfoot oil. 16 pev aent ud valorem. 17 10 Cunnnd OT1 bottled hai'on, IIHTO ami IHITI, 20 por cent urf valorem. 18 llj (1) i^i.sh, i-joined. 20 por cent arf valorem, 1" 20(2) -Vsparugus, canned. 2 i per cynt ari valorem. 20 20 (2) Vegpkibliv, oaiined nil SOI-LH, othor t h an 30 per noiit "iZ valorem. tomatoeti, onions, potjlonH and rauliuowors. 21 :!l '•leu I, ;iflnti(K.l. 20 por i-aiit uj valorem, 22 :;i jHeimot "jftHPnce. 20 per cent ad valorem. 23 2J SoupK, panned or bottl.'d. 25 p"r cent, urf valnrem. 'Ii 21 (1) JMoat frozen. 20 p.ir cont fjrf vtilorC'in. 2f> 21 (1) Soups nil Hortfi, not uuiLU-wiw specified. 25 pur oent (jr/ valorem. 20 22(3) '.'/ijii-" not contp.iri'nj. inrar thun 42 ^jer rout of proof Hprit,— (oj Chrunpa^ue onri otk"i' apnrkling wmos. Rs. 19/8/- per imperial gallon. (b) ftt.hor Hoitfl. RB, 9/y/- per Tmpei-ial gallon. 27 22 (5) Rnirith. (M.) Bit-tery
28
29 2 7 ( 3)
30
28
31
%ETHE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTEAOBDIJ^RY, JULY 6, 1948 991 I 3 2 4
33 28 (8) Acetic ;ioid, Boric arid, Borax and Phenol. 25 per cont ad valorem.
U 30 Paints, Solutions, and compositions i-o: tain- 24 per cent ad valorem.
inc dangerous petroleum within the moun-
ing of the Indian Petroleum Act, 1034.
35 80 Lithopono 30 pur ecnt ad valorem.
30 30 (2) (d) Ultramarine blue—
(t) In packing of I lb. or over; 30 por cent ad valorem
u ir RH. S-S-0 per cwt. which
( jv"r ia higher.
(it) In packing of I 11). mid over but IC-HS 30 per cent ad i-atonm
thtm 1 lb, ; or Re. 1J -4- ' per uwt.
wliiehnver if) higher.
(iJi) In p a c i ng of i lb. mid over but leas t]inn 30 per cent ad valorem or
KB, 17-0-1) por ewt.
whichever is higher.
(j") Tn. packing of leas thuu :j- lb. 30 por cont ad valorem
or Rs. 24-0-0 por W t.
wliichever in higher.
37 31 (4)
IJ8 •f>
39 •U
4:1 49 (ft) ,
'. I) i f r r e i :( {."' u ,V,i w. 41
•1-2
43
49 (2) na 53
44 55
45 fiO per cont ad valorem.
4(1 47 71
4s 7B (4) L'S per cent ad valorem.
41) 72 (5)
!i 30 per c e n t al valorem.
30 72 (8)
992 THE GAZETTE OP INDIA EXTEAOEDINARY, JULY 6, 1948^ 3 1 2r,'l
73 (4) Complete wireless receivers, electric! valves Hpooially designed fur wirelaM reuoption iustrumentH and eomjjonont parts of wimldss rouoption instruments othor tjian electrici valves.
"i0 pur cent ad calore'?f vvlien iluty is leviable tit the " Standard "rate ; and 44 per uent ad valorem whon duty is leviable at the " Pre- J'orontial rate " us "p- [jliouble tu the produce oi manufacture <>l' the United Kingdom.
Combination nulio-phonOKruphs.
64 per runt art valorem.
S3 73 (4)
fi4
Wooden railway fileoporn. Optical iiistrumentn,
74 (2) 77 (2)
05
Ifl por rent ad valontn. -li per cent ad valorem. 50 per CMH ad valorem.
SO 78
One-duy alarm ciloohn. Muflioal instruments (iinJ parts thereof, nil
57 70
50 per cent ad valorem .
s o r ts a nd r c c u i ds li r tn]Jcnifi r r n i l u r ih
58
Fiahing hookH.
84
87
HO por cent ad valorem. 2n por fern1 ad valorem.
Wall boardH of wood flbrf.
r.o •
]SfoTW :—Tho uddltional dutiss of oiiHtoma leviable imder section 5 of tho Indian Finance
Act, 19'18 shall not 1>B levied and oollfinted on the articles upocifled in this Schedule.
K. B. P. AIYANGAP, Joint S^c.y.
PxmrjSHBD BY THH MANAGER or PITBLICATIONS, DBLHI, INDIA.
PRINTBI) BY THD MANAQIH, OOVBRNM"NT OF INDIA P M W S, Nrw DBLHI, INDJA.
- (l in sui'li 'i manner a8 to indicate Rs. 73/'i/- p'-r rmpurial th>?.(•! tin? Htrcii^th m 7iot. to bo tinted. gallon. \ti) not HO untiTed. Rs, Bfi/5/- per Imperial gnlion of the strt)iip;tii of London proof. (c) 1'i-uTi lined ripirita. Rg. flO/- per Imperial gallon or 23 pur cent ad valorem whichever is liiglior pluH ono-fourth of the totul duty. (rl) Hum. .RB. 50/5/- per Imperial gtillori of the Htronftth of London proof, N. B.—Provided t i m i ^- (a) On uny ai'tlole ohai'gonbl« LUider thin item with tho lower m to -vf duty, t he duly levied •hall in no oase be less than So per oont ad valorem*, and on uny tirticle uhargetible nuder thiw item with t he higher rate of duty, the duty lovifid Mh^ll in no uaae bn loss wlian 45 per i'nnt nil valorem, (6) where the unit of asaeanment IH tho Tmpenal gallon of the strength of London proof, fchu duty shall be inoreuBrtd ov roiJiifed in proportion as the strength is greater or leas than London proof. Aaphnlt. 27(1) 27 pur oonr ad valorem. 27 (2) Crude and refinod ooal ttw' and coal pitch. »^11 sorts of mineral ollu , not other wiiw speoi- 21 per cent ad valorem. 27 per oent ad valorem. fied. 30 per cent ad valorem,. Aoetyl SolioyJio aoid in tablets or in powdor, Atropinn Hulplmto, (JreHylib noid, HyooLno Hydrobromide, i^henoburbital, Vitamins A und E exuluding fishliver oils, Ood-liver oil, packed in ciontainere not exceeding 14 lbs. In capacity, Iodine in crude form. Lactose (Sugar of milk), penlc:ilin and its produote, Antibiotics scion «a atreptomyoin, gramioidiii, tyrocidiwo and fyrothriein, sulpha drugs, and vitnmin prtiporations other than flsh-Hver oil. Menthol ↩
- pej cent ail rr.tcnix. 20 per eent ad valorem. 20 per cent ad valorem. Camphor. Douglaa fir. igjj Cigarette paper in rolls and bobbinsL Textile Manufactures, (ho following i rliik-K when i"a.lde wiioll/ nr mainly of any of the cofct in PabriuH apuuitiod in Item No. 48 (3), and )i')t of British manufacture, nuinoly :— Croa-j-stitch, drawn-lhroad or otherwise em- broidored bed ahee(H ; bod spreudn ; holster oaaea ; counterpftiiea ; ol itiis ; tiiblo ; cloths; ti-ny; covers; bad; ovsra, tablo; dimtera ; gltisa-clotiia ; hiiiKikerphieffl ; napkins ; pillow casos ; pillow nlips ; scarves ; sliirtH ; shawla ; aacltfl (cotton) ; towels und umbrella covor- inga. KibboiiH. Lu''o ;ind trimings, intido of dotton or linen. Linon BinbTolderios. Hats, dapa and boanota, nil aortH, oxoluding 50 per oent ad valoerm,. 25 per cent ad valorem. 25 per oent ad valorem. 20 per oent ad valorem. Pith huts and helmota. 00 (2) Eloctrin lighting bulba for toroheH and tiuto- mobiles, | ea (3) Glass benda and fulse pearls. Stoves for UH« with Kerosono, gasolene or other 60 per oent ad valorem. 20 per oent ad valorem. liquid fuels tind burners thorofor, Ptisaenger liftH and component purts and aoj oesHoriea thereof. Domeatin refrigeivitors tmr] parts therefor sun] as are specially rleHi^ned for uao with eaoh refriKei'atort. 20 per oent. ad valorem. Typewriters and component parts thereof and omuo machines all sorts, not otherwise spooi- £ed, oporated by manual labour or requiring for their operation les« than ono quarter of one brako-horae-power and oomponont parts thereof. OarhoiiH, electric ; and electric medical appn- rrttua. ↩