Customs Non-Tariff Notification 103/2008

PWC may go Arthur Anderson way in India if Satyam's investors decide to sue PWC-employees of PWC and Satyam float their CVs AED or SAED levied on motor spirit and high speed diesel under the respective sections of the Finance Acts and NCCD on goods leviable to it, are not required to be paid for goods exported under bond from a manufacturing unit located in a Special Economic Zone. Similarly, a manufacturer located in a SEZ would be entitled to avail of the facility of export under claim for rebate in terms of rule 18 of the Central Excise Rules in respect of these duties-Central Excise Circular No.881 Under the various incentive schemes under Foreign Trade Policy, the computation of entitlement is to be done on the FOB value of exports inclusive of commissions and discounts, if any-DGFT Policy Circular No.51 Requirement of NOC before clearance of Ozone Depleting Substance (ODS) against Advance Authorizations-DGFT Policy Circular No.52 Bad News for PWC which audited Satyam Computers-Raju admits accounting fraud in company-Raju says it was like riding a tiger not knowing how to get off without being eaten Raju may be arrested and prosecuted Anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of Float Glass of thickness 2 mm to 12 mm (both inclusive) of clear as well as tinted variety (other than green glass) but not including processed glass meant for decorative, industrial or automotive purposes , originating in, or exported from, the Peoples' Republic of China and Indonesia-Customs Tariff Notification No.4 Anti-dumping duty imposed on import of Mulberry raw silk (not thrown), 2A grade and below, originating in, or exported from China-Customs Tariff Notification No.5 Full Bench of HC Ruling-High Court is empowered to condone the delay in filing the Appeals under Section 35G of the Central Excise Act, 1944 which are filed beyond the prescribed period of 180 days-Section 5 of Limitation Act will be applicable to Appeals filed under Section 35G of the Central Excise Act, 1944-AIT-2009-05-HC Co-relation of inputs with the export product under DFIA Scheme-DGFT Policy Circular No.50 Export of Stone Aggregate and River Sand to Maldives for the year 2009-2010-DGFT Notification No.75 Income-tax (First Amendment) Rules, 2009-Rule 40E- Prescribed conditions for the purposes of sub-clause (iii) of clause (B) of sub-section (2) of section 115WB-Income Tax Notification No.1 Income-tax (2nd Amendment) Rules, 2009 –Rule 5D & 5E amended-Income Tax Notification No.2 Government specifies the National Housing Bank (Tax Saving) Term Deposit Scheme, 2008 for the purposes of clause clause (xv) of sub-section (2) of section 80C of the Income-tax Act, 1961-Income Tax Notification No.3 Truckers demand duty free import of radial tyres and lowering of service tax As per provision of Section 47(iv) of Income Tax Act whether the transfer of capital asset by a company to its wholly subsidiary company could be regarded as transfer and therefore capital gains tax could be levied on such transfer-AIT-2008-04-HC Government grants full service tax exemption on taxable services provided to a Goods Transport Agency by their sub-contractors-Service Tax Notification No.1 DEPB Notification No.89/2005-Customs amended to provide benefits on clearances to SEZ- Customs Tariff Notification No. 3 Amendments made in DEPB Rates vide Public Notice No. 102 dated 05.11.2008 in respect of products where DEPB rates were reduced, stand withdrawn w.e.f. 5.11.2008 itself, thereby restoring the DEPB Rates notified prior to 5.11.2008, for the said items-DGFT PN 124 Government releases Rs. 600 crore to regional authorities of DGFT for payment of pending claims of Terminal Excise Duty and Duty Drawback under deemed export scheme-Government also releases Rs. 200 crore to the Development Commissioners of SEZs for payment towards pending claims of CST in respect of supplies made to 100% EOUs Anti-dumping duty on import of acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) originating in, or exported from, Korea RP -Customs Tariff Notification No.1 Changes in Customs duty on specified goods-Customs Tariff Notification No.2 New Drawback Rates for Boots/half boots/shoes/sandals of leather-cum synthetic/textile materials-Customs Non-Tariff Notification No.1 Drawback Rates on several products hiked-Customs Non-Tariff Notification No.2 Government announces Second Economic Stimulus Package to boost recession hit Sectors-Exemptions from CVD on TMT bars and structurals, and from CVD and Special CVD on cement, withdrawn-Full exemption from basic customs duty on zinc and ferro alloys, withdrawn-Duty drawback benefits on certain items including knitted fabrics, bicycles, agricultural hand tools and specified categories of yarn enhanced retrospectively from 1st September 2008-Accelerated depreciation of 50% provided for commercial vehicles to be purchased on or after 1.1.2009 upto 31.03.09-Click on the link below for details CENVAT Credit of service tax paid on all input services up to the Port allowed to Exporters-Click on the link below for details As demanded by AIT; FinMin finally amends CENVAT Credit Rules to allow benefit of non-reversal of Credit on clearances to SEZ Developers-Central Excise Non-Tariff Notification No.50-Click on the lik below for details Anti-dumping duty on import of Flexible Slabstock Polyol, originating in, or exported from, the People's Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Chinese Taipei and Brazil continued till 23rd July, 2009-Customs Tariff Notification No.138 Tariff Value for import of Brass Scrap is 3252 and for Poppy Seeds 4238-Customs Non-Tariff Notification No. 141 Import of new vehicles having an FOB value of US $ 40,000 or more and engine capacity of more than 3000cc for petrol run vehicle and more than 2500cc for diesel run vehicles exempted from policy provision of Import Licensing Note No. 2-DGFT Notification No.74 CBEC clarifies the classification of 'Combined refrigerator freezer with separate external doors' would be under sub- heading 8418 10 and not under 8418 21-Customs Circular No.23 Procedure relating to sanction and pre-audit of refund claims-Customs Circular No.22 Anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of Sodium Hydroxide(Caustic Soda)originating in, or exported from, Korea ROK and the People's Republic of China-Customs Tariff Notification No.137 Abatement from MRP for payment of excise duty lowered by 3 per cent on most of the products-Abatement on Auto Parts lowered to 30 per cent-Central Excise Non-Tariff Notification No. 49 excise duty of 300 PMT notified on cement clinkers-Central Excise Tariff Notification No.64 10% ethanol blended petrol exempted from excise duty Duty free import of capital goods and spare parts under EPCG-Customs Tariff Notification No.136 Anti-dumping duty on import of phenol-Customs Tariff Notification No.135 Authority for Advance Ruling rules looking at the nature of activities carried on or to be carried on by the liaison office of Ikea Trading (Hong Kong) Ltd. in India, no income would accrue or arise or deemed to accrue or arise in India in terms of section 5(2)(b) of Income Tax Act, 1961-AIT-2008-482-AAR Authority for Advance Ruling rules the swapping premium is profit derived from the business of providing long-term finance (computed under the head 'Profits & Gains of Business or Profession' before making any deduction under this clause) in terms of section 36(1)(viii) of the Income Tax Act, 1961-specified percentage thereof is eligible for deduction u/s 36(1)(viii) of the Income Tax Act in view of the fulfillment of condition for carrying this sum to the special reserve-AIT-2008-483-AAR Definition of 'Charitable purpose' under section 2(15) of the Income-tax Act-Income Tax Circular No.11 Import of Trucks/Tippers/Dumpers and spares thereof, under EPCG Scheme by any other sector except for the mining sector is not permitted-DGFT Circular No. 48 transitional arrangements in respect of items whose import has been restricted, shall continue-DGFT Circular No.49 SION norms for export of Shea Stearine notified-DGFT PN 118 The appellant an international firm of solicitors resident in UK, has no office or fixed base in India-the income of the assessee is charged on hourly basis in India and utilised in India shall only be chargeable to Income-Tax Act as disclosed in the return of Income-AIT-2008-480-HC CBDT clarifies that any return of income for the assessment year 2008-09 filed electronically on 30th September 2008, in respect of which the electronic acknowledgement bears the date stamp of 1st October 2008, shall be treated as having been filed within the due date, i.e. 30th September 2008 Export of cement freely allowed from all Ports-DGFT Notification No. 73 Bombay HC rules it is only after enactment of Section 66-A w.e.f. 18.4.2006 that taxable services received from abroad by a person belonging to India are taxed in the hands of the Indian residents- In such cases, the Indian recipient of the taxable services is deemed to be a service provider-Before enactment of Section 66-A, there was no such provision in the Act and therefore, Union of India had no authority to levy service tax-Click on the link below for details Import of all pre-packaged commodities subjected to compliance of all the provisions of the Standards of Weights and Measures (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 1977-Customs Circular No.21 Larger Bench of CESTAT rules in the case of provisional assessment under the Central Excise Rules, 2002 interest is required to be paid from the first day of the month succeeding the month for which such amount is determined-Interest is required to be paid even if the differential amount is paid before the order, under the Rule 7(3) of the said Rules, is issued finalizing the assessment-AIT-2008-473-CESTAT

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Schedule 82-97

Notification No. 103/2008 - CUSTOMS (N.T.)

New Delhi, dated the 29th August, 2008

G.S.R. (E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 75 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), sub-section (2) of section 37 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), and section 93A and sub-section (2) of section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) read with rules 3 and 4 of the Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules) and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.68/2007-Customs (N.T.), dated the 16th July, 2007 [GSR 485 (E), dated the 16th July, 2007] except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby determines the rates of drawback as specified in the Schedule annexed hereto (hereinafter referred to as the said Schedule) subject to the following notes and conditions, namely:-

Notes and conditions:

(1) The tariff items and descriptions of goods in the said Schedule are aligned with the tariff items and descriptions of goods in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975(51 of 1975) at the four-digit level only. The descriptions of goods given at the six digit or eight digit or modified six or eight or ten digits are in several cases not aligned with the descriptions of goods given in the said First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975

(2) The General Rules for the Interpretation of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, 1975 shall mutatis mutandis apply for classifying the export goods listed in the said Schedule.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the said Schedule, all artware or handicraft items shall be classified under the heading of artware or handicraft (of constituent material) as mentioned in the relevant Chapters.

(4) The figures shown in columns (4) and (6) in the Schedule refer to the rate of drawback expressed as a percentage of the free on board ( f.o.b.) value or the rate per unit quantity of the export goods, as the case may be.

(5) The figures shown in columns (5) and (7) in the said Schedule refer to the maximum amount of drawback that can be availed of per unit specified in column (3).

(6) The figures shown under the drawback rate and drawback cap appearing below the column “Drawback when Cenvat facility has not been availed” refer to the total drawback (customs, central excise and service tax component put together) allowable and those appearing under the column “Drawback when Cenvat facility has been availed” refer to the drawback

allowable under the customs component. The difference between the two columns refers to the

central excise and service tax component of drawback. If the rate indicated is the same in both the columns, it shall mean that the same pertains to only customs component and is available irrespective of whether the exporter has availed of Cenvat or not.

(7) Drawback at the rates specified in the said Schedule shall be applicable only if the procedural requirements for claiming drawback as specified in rules 11, 12 and 13 of the said rules, unless otherwise relaxed by the competent authority, are satisfied.

(8) The rates of drawback specified in the said Schedule shall not be applicable to export of a commodity or product if such commodity or product is-

(a) manufactured partly or wholly in a warehouse under section 65 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962);

(b) manufactured or exported in discharge of export obligation against an Advance Licence or Advance Authorisation issued under the Duty Exemption Scheme of the relevant Export and Import Policy or the Foreign Trade Policy:

Provided that where exports are made against Advance Licences issued on or after the 1st April, 1997, in discharge of export obligations in terms of notification No. 31/97 - Customs, dated the 1st April, 1997, or against Duty Free Replenishment Certificate Licence issued in terms of notification No. 48/2000-Customs, dated the 25th April, 2000, or against Duty Free Replenishment Certificate Licence issued in terms of notification No. 46/2002-Customs, dated the 22nd April, 2002, or against Duty Free Replenishment Certificate Licence issued in terms of notification No. 90/2004-Customs, dated the 10th September, 2004, drawback at the rate equivalent to Central Excise allocation of rate of drawback specified in the said Schedule shall be admissible subject to the conditions specified therein;

(c) manufactured or exported by a unit licensed as hundred per cent. Export Oriented Unit in terms of the provisions of the relevant Export and Import Policy and the Foreign Trade Policy;

(d) manufactured or exported by any of the units situated in free trade zones or export processing zones or special economic zones;

(e) manufactured or exported by availing the rebate of duty paid on materials used in the manufacture or processing of such commodity or product in terms of rule 18 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002;

(f) manufactured or exported in terms of sub-rule (2) of rule 19 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002;

(g) manufactured or exported availing of the facility under the Duty Entitlement Pass Book Scheme as contained in paragraph 7.14, read with paragraph 7.17 of the Export and Import Policy 1997-2002 or manufactured or exported availing of the facility under the Duty Entitlement Pass Book Scheme as contained in paragraph 4.3 of the Export and Import Policy 2002-2007, notified under section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992), read with paragraph 4.37 of the Hand Book of Procedures (Volume 1) issued in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 2.4 of the said

policy or manufactured or exported availing of the facility under the Duty Entitlement Pass Book Scheme as contained in paragraph 4.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2004-2009, notified under section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992), read with paragraph 4.37 of the Hand Book of Procedures (Volume 1) issued in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 2.4 of the said policy.

(9) Where the export product is not specifically covered by the description of goods in the said Schedule, the rate of drawback may be fixed, on an application by an individual manufacturer or exporter in accordance with the Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback Rules, 1995.

(10) The rates of drawback specified against the various tariff items in the said Schedule in specific terms or on ad valorem basis, unless otherwise specifically provided, are inclusive of drawback for packing materials used, if any.

(11) The term “dyed”, wherever used in the said Schedule in relation to textile materials, shall include yarn or piece dyed or predominantly printed or coloured in the body.

(12) Wherever specific rates have been provided against tariff item in the Schedule, the drawback shall be payable only if the amount is one per cent or more of free on board value, except where the amount of drawback per shipment exceeds five hundred rupees.

(13) The expressions “when Cenvat facility has not been availed”, used in the said Schedule, shall mean that the exporter shall satisfy the following conditions, namely:-

(i) The exporter shall declare, and if necessary, establish to the satisfaction of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise or Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, that no Cenvat facility has been availed for any of the inputs or input services used in the manufacture of the export product;

(ii) if the goods are exported under bond or claim for rebate of duty of central excise, a certificate from the Superintendent of Customs or Superintendent of Central Excise in-charge of the factory of production, to the effect that no Cenvat facility has been availed for the goods under export, is produced:

Provided that the certificate regarding non-availment of Cenvat facility shall not be required in the case of exports of handloom products or handicrafts (including handicrafts of brass artware) or finished leather and other export products which are unconditionally exempt from the duty of central excise.

(14) Whenever a composite article is exported for which any specific rate has not been provided in the said Schedule, the rates of drawback applicable to various constituent materials can be extended to the composite article according to net content of such materials on the basis of a self-declaration to be furnished by the exporter to this effect and in cases of doubt or where there is any information contrary to the declarations, the proper officer of customs shall cause a verification of such declarations.

(15) The term ‘article of leather’ in Chapter 42 of the said Schedule shall mean any article wherein 60% or more of the outer visible surface area (excluding shoulder straps or handles or fur skin trimming, if any) is of leather notwithstanding that such article is made of leather and any other material.

(16) The term “dyed” in relation to fabrics and yarn of cotton, shall include “bleached or mercerized or printed or mélange.”

(17) The term “dyed” in relation to textile materials in Chapters 54 and 55, shall include “printed or bleached”.

(18) In respect of the tariff items appearing in Chapter 64 of the said Schedule, leather shoes, boots or half boots for adult shall comprise the following sizes, namely: -

(a) French point or Paris point or Continental Size above 33;

(b) English or UK adult size 1 and above;

(19) In respect of the tariff items appearing in Chapter 64 of the said Schedule, leather shoes, boots or half boots for children shall comprise the following sizes, namely: -

(a) French point or Paris point or Continental Size upto 33;

(b) English or UK children size upto 13;

2. All claims for duty drawback shall be filed with reference to the tariff items and descriptions of goods shown in columns 1 and 2 of the said Schedule respectively.

3. This notification shall come into force on the 1st day of September, 2008.

[F.No.609/40/2008-DBK]

(Najib Shah)
JOINT SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA