OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS,
CUSTOM HOUSE, CHENNAI.

PUBLIC NOTICE NO: 004 / 2001

Sub: Duty Drawback – All Industry rates of Drawback effective from 1.6.2000 – instructions regarding

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Govt. of India, Ministry of Commerce & industry, Department of Commerce, New Delhi, Notification No.44 (RE-2000) 1997 –2002 dated 24.11.2000 vide F.No:354/05/2000 – TRU is reproduced below for guidance of Importers, Clearing Agents and Trading Public.

C16/66/2000 AP (PORT) (T.S. JAYACHANDAR)
CUSTOM HOUSE, CHENNAI ASST. COMMR. OF CUSTOMS(APPG.)

DATED: 09/01/2001

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S.O (E) - In exercise of powers conferred under section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read with paragraph 1.3 and 4.1 of the Export and Import Policy, 1997-2002, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items , 1997-2002 published on 31^st March, 1997 (RE-98) as amended from time to time, namely –

2. The following shall be added after paragraph 4 of Chapter 1A: General notes regarding import policy, of ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items, 1997-2002:

“4. All such packaged products, which are subject to provisions of the Standards of Weights and Measures (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 1977 when produced/ packed/ sold in domestic market, shall be subject to compliance of all the provisions of the said rules, when imported into India. The compliance of these shall be ensured before the import consignment of such commodities is cleared by Customs for home consumption. All prepackaged commodities, imported into India, shall in particular carry the following declarations:

(a) Name and address of the importer;

(b) Generic or common name of the commodity packed;

(c) Net quantity in terms of standard unit of weights and measures. If the net quantity in the imported package is given in any other unit, its equivalent in terms of standard units shall be declared by the importer;

(d) Month and year of packing in which the commodity is manufactured or packed or imported;

(e) Maximum retail sale price at which the commodity in packaged form may be sold to the ultimate consumer. This price shall include all taxes local or otherwise, freight, transport charges, commission payable to dealers, and all charges towards advertising, delivery, packing, forwarding and the like, as the case may be.

5. A new Appendix V to Schedule I of ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items, 1997-2002, shall be annexed as per annexure ‘A’ of this Notification.

6. Import of all the products as per Appendix V to Schedule I of the ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items, 1997-2002, shall be subject to compliance of the mandatory Indian Quality Standards as mentioned in column 2 of the said Annexure, which are also applicable to domestic goods. For compliance of this requirement, all manufactures/ exporters of these products to India , shall be required to register themselves with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).”

( N.L. LAKHANPAL)

Director General of Foreign Trade and ex-officio

Additional Secretary to the Government of India

(O.P. HISARIA)

Dy. Director General of Foreign Trade

ANNEXURE ‘A’ TO NOTIFICATION

NO.44 DATED 24^th November, 2000

APPENDIX V

Sl.No.	Applicable BIS Standards	1.Name of the products
1	IS1694	Tartrazine, Food grade
2	IS1695	Sunset Yellow FCF, Food grade
3	IS1697	Erythrosine, Food grade
4	IS 1698	Indigo Carmine, Food grade
5	IS 2558	Ponceau 4R, Food grade
6	IS 2923	Carmoisine, Food grade
7	IS 5346	Synthetic Food Colour preparation and mixtures
8	IS 6022	Fast green FCF, Food grade
9	IS 6406	Brillinant Blue FCF, Food grade
10	IS 3827	Riboflavin
11	IS 3841	B-Carotene
12	IS 4446(Pt1)	Chlorophyll, (Mg Complex)
13	IS 4446(Pt2)	Chlorophyll, (Cu Complex)
14	IS 6386	Beta-apo-8-carotenal, Food grade
15	IS 6405	Centhaxanthine, Food grade
16	IS 6797	Methyl ester of beta-apo-8-carotenoic acid
17	IS 7260	Ethylester of beta-apo-8-carotenoic acid, Food grade
18	IS 2557	Anmatto colour for food products
19	IS 4447	Sodium benzoate, Food grade
20	IS4448	Benzoic acid, Food grade
21	IS4467(Pt.1)	Caramel (Plain)
22	IS4467(Pt.2)	Caramel (Ammonia Process)
23	IS4467(Pt.3)	Caramel (Ammonia sulphite process)
24	IS 4750	Sorbitol, Food grade
25	IS 4751	Potassium meta-bisulphite, Food grade
26	IS 4752	Sodium metabisulphite, Food grade
27	IS 4818	Sorbic acid, Food grade
28	IS 5191	Sodium alginate, Food grade
29	IS 5306	Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, Food grade
30	IS 5342	Ascorbic acid, Food grade
31	IS 5343	Butylated hydroxy-anixole, Food grade
32	IS 5707	Agar, Food grade
33	IS 5719	Gelatin, Food grade
34	IS 6030	Sodium propionate, Food grade
35	IS 6031	Calcium propionate, Food grade
36	IS 6793	Fumaric acid, Food grade
37	IS 7905	Calcium alginate, Food grade
38	IS 7908	Sulphur dioxide, Food grade
39	IS 7928	Alginic acid, Food grade
40	IS 9504	Tartaric acid, Food grade
41	IS 10563	Mineral Oil, Food grade
42	IS 8356	Titanium dioxide, Food grade
43	IS 9971	DL Lactic Acid, Food grade
44	IS 1165	Milk powder
45	IS 1166	Condensed milk
46	IS 1547	Infant milk foods
47	IS 1656	Milk-cereal base weaning foods
48	IS 11156	Infant formulae
49	IS 269	33 Grade Ordinary Portland cement
50	IS 455	Portland Slag cement
51	IS 1489(Pt.1 & Pt.2)	Portland pozzolana cement-Part I Flash based and Part 2 Calcined Clay based
52	IS 3466	Masonry cement
53	IS 6452	High alumina cement for structural use
54	IS 6909	Supersulphated cement
55	IS 8041	Rapid hardening Portland cement
56	IS 8042	White Portland Cement
57	IS 8043	Hydrophobic Portland cement
58	IS 8112	43 Grade Ordinary Portland cement
59	IS 8229	Oil well cement
60	IS 12269	53 Grade Ordinary Portland cement
61	IS 12330	Sulphate resisting Portland cement
62	IS 12600	Low heat Portland cement
63	IS 1161	Steel tubes for structural purposes
64	IS 1239(Pt.1)	Mild steel tubes, tubular products and other worought steel fittings: Part I Mild Steel Tubes
65	IS4270	Steel tubes used for water wells (upto 200 mm dia)
66	IS 1342	Oil pressure stoves
67	IS 2787	Multi-burner oil pressure stoves
68	IS 10109	Oil pressure stove, offset burner type
69	IS 418	Tungsten filament general service electric lamps (upto 100 W)
70	IS 302(Pt.2/Sec 3)	Safety of household and similar electrical appliances-Electric Iron
71	IS 302(Pt.2/Sec.30)	Safety of household and similar electrical appliances-Electric radiators
72	IS302 (Pt.2/Sec.201)	Safety of household and similar electrical appliances-Electric immersion water heater
73	IS 302(Pt.2/Sec.202)	Safety of household and similar electrical appliances-Electric stove
74	IS 1293	3 pin plugs and socket outlets
75	IS3854	Switches for domestic and similar purposes
76	IS 4949	2 Amp Switches for electric and similar purposes
77	IS 277	Galvanized steel sheets (plain and corrugated)
78	IS 279	Galvanized steel wire for telegraph and telephone purposes
79	IS280	Mild steel wire for general engineering purposes
80	IS 432(Pt.1)	Mild steel and medium tensile steel bars
81	IS 432(Pt.2)	Mild steel and medium tensile steel bars and hard drawn steel wire for concrete reinforcement
82	IS 513	Cold rolled carbon steel sheets
83	IS 1029	Hot rolled steel strips (baling)
84	IS 1079	Hot rolled carbon steel sheet and strip
85	IS 1148	Hot rolled steel rivet bars (upto 40 mm diameter) structural purposes
86	IS 1149	High tensile steel rivet bars for structural purposes
87	IS 1786	High strength deformed steel bars and wires for concrete reinforcement
88	IS 1875	Carbon steel billets, blooms, slabs and bars for forgings
89	IS 1977	Structural steel (ordinary quality)
90	IS 1990	Steel rivet and stay bars for boilers
91	IS 2002	Steel plates for pressure vessels for intermediate and high temperature service including boilers
92	IS 2062	Weldable structural steel
93	IS 2830	Carbon steel billets, blooms and slab for re-rolling into structural steel (standard quality)
94	IS 2831	Carbon steel billets, blooms and slab for re-rolling into structural steel (ordinary quality)
95	IS 2879	Mild steel for metal are welding electrode core wire
96	IS 3502	Steel chequered plates
97	IS 3748	Tool and die steels
98	IS 3930	Flame and induction hardening steels
99	IS 4368	Alloy steel billets, blooms and slab for forging for general engineering purpose
100	IS 4397	Cold rolled carbon steel strips for ball and roller bearing cages
101	IS 4398	Carbon-chromium steel for the manufacture of balls, rollers and bearing races
102	IS 4430	Mould steels
103	IS 4431	Carbon and carbon-manganese free cutting steel
104	IS 4432	Case hardening steels
105	IS 4882	Low carbon steel wire for rivets for use in bearing industry
106	IS 5489	Carbureting steel for use in bearing industry
107	IS 5517	Steels for hardening and tampering
108	IS 5518	Steel for die blocks for drop forging
109	IS 5522	Stainless steel sheets and strips for utensils
110	IS 1989(Pt.1)	Leather safety boots and shoes for miners
111	IS 2512	Miners’ cap lamp batteries (Lead acid type)
112	IS 1855	Standard steel wire ropes for winding and man-riding haulages in mines
113	IS 2148	Flameproof enclosures of electrical apparatus
114	IS 2925	Industrial safety helmets
115	IS 3196(Pt.1)	Welded low carbon steel gas cylinder exceeding 5 litre water capacity for low pressure liquefiable gases:Pt 1 Cylinders for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
116	IS3196(Pt.2)	Welded low carbon steel gas cylinder exceeding 5 litre water capacity for low pressure liquefiable gases:Pt 2 Cylinders for liquefiable gases other than LPG
117	IS3224	Valve fittings for compressed gas cylinder excluding liquefied petroleum gas cylinders
118	IS 3745	Yoke type valve connections for small medical gas cylinders
119	IS 7142	Welded low carbon steel gas cylinder for low pressure liquefiable gases not exceeding 5 litre water capacity
120	IS 7285	Seamless steel cylinders for permanent and high pressure liquefiable gases
121	IS 7302	Valve fittings for gas cylinder valves for use with breathing apparatus
122	IS 7312	Welded and seamless steel dissolved acetylene gas cylinders
123	IS 7680	Welded and seamless steel dissolved gas cylinders for ammonia
124	IS 7681	Welded and seamless steel dissolved gas cylinders for chlorine gas
125	IS 7682	Welded and seamless steel dissolved gas cylinders for methyl bromide gas
126	IS 8737	Valve fittings for use with liquefied petroleum gas cylinder of more than 5 litre water capacity: Pt 2 Valve fittings for newly manufactured LPG cylinders
127	IS 8776	Valve fittings for use with liquefied petroleum gas cylinder up to and including 5 litre water capacity
128	IS 3470	Hexane, Food grade
129	IS 8144	Multipurpose dry batteries
130	IS 7620(Pt.1)	Diagnostic Medical X-Ray Equipment
131	IS 14625	Plastic Feeding Bottles