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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 31st 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 24th 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

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