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 exempts goods of the description as specified in column (3) of the Table appended hereto and falling under the Heading, Sub-heading or Tariff Item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, when imported into India from the countries as mentioned in Appendix I, from so much of that portion of the applied rate of duty of customs leviable thereon as is specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table:
Provided that the importer proves to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, that the goods in respect of which the benefit of this exemption is claimed are of the origin of the countries as mentioned in Appendix I, in accordance with provisions of the Customs Tariff (Determination of Origin of Goods under the Preferential Trade Agreement between the Governments of MERCOSUR Member States comprising the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Republica Oriental del Uruguay and the Republic of India) Rules, 2009, published in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 56/2009-Customs (N.T.), dated the 30th of May, 2009.
Provided further that for the goods specified in the entry at Sl No 14 of the table, the exemption shall apply only for goods imported from Paraguay for a Tariff Rate Quota not exceeding 30,000 metric tonne per year.
Explanation. - For the purposes of this notification, "applied rate of duty" means the sum of the standard rate of duty specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess leviable under section 124 of the Finance Act, 2021 (13 of 2021) in respect of the goods specified in the said Table, read with any other notification for the time being in force, issued in respect of such goods under sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962).
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2. This notification shall come into effect on the 1st of June, 2009.
Appendix I
(Limatula Yaden)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
Amended by Notification No. 121/2011-Cus, dated 30-12-2011, No. 67/2016 - Dated 31-12-2016