In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the following goods, falling under the heading, sub-heading or tariff-item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) and specified in column (2) of the Table below, when imported into India, from the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon under the said First Schedule, namely:-
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(b)Photocopying apparatus, other than electrostatic, incorporating an optical system
(a) All goods falling under tariff items 8443 31 00; 8443 32 10, 8443 32 20, 8443 32 30, 8443 32 40, 8443 32 50, 8443 32 60;
(b) Electrostatic photocopying apparatus, operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy (direct process); and
(c) Photocopying apparatus, other than electrostatic, incorporating an optical system
(b) Base station
(c) Optical transport equipment
(d) Combination of one or more of Packet Optical Transport Product or Switch (POTP or POTS)
(e) Optical Transport Network (OTN) products
(f) IP Radios
(g) Soft switches and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) equipment, namely, VoIP phones, media gateways, gateway controllers and session border controllers;
(h) Carrier Ethernet Switch, Packet Transport Node (PTN) products, Multiprotocol Label Switching-Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) products;
(i) Multiple Input/Multiple Output (MIMO) products;
(j) Long Term Evolution (LTE) products
(k) Wrist wearable devices (commonly known as smart watches)
Subject to the condition that the importer follows the procedure set out in the Customs (Imports of Goods at Concessional Rateof Duty) Rules 2017 and at the time of importation of the above goods furnishes an undertaking to the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of the Customs, as the case may be to the effect that, -
(A) imported goods shall not be used in the manufacture of goods mentioned at (b) to (i) above;
(B) in the event of failure to comply with (A) above, he shall be liable to pay an amount equal to the difference between the duty leviable on the imported goods but for the exemption under this notification and that already paid at the time of importation."
(b)Recorded media for reproducing phenomena other than sound or image
8528 52 or 8528 62
(V. Sivasubramanian)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
Amended by Notification No. 132/06-Cus., dt. 30.12.2006, No. 11/2014-Customs, dated 11th July, 2014, No. 19/2016 - Dated 1-3-2016, No 32/2016 - Dated 5-5-2016, Not. 67/2016 - Dated 31-12-2016, No. 58/2017 - Dated 30-6-2017 1st day of July, 2017