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 goods of the description as specified in column (3) of the Table below, as the case may be, and falling within the Chapter, heading, sub-heading or tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) as are specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, when imported into India, from so much of the duty of customs leviable thereon under the said First Schedule as is in excess of the amount calculated at the standard rate as specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table subject to any of the conditions, as specified in the Annexure to this notification, the condition number of which is mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (5) of the said Table.
TABLE
(i) Microphone Rubber Case
(ii) Sensor Rubber Case / Sealing Gasket including sealing gaskets / cases from Rubbers like SBR, EPDM, CR, CS, Silicone and all other individual rubbers or combination / combination of rubbers
(b) Inputs or sub-parts for use in manufacture of parts mentioned at (a) above
Provided that nothing contained in the entries mentioned at items (a) and (b) shall apply to the following goods, namely:-
(i) connectors;
(ii) microphones;
(iii) receivers;
(iv) speaker;
(v) SIM socket
(vi) metal shield
Provided that nothing contained in the entries mentioned at items (a) and (b) shall apply to the "camera lens
(i) Omitted
(ii) Omitted
(iii) Wired Headset
(iv) Omitted
(v) Omitted
(vi) Omitted
(vii) Omitted
(viii) GSM Antenna / Antenna of any technology
(ix) Omitted
(x) Main Lens
(xi) Camera Lens
(xii) Omitted
(xiii) Omitted
(xiv) Omitted
(xv) Omitted
(xvi) Omitted
(xvii) Omitted
(xxi) Omitted
(xxii) Omitted
(xxiii) Omitted
(xxiv) Mylar for LCD FPC
(xxv) Omitted
(xxvi) Film-Front Flash
(xxvii) Omitted
(xxviii) Omitted
(xxix) Microphone and Receiver
(xxx) Omitted
(xxxi) USB Cable
(xxxii) Fingerprint reader/Scanner
(i) Other machines capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network (8443 32 90)
(ii) Ink cartridges, with print head assembly (8443 99 51)
(iii) Ink cartridges, without print assembly (8443 99 52) head
(iv) Ink spray nozzle (8443 99 53)
(i) Heat Dissipation Sticker Battery Cover
(ii) Sticker-Battery Slot
(iii) Protective Film for main Lens
(iv) Mylar for LCD FPC
(v) Film-Front Flash
(a) charger or power adapter;
(b) solar inverter
(a) Printed Circuit Board Assembly of charger or power adapter;
(b) Moulded Plastic of charger or power adapter
(b) Insulation tape
(c) Ferrite core (d) Copper wires enameled
(e) Triple insulated winding wire Provided that nothing in this S. No. shall have effect after the 31st March, 2024.
(i) Microphone; and
(ii) Receiver
8517 69 90
(a) Wrist wearable devices (commonly known as smart watches);
(b) Optical transport equipment;
(c) Combination of one or more of Packet Optical Transport Product or Switch (POTP or POTS);
(d) Optical Transport Network (OTN) products;
(e) IP Radios;
(f) Soft switches and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) equipment, namely, VoIP phones, media gateways, gateway controllers and session border controllers;
(g) Carrier Ethernet Switch, Packet Transport Node (PTN) products, Multiprotocol Label Switching Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) products;
(h) Multiple Input/Multiple Output (MIMO) products;
(i) Long Term Evolution (LTE) products.
(a) Base station;
(g) Carrier Ethernet Switch, Packet Transport Node (PTN) products, Multiprotocol Label Switching-Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) products; (h) Multiple Input/Multiple Output (MIMO) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) products
(i) Long Term Evolution (LTE) products
Explanation. -For serial numbers 7A, 7B and 7C of this notification,-
(a) "Moulded Plastics" means moulded plastic housing component with or without integrated AC pins that acts as enclosure to the printed circuit board used in a charger or adapter of cellular mobile phones;
(b) "Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA)" means printed circuit board assembled with electronic components such as resistors, capacitors, diodes, inductors, ICs and mechanical components such as contact springs or connectors of charger or adapter of cellular mobile phones.
ANNEXURE
This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of July, 2017.
(Mohit Tewari)
Under Secretary to the Government of India