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THE CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT, 1975 (SCHEDULE)
SECTION VI. PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES

THE FIRST SCHEDULE TO THE CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT, 1975

SECTION VI

PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES

Notes :

1. (A) Goods (other than radioactive ores) answering to a description in heading 2844 or 2845 are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of this Schedule.

(B) Subject to paragraph (A) above, goods answering to a description in heading 2843, 2846 or 2852 are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of this Section.

2. Subject to Note 1 above, goods classifiable in heading 3004, 3005, 3006, 3212, 3303, 3304, 3305, 3306, 3307, 3506, 3707 or 3808 by reason of being put up in measured doses or for retail sale are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of this Schedule.

3. Goods put up in sets consisting of two or more separate constituents, some or all of which fall in this Section and are intended to be mixed together to obtain a product of Section VI or VII, are to be classified in the heading appropriate to that product, provided that the constituents are:-

    (a) having regard to the manner in which they are put up, clearly identifiable as being intended to be used together without first being repacked;

    (b) presented together; and

    (c) identifiable, whether by their nature or by the relative proportions in which they are present, as being complementary one to another.

4. Where a product answers to a description in one or more of the headings in Section VI by virtue of being described by name or function and also to heading 3827, then it is classifiable in a heading that references the product by name or function and not under heading 3827.

CHAPTER-38

Miscellaneous chemical products

Notes:

1. This Chapter does not cover:-

(a) separate chemically defined elements or compounds with the exception of the following :

(1) artificial graphite (heading 3801);

(2) insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting pro-ducts and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up as described in heading 3808;

(3) products put up as charges for fire-extinguishers or put up in fire-extinguishing grenades (heading 3813);

(4) certified reference materials specified in Note 2 below;

(5) products specified in Note 3 (a) or 3 (c) below;

(b) mixtures of chemicals with foodstuffs or other substances with nutritive value, of a kind used in the preparation of human foodstuffs (generally, heading 2106);

(c) products of heading 2404;

(d) slag, ash and residues (including sludges, other than sewage sludge), containing metals, arsenic or their mixtures and meeting the requirements of Note 3 (a) or 3(b) to Chapter 26 (heading 2620);

(e) medicaments (Heading 3003 or 3004);

(f) spent catalysts of a kind used for the extraction of base metals or for the manufacture of chemical compounds of base metals (heading 2620), spent catalysts of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal (heading 7112) or catalysts consisting of metals or metal alloys in the form of, for example, finely divided powder or woven gauze (Section XIV or XV).

2. (A) For the purpose of heading 3822, the expression "certified reference materials" means reference materials which are accompanied by a certificate which indicates the values of the certified properties, the methods used to determine these values and the degree of certainty associated with each value and which are suitable for analytical, calibrating or referencing purposes.

(B) With the exception of the products of Chapter 28 or 29, for the classification of certified reference materials, heading 3822 shall take precedence over any other heading in the Schedule.

3. Heading 3824 includes the following goods which are not to be classified in any other heading of this Schedule:-

    (a) cultured crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less than 2.5 g each, of magnesium oxide or of the halides of the alkali or alkaline-earth metals;

    (b) fusel oil; Dippel's oil;

    (c) ink removers put up in packings for retail sale;

    (d) Stencil correctors, other correcting fluids and correction tapes (other than those of heading 9612), put up in packings for retail sale; and;

    (e) ceramic firing testers, fusible (for example, seger cones).

4. Throughout the Schedule, "municipal waste" means waste of a kind collected from households, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, shops, offices, etc., road and pavement sweepings, as well as construction and demolition waste. Municipal waste generally contains a large variety of materials such as plastics, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, glass, metals, food materials, broken furniture and other damaged or discarded articles. The term "municipal waste", however, does not cover:-

    (a) individual materials or articles segregated from the waste, for example wastes of plastics, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, glass or metals, electrical and electronic waste and scrap (including spent batteries) which fall in their appropriate headings of the Nomenclature;

    (b) industrial waste;

    (c) waste pharmaceuticals, as defined in Note 4(k) to Chapter 30; or

    (d) clinical waste, as defined in Note 6(a) below.

5. For the purposes of heading 3825, "sewage sludge" means sludge arising from urban effluent treatment plant and includes pre-treatment waste, scourings and unstablised sludge. Stablised sludge when suitable for use as fertiliser is excluded (Chapter 31).

6. For the purposes of heading 3825, the expression "other wastes" applies to:-

    (a) clinical waste, that is, contaminted waste arising from medical research, diagnosis, treatment or other medical, surgical, dental or veterinary procedures, which often contain pathogens and pharmaceutical substances and require special disposal procedures (for example, soiled dressings, used gloves and used syringes);

    (b) waste organic solvents;

    (c) wastes of metal pickling liquors, hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freezing fluids; and

    (d) other wastes from chemical or allied industries.

The expression "other wastes" does not, however, cover wastes which contain mainly petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals (heading 2710).

7. For the purposes of heading 3826, the term "biodiesel" means mono-alkyl esters of fatty acids of a kind used as a fuel, derived from animal or vegetable or microbial fats and oils whether or not used.

Sub-heading Notes :

1. Sub-headings 3808 52 and 3808 59 cover only goods of heading 3808, containing one or more of the following substances : alachlor (ISO); aldicarb (ISO); aldrin (ISO); azinphos-methyl (ISO); binapacryl (ISO); camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene); captafol (ISO); carbofuran (ISO); chlordane (ISO); chlordimeform (ISO); chlorobenzilate (ISO); DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane); dieldrin (ISO, INN); 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC (ISO)) or its salts; dinoseb (ISO), its salts or its esters; endosulfan (ISO); ethylene dibromide (ISO) (1,2-dibromoethane); ethylene dichloride (ISO) (1,2-dichloroethane); fluoroacetamide (ISO); heptachlor (ISO); hexachlorobenzene (ISO); 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN); mercury compounds; methamidophos (ISO); monocrotophos (ISO); oxirane (ethylene oxide); parathion (ISO); parathion-methyl (ISO) (methyl-parathion); pentachlorophenol (ISO), its salts or its esters; perfluorooctane sulphonic acid and its salts; perfluorooctane sulphonamides; perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride; phosphamidon (ISO); 2,4,5-T (ISO) (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid), its salts or its esters; tributyltin compounds; trichlorfon (ISO).

2. Sub-headings 3808 61 to 3808 69 cover only goods of heading 3808, containing alpha-cypermethrin (ISO), bendiocarb (ISO), bifenthrin (ISO), chlorfenapyr (ISO), cyfluthrin (ISO), deltamethrin (INN, ISO), etofenprox (INN), fenitrothion (ISO), lambda-cyhalothrin (ISO), malathion (ISO), pirimiphos-methyl (ISO) or propoxur (ISO).

3. Sub-headings 3824 81 to 3824 89 cover only mixtures and preparations containing one or more of the following substances : oxirane (ethylene oxide); polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs); polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs); tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate; aldrin (ISO); camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene); chlordane (ISO); chlordecone (ISO); DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN); 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane); dieldrin (ISO, INN); endosulfan (ISO); endrin (ISO); heptachlor (ISO); mirex (ISO); 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN); pentachlorobenzene (ISO); hexachlorobenzene (ISO); perfluorooctane sulphonic acid, its salts; perfluorooctane sulphonamides; perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride; tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or octabromodiphenyl ethers; short-chain chlorinated paraffins.

Short-chain chlorinated paraffins are mixtures of compounds, with a chlorination degree of more than 48 % by weight, with the following molecular formula : CxH(2x-y+2)Cly, where x=10 - 13 and y= 1 - 13..

4. For the purposes of tariff items 3825 41 00 and 3825 49 00, "waste organic solvents"are wastes containing mainly organic solvents, not fit for further use as presented as primary products, whether or not intended for recovery of solvents.;

Supplementary Notes:-

    1. Tariff item 3808 91 41 covers one of the following goods of sub-heading 3808 91 : Acephate (ISO) conforming to IS-12915; Cartap Hydrochloride (ISO) conforming to IS-14159; Imidachloprid (ISO) conforming to IS-15443; Acetamiprid (ISO) conforming to IS-15981.

    2. Tariff item 3808 91 42 covers one of the following goods of sub-heading 3808 91 with content by mass greater than 90% : Chlorentraniliprole (ISO); Buprofezin (ISO); Flubendiamide (ISO); Imamectin Benzoate (ISO).

    3. Tariff item 3808 91 51 covers only mixtures and preparations of goods of sub-heading 3808 91, containing one or more of the following : Acephate (ISO) conforming to IS-12916; Cartap Hydrochloride (ISO) conforming to IS-14183; Imidachloprid (ISO) conforming to IS-15335; Acetamiprid (ISO) conforming to IS-16328.

    4. Tariff item 3808 91 52 covers only mixtures and preparations of goods of sub-heading 3808 91 with content by mass greater than 90%, containing one or more of the following : Chlorentraniliprole (ISO); Buprofezin (ISO); Flubendiamide (ISO); Imamectin Benzoate (ISO).

    5. Tariff item 3808 92 60 covers one of the following goods of sub-heading 3808 92 : Carbendazim (ISO) conforming to IS-8445.

    6. Tariff item 3808 92 70 covers only mixtures and preparations of goods of sub-heading 3808 92, containing one or more of the following : Carbendazim (ISO) conforming to IS-8446.

    7. Tariff item 3808 93 61 covers one of the following goods of sub-heading 3808 93 : Pretilachlor (ISO) conforming to IS-15158; Glyphosate (ISO) conforming to IS-12502.

    8. Tariff item 3808 93 62 covers one of the following goods of sub-heading 3808 93 with content by mass greater than 90% : Bispyribac sodium (ISO); Imazethapyr (ISO).

    9. Tariff item 3808 93 71 covers only mixtures and preparations of goods of sub-heading 3808 93, containing one or more of the following : Pretilachlor (ISO) conforming to IS-15160.

    10. Tariff item 3808 93 72 covers only mixtures and preparations of goods of sub-heading 3808 93 with content by mass greater than 90%, containing one or more of the following : Bispyribac sodium (ISO); Imazethapyr (ISO).;

Tariff Item

Description of goods Unit Rate of duty
Standard Preferential Areas
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
3801 ARTIFICIAL GRAPHITE; COLLOIDAL OR SEMI COLLOIDAL GRAPHITE; PREPARATIONS BASED ON GRAPHITE OR OTHER CARBON IN THE FORM OF PASTES, BLOCKS, PLATES OR OTHER SEMI- MANUFACTURES      
3801 10 00 - Artificial graphite kg. 7.5% 10%
3801 20 00 - Colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite kg. 7.5% -
3801 30 00 - Carbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings kg. 7.5% -
3801 90 00 - Other kg. 7.5% -
3802 ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED NATURAL MINERAL PRODUCTS; ANIMAL BLACK, INCLUDING SPENT ANIMAL BLACK      
3802 10 00 - Activated carbon kg. 7.5% 10%
3802 90 - Other:      
--- Activated natural mineral products:      
3802 90 11 ---- Activated alumina kg. 7.5% -
3802 90 12 ---- Activated bauxite kg. 7.5% -
3802 90 19 ---- Other kg. 7.5% -
3802 90 20 --- Animal black (for example bone black, ivory black), including spent animal black kg. 7.5% -
3803 00 00 TALL OIL, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED kg. 7.5% -
3804 RESIDUAL LYES FROM THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOD PULP, WHETHER OR NOT CONCENTRATED, DESUGARED OR CHEMICALLY TREATED, INCLUDING LIGNIN SULPHONATES, BUT EXCLUDING TALL OIL OF HEADING 3803      
3804 00 - Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of heading 3803:      
3804 00 10 --- Lignin sulphonates kg. 7.5% -
3804 00 20 --- Concentrated sulphate lye kg. 7.5% -
3804 00 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
3805 GUM, WOOD OR SULPHATE TURPENTINE AND OTHER TERPENIC OILS PRODUCED BY THE DISTILLATION OR OTHER TREATMENT OF CONIFEROUS WOODS; CRUDE DIPENTENE; SULPHITE TURPENTINE AND OTHER CRUDE PARACYMENE; PINE OIL CONTAINING ALPHATERPINEOL AS THE MAIN CONSTITUENT      
3805 10 - Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine oils:      
3805 10 10 --- Wood turpentine oil and spirit of turpentine kg. 7.5% -
3805 10 20 --- Gum turpentine oil kg. 7.5% -
3805 10 30 --- Sulphate turpentine oil kg. 7.5% -
3805 90 - Other :      
3805 90 10 --- Terpenic oils produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods kg. 7.5% -
3805 90 20 --- Crude dipentene kg. 7.5% -
3805 90 30 --- Sulphite turpentine kg. 7.5% -
3805 90 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
3806 ROSIN AND RESIN ACIDS, AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF; ROSIN SPIRIT AND ROSIN OILS; RUN GUMS      
3806 10 - Rosin and resin acids :      
3806 10 10 --- Gum rosin kg. 7.5% -
3806 10 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
3806 20 00 - Salts of rosin, of resin acids or of derivatives of rosin or resin acids, other than salts of rosin adducts kg. 7.5% -
3806 30 00 - Ester gums kg. 7.5% -
3806 90 - Other :      
3806 90 10 --- Run gums kg. 7.5% -
3806 90 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
3807 WOOD TAR; WOOD TAR OILS; WOOD CREOSOTE; WOOD NAPHTHA; VEGETABLE PITCH; BREWERS' PITCH AND SIMILAR PREPARATIONS BASED ON ROSIN, RESIN ACIDS OR ON VEGETABLE PITCH      
3807 00 - Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers ' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch:      
3807 00 10 --- Wood tar kg. 7.5% -
3807 00 20 --- Wood Tar oils, wood creosote, wood naphtha kg. 7.5% -
3807 00 30 --- Vegetable pitch, brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or vegetable pitch kg. 7.5% -
3808 INSECTICIDES, RODENTICIDES, FUNGICIDES, HERBICIDES, ANTI-SPROUTING PRODUCTS AND PLANT-GROWTH REGULATORS, DISINFECTANTS AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS, PUT UP IN FORMS OR PACKINGS FOR RETAIL SALE OR AS PREPARATIONS OR ARTICLES (FOR EXAMPLE, SULPHUR-TREATED BANDS, WICKS AND CANDLES, AND FLY-PAPERS)      
  - Goods specified in Sub-heading Note 1 to this Chapter:      
3808 52 00 -- DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN)), in packings of a net weight content not exceeding 300 g kg. 10% -
3808 59 00 -- Other kg. 10% -
  - Goods specified in Sub-heading Note 2 to this Chapter:      
3808 61 00 -- In packings of a net weight content not exceeding 300 g kg. 10% -
3808 62 00 -- In packings of a net weight content exceeding 300 g but not exceeding 7.5 kg kg. 10% -
3808 69 00 -- Other kg. 10% -
3808 91 --- Insecticides:      
3808 91 11 ---- Aluminium phosphate (for example phostoxin) kg. 10% -
3808 91 12 ---- Calcium cyanide kg. 10% -
3808 91 13 ---- D.D.V.P. (Dimethyle-dichloro-vinyl- phosphate) kg. 10% -
3808 91 21 ---- Diaginal kg. 10% -
3808 91 22 ---- Methyl bromide kg. 10% -
3808 91 23 ---- Dimethoate, technical grade kg. 10% -
3808 91 24 ---- Melathion kg. 10% -
3808 91 31 ---- Endosulphan, technical grade kg. 10% -
3808 91 32 ---- Quinal phos kg. 10% -
3808 91 33 ---- Isoproturon kg. 10% -
3808 91 34 ---- Fenthion kg. 10% -
3808 91 35 ---- Cipermethrin, technical grade kg. 10% -
3808 91 36 ---- Allethrin kg. 10% -
3808 91 37 ---- Synthetic pyrethrum kg. 10% -
  --- Goods specified in Supplementary Note 1 and 2 to this Chapter:      
3808 91 41 ---- Goods specified in Supplementary Note 1 to this Chapter kg. 10% -
3808 91 42 ---- Goods specified in Supplementary Note 2 to this Chapter kg. 10% -
  --- Goods specified in Supplementary Note 3 and 4 to this Chapter :      
3808 91 51 ---- Goods specified in Supplementary Note 3 to this Chapter kg. 10% -
3808 91 52 ---- Goods specified in Supplementary Note 4 to this Chapter kg. 10% -
  --- Other      
3808 91 91 ---- Repellants for insects such as flies, mosquito kg. 10% -
3808 91 92 ---- Paper impregnated or coated with insecticides such as D.D.T. coated paper kg. 10% -
3808 91 99 ---- Other kg. 10% -
3808 92 - - Fungicides:      
3808 92 10 --- Maneb kg. 10% -
3808 92 20 --- Sodium penta chlorophenate (santrobrite) kg. 10% -
3808 92 30 --- Thiram (tetra methyl thiuram disulphide) kg. 10% -
3808 92 40 --- Zineb kg. 10% -
3808 92 50 --- Copper oxychloride kg. 10% -
3808 92 60 --- Goods specified in Supplementary Note 5 to this Chapter kg. 10% -
3808 92 70 --- Goods specified in Supplementary Note 6 to this Chapter kg. 10% -
3808 92 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
3808 93 -- Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators      
3808 93 10 --- Chloromethyl phenozy acetic acid (M.C.P.A) kg. 10% -
3808 93 20 --- 2:4 Dichloro phenozy acetic acid its and esters kg. 10% -
3808 93 30 --- Gibberellic acid kg. 10% -
3808 93 40 --- Plant growth regulators kg. 10% -
3808 93 50 --- Weedicides and weed killing agents kg. 10% -
  --- Goods specified in Supplementary Note 7 and 8 to this Chapter:      
3808 93 61 ---- Goods specified in Supplementary Note 7 to this Chapter kg. 10% -
3808 93 62 ---- Goods specified in Supplementary Note 8 to this Chapter kg. 10% -
  --- Goods specified in Supplementary Note 9 and 10 to this Chapter :      
3808 93 71 ---- Goods specified in Supplementary Note 9 to this Chapter kg. 10% -
3808 93 72 ---- Goods specified in Supplementary Note 10 to this Chapter kg. 10% -
3808 93 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
3808 94 00 --- Disinfectants kg. 10% -
3808 99 -- Other:      
3808 99 10 --- Pesticides, not else where specified or included kg. 10% -
3808 99 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
3809 FINISHING AGENTS, DYE CARRIERS TO ACCELERATE THE DYEING OR FIXING OF DYESTUFFS AND OTHER PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS (FOR EXAMPLE, DRESSINGS AND mordants), OF A KIND USED IN THE TEXTILE, PAPER, LEATHER OR LIKE INDUSTRIES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED      
3809 10 00 - With a basis of amylaceous substances kg. 20% -
  - Other :      
3809 91 -- Of a kind used in the textile or like industries:      
3809 91 10 --- Textile assistants mordanting agents kg. 7.5% -
3809 91 20 --- Textile assistants desizing agents kg. 7.5% -
3809 91 30 --- Textile assistants dispersing agents kg. 7.5% -
3809 91 40 --- Textile assistants emulsifying agents kg. 7.5% -
3809 91 50 --- Textile assistants hydro sulphite formaldehyde compound (rongalite or formusul) kg. 7.5% -
3809 91 60 --- Textile assistants-textile preservatives kg. 7.5%  
3809 91 70 --- Textile assistants water proofing agents kg. 7.5% -
3809 91 80 --- Prepared textile glazings, dressings and mordants kg. 7.5% -
3809 91 90 --- Other kg. 7.5%  
3809 92 00 -- Of a kind used in the paper or like industries kg. 7.5% -
3809 93 -- Of a kind used in the leather or like industries :      
3809 93 10 --- Fatty oil or pull up oil kg. 7.5% -
3809 93 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
3810 PICKLING PREPARATIONS FOR METAL SURFACES; FLUXES AND OTHER AUXILIARY PREPARATIONS FOR SOLDERING, BRAZING OR WELDING; SOLDERING, BRAZING OR WELDING POWDERS AND PASTES CONSISTING OF METAL AND OTHER MATERIALS; PREPARATIONS OF A KIND USED AS CORES OR COATINGS FOR WELDING ELECTRODES OR RODS      
3810 10 - Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials:      
38101010 --- Pickling preparations and other soldering, brazing or welding powders or pastes kg. 7.5% -
3810 10 20 --- Thermite portion for welding (alumina thermic heat generators) kg. 7.5% -
3810 10 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
3810 90 - Other:      
3810 90 10 --- Preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes and rods kg. 7.5% -
3810 90 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
3811 ANTI-KNOCK PREPARATIONS, OXIDATION INHIBITORS, GUM INHIBITORS, VISCOSITY IMPROVERS, ANTI-CORROSIVE PREPARATIONS AND OTHER PREPARED ADDITIVES, FOR MINERAL OILS (INCLUDING GASOLINE) OR FOR OTHER LIQUIDS USED FOR THE SAME PURPOSES AS MINERAL OILS      
- Anti-knock preparations :      
3811 11 00 -- Based on lead compounds kg. 10% -
3811 19 00 -- Other kg. 10% -
  - Additives for lubricating oils:      
3811 21 00 -- Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals kg. 10% -
3811 29 00 -- Other kg. 10% -
3811 90 00 - Other kg. 10% -
3812 PREPARED RUBBER ACCELERATORS; COMPOUND PLASTICISERS FOR RUBBER OR PLASTICS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED; ANTIOXIDISING PREPARATIONS AND OTHER COMPOUND STABILISERS FOR RUBBER OR PLASTICS      
3812 10 00 - Prepared rubber accelerators kg. 7.5% 10%
3812 20 - Compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics:      
3812 20 10 --- Phthalate plasticisers kg. 7.5% -
3812 20 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
  - Anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilizers for rubber or plastics:      
3812 31 00 -- Mixtures of oligomers of 2, 2, 4-trimethyl-1, 2- dihydroquinoline (TMQ) kg. 7.5% -
381239 -- Other:      
3812 39 10 --- Anti-oxidants for rubber kg. 7.5% -
3812 39 20 --- Softeners for rubber kg. 7.5% -
3812 39 30 --- Vulcanizing agents for rubber kg. 7.5% -
3812 39 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
3813 00 00 PREPARATIONS AND CHARGES FOR FIRE-EXTINGUISHERS; CHARGED FIRE-EXTINGUISHING GRENADES kg. 10% -
3814 ORGANIC COMPOSITE SOLVENTS AND THINNERS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED; PREPARED PAINT OR VARNISH REMOVERS      
3814 00 - Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers :      
3814 00 10 --- Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included kg. 10% -
3814 00 20 --- Prepared paint or varnish removers kg. 10% -
3815 REACTION INITIATORS, REACTION ACCELERATORS AND CATALYTIC PREPARATIONS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED      
  - Supported catalysts :      
3815 11 00 -- With nickel or nickel compounds as the active substance kg. 7.5% 10%
3815 12 -- With precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance :      
3815 12 10 --- Platinum or palladium catalysts with a base of activated carbon kg. 7.5% 10%
3815 12 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% 10%
3815 19 00 -- Other kg. 7.5% -
3815 90 00 - Other kg. 7.5% -
3816 00 00 refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 3801 kg. 7.5%  
3817 MIXED ALKYLBENZENES AND MIXED ALKYLNAPHTHALENES, OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADING 2707 OR 2902      
3817 00 - Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 2707 or 2902:      
  --- Mixed alkylbenzenes :      
3817 00 11 ---- Linear alkylbenzenes kg. 7.5% -
3817 00 19 ---- Other kg. 7.5% -
3817 00 20 --- Mixed alkylnaphthalenes kg. 7.5% -
3818 CHEMICAL ELEMENTS DOPED FOR USE IN ELECTRONICS, IN THE FORM OF DISCS, WAFERS OR SIMILAR FORMS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS DOPED FOR USE IN ELECTRONICS      
3818 00 - Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics:      
3818 00 10 --- Undefused silicon wafers kg. Free -
3818 00 90 --- Other kg. Free -
3819 HYDRAULIC BRAKE FLUIDS AND OTHER PREPARED LIQUIDS FOR HYDRAULIC TRANSMISSION, NOT CONTAINING OR CONTAINING LESS THAN 70% BY WEIGHT OF PETROLEUM OILS OR OILS OBTAINED FROM BITUMINOUS MINERALS      
3819 00 10 --- Hydraulic brake fluids kg. 10% -
3819 00 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
3820 00 00 ANTI-FREEZING PREPARATIONS AND PREPARED DE-ICING FLUIDS kg. 10% -
3821 00 00 PREPARED CULTURE MEDIA FOR DEVELOPMENT OR MAINTENANCE OF MICRO-ORGANISM (INCLUDING VIRUSES AND THE LIKE) OR OF PLANT HUMAN OR ANIMAL CELLS kg 7.5%  
3822 DIAGNOSTIC OR LABORATORY REAGENTS ON A BACKING, PREPARED DIAGNOSTIC OR LABORATORY REAGENTS WHETHER OR NOT ON A BACKING, WHETHER OR NOT PUT UP IN THE FORM OF KITS, OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADING 3006; CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS      
  - Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits:      
3822 11 00 - - For malaria kg. 10% -
3822 12 00 - - For Zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes kg. 10% -
3822 13 00 - - For blood-grouping kg. 10% -
3822 19 - - Other:      
3822 19 10 - - - Pregnancy test kit kg. 10% -
3822 19 90 - - - Other kg. 10% -
3822 90 - Other:      
3822 90 10 - - - Certified reference materials kg. 30% -
3822 90 90 - - - Other kg. 30% -
3823 INDUSTRIAL MONOCARBOXYLIC FATTY ACIDS; ACID OILS FROM REFINING; INDUSTRIAL FATTY ALCOHOLS      
  - Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining :      
3823 11 -- Stearic acid :      
  --- Palm stearin :      
3823 11 00 -- Stearic acid kg. 7.5% -
3823 12 00 -- Oleic acid kg. 7.5% -
3823 13 00 -- Tall oil fatty acids kg. 7.5% -
3823 19 00 -- Other kg. 7.5% -
3823 70 - Industrial fatty alcohols:      
3823 70 10 --- Cetyl alcohol kg. 7.5% -
3823 70 20 --- Lauryl alcohol kg. 7.5% -
3823 70 30 --- Oleyl alcohol kg. 7.5% -
3823 70 40 --- Stearyl alcohol kg. 7.5% -
3823 70 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
3824 PREPARED BINDERS FOR FOUNDRY MOULDS OR CORES; CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES (INCLUDING THOSE CONSISTING OF MIXTURES OF NATURAL PRODUCTS), NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED      
3824 10 00 - Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores kg. 7.5% -
3824 30 00 - Non-agglomerated metal carbides mixed together or with metallic binders kg. 7.5% -
3824 40 - Prepared additives for cements, mortars or concretes:      
3824 40 10 --- Damp proof or water proof compounds kg. 7.5% -
3824 40 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
3824 50 - Non-refractory mortars and concretes:      
3824 50 10 --- Concretes ready to use known as "Ready-mix Concrete (RMC)" kg. 7.5% -
3824 50 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
3824 60 - Sorbitol other than that of sub-heading 2905 44:      
3824 60 10 --- In aqueous solution kg. 30% -
3824 60 90 --- Other kg. 30% -
  - Goods specified in Sub-heading Note 3 to this Chapter:      
3824 81 00 -- Containing oxirane (ethylene oxide) kg. 7.5% -
3824 82 00 -- Containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) or poly-brominated biphenyls (PBBs) kg. 7.5% -
3824 83 00 -- Containing tris(2, 3-dibromopropyl) phosphate kg. 7.5% -
3824 84 00 -- Containing aldrin (ISO), camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene), chlordane (ISO), chlordecone (ISO), DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1, 1, 1- trichloro-2, 2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane), dieldrin (ISO, INN), endosulfan (ISO), endrin (ISO), heptachlor (ISO) or mirex (ISO) kg. 7.5% -
3824 85 00 -- Containing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN) kg. 7.5% -
3824 86 00 -- Containing pentachlorobenzene (ISO) or hexach-lorobenzene (ISO) kg. 7.5% -
3824 87 00 -- Containing perfluorooctane sulphonic acid, its salts, perfluorooctane sulphonamides, or perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride kg. 7.5% -
3824 88 00  -- Containing tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or octabromo-diphenyl ethers kg. 7.5% -
3824 89 00 -- Containing short-chain chlorinated paraffins kg. 7.5% - 
  - Other:      
3824 91 00 -- Mixtures and preparations consisting mainly of (5-ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1, 3, 2-dioxa-phosphinan-5-yl)methyl methyl methylphosphonate

and bis[(5-ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1, 3, 2-dioxaphosphinan-5-yl) methyl] methylphosphonate:

kg. 7.5% - 
3824 92 00 - - Polyglycol esters of methylphosphonic acid kg. 7.5% -;
3824 99 Omitted      
  Omitted      
3824 99 11 Omitted      
3824 99 12 Omitted      
3824 99 13 Omitted      
3824 99 14 Omitted      
3824 99 15 Omitted      
3824 99 16 Omitted      
3824 99 17 Omitted      
  Omitted      
3824 99 21 Omitted      
3824 99 22 Omitted      
3824 99 23 Omitted      
3824 99 24 Omitted      
3824 99 25 Omitted      
3824 99 26 Omitted      
  Omitted      
3824 99 31 Omitted      
3824 99 32 Omitted      
3824 99 33 Omitted      
3824 99 34 Omitted      
3824 99 35 Omitted      
3824 99 36 Omitted      
3824 99 37 Omitted      
3824 99 38 Omitted      
3824 99 00 - - Other kg 17.5% -
3825 RESIDUAL PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED; MUNICIPAL WASTE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; OTHER WASTES SPECIFIED IN NOTE 6 TO THIS CHAPTER      
3825 10 00 - Municipal waste kg. 10% -
3825 20 00 - Sewage sludge kg. 10% -
3825 30 00 - Clinical waste kg. 10% -
- Waste organic solvents:      
3825 41 00 -- Halogenated kg. 10% -
3825 49 00 -- Other kg. 10% -
3825 50 00 - Wastes of metal pickling liquors, hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freeze fluids kg. 10% -
  - Other wastes from chemical or allied industries:      
3825 61 00 -- Mainly containing organic constituents kg. 10% -
3825 69 00 -- Other kg. 10% -
3825 90 00 - Other kg. 10% -
3826 00 00 BIODIESEL AND MIXTURES THEREOF, NOT CONTAINING OR CONTAINING LESS THAN 70 % BY WEIGHT OF PETROLEUM OILS AND OILS OBTAINED FROM BITUMINOUS MINERALS kg. 10%  
3827 MIXTURES CONTAINING HALOGENATED DERIVATIVES OF METHANE, ETHANE OR PROPANE, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED      
  - Containing chlorofluorocarbon (CFCs), whether or not containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs); containing hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs); containing carbon tetrachloride; containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform):      
3827 11 00 - - Containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), whether or not containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) kg. 7.5% -
3827 12 00 - - Containing hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs) kg. 7.5% -
3827 13 00 - - Containing carbon tetrachloride kg. 7.5% -
3827 14 00 - - Containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform) kg. 7.5% -
3827 20 00 - Containing bromochlorodifluoromethane (Halon-1211), bromotrifluoromethane (Halon-1301) or dibromotetrafluoroethanes (Halon-2402) kg. 7.5% -
  - Containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), whether or not containing perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs):      
3827 31 00 - - Containing substances of subheadings 2903.41 to 2903.48 kg. 7.5% -
3827 32 00 - - Other, containing substances of subheadings 2903.71 to 2903.75 kg. 7.5% -
3827 39 00 - - Other kg. 7.5% -
3827 40 00 - Containing methyl bromide (bromomethane) or bromochloromethane kg. 7.5% -
  -Containing trifluoromethane (HFC-23) or perfluorocarbons (PFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs):      
3827 51 00 - - Containing trifluoromethane (HFC-23) kg. 7.5% -
3827 59 00 - - Other kg. 7.5% -
  - Containing other hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) :      
3827 61 00 - - Containing 15 % or more by mass of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a) kg. 7.5% -
3827 62 00 - - Other, not included in the subheading above, containing 55 % or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (HFC- 125) but not containing unsaturated fluorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons (HFOs) kg. 7.5% -
3827 63 00 - - Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing 40 % or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (HFC-125) kg. 7.5% -
3827 64 00 -- Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing 30 % or more by mass of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a) but not containing unsaturated fluorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons (HFOs) kg. 7.5% -
3827 65 00 - - Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing 20 % or more by mass of difluoromethane (HFC-32) and 20 % or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (HFC-125) kg. 7.5% -
3827 68 00 - - Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing substances of subheadings 2903 41 to 2903 48 kg. 7.5% -
3827 69 00 - - Other kg. 7.5% -
3827 90 00 - Other kg. 7.5% -.

[Notfn. No. 87 / 2009-Cus., dt. 27.8.2009.]

Whereas, in the matter of import of Dimethoate Technical (hereinafter also referred as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 3808 91 23 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Director General (Safeguard), in its preliminary findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 2nd February, 2009, vide number G.S.R.66(E), dated the 2nd February, 2009, had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Dimethoate Technical into India had caused and threatened to cause further serious injury to the domestic producers of Dimethoate Technical and it had necessitated for imposition of provisional safeguard duty on imports of Dimethoate Technical into India;

And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the Director General (Safeguard), the Central Government had imposed provisional safeguard duty on imports of the subject goods vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 25/2009-Customs, dated the 23rd March, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 23rd March, 2009, vide number G.S.R.186(E), dated the 23rd March, 2009;

And whereas, the Director General (Safeguard) in its final findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 18th May, 2009 vide number G.S.R.340(E), dated the 14th May, 2009, had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Dimethoate Technical into India had caused and threatened to cause further serious injury to the domestic producers of Dimethoate Technical and it necessitated to impose safeguard duty on imports of Dimethoate Technical into India, and had recommended the imposition of safeguard duty on imports of the subject goods into India;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8B of the said Act, read with rules 12 and 14 of the Customs Tariff (Identification and Assessment of Safeguard Duty) Rules, 1997, the Central Government after considering the said findings of the Director General (Safeguards), hereby imposes on Dimethoate T echnical, falling under tariff item 3808 91 23 of the First Schedule to the said Act, when imported into India, a safeguard duty at the rate of -

    (a) 20% ad valorem, when imported from the 23rd day of March, 2009 to 22nd day of March, 2010 (both daysinclusive); and

    (b) 15% ad valorem, when imported from the 23rd day of March, 2010 to 22nd day of March, 2011 (both days inclusive).

2. Nothing contained in this notification shall apply to imports of Dimethoate Technical from countries notified as developing countries under clause (a) of sub-section (6) of section 8B of the said Act, other than People's Republic of China.