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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 28

Inorganic chemicals, organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes

Notes :

1. Except where the context otherwise requires, the headings of this Chapter apply only to:-

    (a) separate chemical elements and separate chemically defined compounds, whether or not containing impurities;

    (b) the products mentioned in (a) above dissolved in water;

    (c) the products mentioned in (a) above dissolved in other solvents provided that the solution constitutes a normal and necessary method of putting up these products adopted solely for reasons of safety or for transport and that the solvent does not render the product particularly suitable for specific use rather than for general use;

    (d) the products mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above with an added stabiliser (including an anticaking agent) necessary for their preservation or transport;

    (e) the products mentioned in (a), (b), (c) or (d) above with an added anti-dusting agent or a colouring substance added to facilitate their identification or for safety reasons, provided that the additions do not render the product particularly suitable for specific use rather than for general use.

2. In addition to dithionites and sulphoxylates, stabilised with organic substances (heading 2831), carbonates and peroxocarbonates of inorganic bases (heading 2836), cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides of inorganic bases (heading 2837), fulminates, cyanates and thiocyanates, of inorganic bases (heading 2842), organic products included in headings 2843 to 2846 and 2852 carbides (heading 2849), only the following compounds of carbon are to be classified in this Chapter:-

    (a) oxides of carbon, hydrogen cyanide and fulminic, isocyanic, thiocyanic and other simple or complex cyanogen acids (heading 2811);

    (b) halide oxides of carbon (heading 2812);

    (c) carbon disulphide (heading 2813);

    (d) thiocarbonates, selenocarbonates, tellurocarbonates, selenocyanates, tellurocyanates, tetrathiocyanatodiamminochromates (reineckates) and other complex cyanates, of inorganic bases (heading 2842);

    (e) hydrogen peroxide, solidified with urea (heading 2847), carbon oxysulphide, thiocarbonyl halides, cyanogen, cyanogen halides and cyanamide and its metal derivatives (heading 2853) other than calcium cyanamide, whether or not pure (Chapter 31).

3. Subject to the provisions of Note 1 to Section VI, this Chapter does not cover:-

    (a) sodium chloride or magnesium oxide, whether or not pure, or other products of Section V;

    (b) organo-inorganic compounds other than mentioned in Note 2 above;

    (c) products mentioned in Note 2, 3,4 or 5 to Chapter 31;

    (d) inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, of heading 3206; glass frit and other glass in the form of powder, granules or flakes, of heading 3207;

    (e) artificial graphite (heading 3801); products put up as charges for fire extinguishers or put up in fire-extinguishing grenades, of heading 3813; ink removers put up in packings for retail sale, of heading 3824; cultured crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less than 2.5 g each, of the halides of the alkali or alkaline-earth metals, of heading 3824;

    (f) precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) or dust or powder of such stones (headings 7102 to 7105), or precious metals or precious metal alloys of Chapter 71;

    (g) the metals, whether or not pure, metal alloys or cermets, including sintered metal carbides (metal carbides sintered with a metal), of Section XV; or

    (h) optical elements, for example, of the halides of the alkali or alkaline-earth metals (heading 9001).

4. Chemically defined complex acids consisting of a non-metal acid of Sub-Chapter II and a metal acid of Sub-Chapter IV are to be classified in heading 2811.

5. Headings 2826 to 2842 apply only to metal or ammonium salts or peroxysalts.

Except where the context otherwise requires, double or complex salts are to be classified in heading

2842.

6. Heading 2844 applies only to:-

    (a) technetium (atomic No. 43), promethium (atomic No. 61), Polonium (atomic No. 84) and all elements with an atomic number greater than 84;

    (b) natural or artificial radioactive isotopes (including those of the precious metals or of the base metals of Sections XIV and XV), whether or not mixed together;

    (c) compounds, inorganic or organic, of these elements or isotopes, whether or not chemically defined, whether or not mixed together;

    (d) alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements or isotopes or inorganic or organic compounds thereof and having a specific radioactivity exceeding 74 Bq/g (0.002 micro uci/g);

    (e) spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors;

    (f) radioactive residues whether or not usable.

The term "isotopes", for the purposes of this Note and of the wording of headings 2844 and 2845, refers to:-

    (i) individual nuclides, excluding, however, those existing in nature in the monoisotopic state;

    (ii) mixtures of isotopes of one and the same element, enriched in one or several of the said isotopes, that is, elements of which the natural isotopic composition has been artiticially modified.

7. Heading 2853 includes copper phosphide (phosphor copper) containing more than 15 % by weight of phosphorus.

8. Chemical elements (for example, silicon and selenium) doped for use in electronics are to be classified in this Chapter, provided that they are in forms unworked as drawn, or in the form of cylinders or rods. When cut in the forms of discs, wafers or similar forms, they fall in heading 3818.

Sub-heading Note:

For the purposes of sub-heading 2852 10, the expression "chemically defined" means all organic or inorganic compounds of mercury meeting the requirements of clauses (a) to (e) of Note 1 to Chapter 28 or clauses ( a) to (h) of Note 1 to Chapter 29.

Supplementary Note :

1. Sub-heading 2804 40 includes, liquefied or solidified gas.

2. In this Chapter, reference to any standard of the Bureau of Indian Standards refers to the last published version of that standard.

Tariff Item

Description of goods Unit Rate of duty
Standard Preferential Areas
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
  I.CHEMICAL ELEMENTS      
2801 FLUORINE, CHLORINE, BROMINE AND IODINE      
2801 10 00 - Chlorine kg. 5% -
2801 20 00 - Iodine kg. 2.5% -
2801 30 - Fluorine; bromine :      
2801 30 10 --- Fluorine kg. 5% -
2801 30 20 --- Bromine kg. 5% -
2802 SULPHUR, SUBLIMED OR PRECIPITATED; COLLOIDAL SULPHUR      
2802 00 - Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur :      
2802 00 10 --- Sublimed sulphur kg. 5% -
2802 00 20 --- Precipitated sulphur kg. 5% -
2802 00 30 --- Colloidal sulphur kg. 5% -
2803 CARBON (CARBON BLACKS AND OTHER FORMS OF CARBON NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED)      
2803 00 - Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included) :      
2803 00 10 --- Carbon blacks kg. 7.5% -
2803 00 20 --- Acetylene black kg. 5% -
2803 00 90 --- Other kg. 5% -
2804 HYDROGEN, RARE GASES AND OTHER NON-METALS      
2804 10 00 - Hydrogen kg. 5% -
  - Rare gases :      
2804 21 00 -- Argon kg. 5% -
2804 29 -- Other :      
2804 29 10 --- Helium kg. 5% -
2804 29 90 --- Other kg. 5% -
2804 30 00 - Nitrogen kg. 5% -
2804 40 - Oxygen :      
2804 40 10 --- Medicinal grade kg. 5% -
2804 40 90 --- Other kg. 5% -
2804 50 - Boron; tellurium      
2804 50 10 --- Boron kg. 5% -
2804 50 20 --- Tellurium kg. 5% -
  - Silicon :      
2804 61 00 -- Containing by weight not less than 99.99% of silicon kg. 5% -
2804 69 00 -- Other kg. 5% -
2804 70 - Phosphorus :      
2804 70 10 --- Phosphorus, black kg. 5% -
2804 70 20 --- Phosphorus, red kg. 5% -
2804 70 30 --- Phosphorus, white or yellow kg. 5% -
2804 80 00 - Arsenic kg. 5% -
2804 90 00 - Selenium kg. 5% -
2805 ALKALI OR ALKALINE-EARTH METALS; RARE-EARTH METALS,SCANDIUM AND YTTRIUM, WHETHER OR NOT INTERMIXED OR INTERALLOYED; MERCURY      
- Alkali or alkaline-earth metals :      
2805 11 00 -- Sodium kg. 5% -
2805 12 00 -- Calcium kg. 5% -
2805 19 00 -- Other kg. 5% -
2805 30 00 - Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed kg. 5% -
2805 40 00 - Mercury kg. 5% -
  II.- INORGANIC ACIDS AND INORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS      
2806 HYDROGEN CHLORIDE (HYDROCHLORIC ACID); CHLOROSULPHURIC ACID      
2806 10 00 -Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid) kg. 7.5% -
2806 20 00 - Chlorosulphuric acid kg. 7.5% -
2807 - SULPHURIC ACID; OLEUM      
2807 00 Sulphuric acid; oleum :      
2807 00 10 --- Sulphuric acid kg. 7.5% -
2807 00 20 --- Oleum kg. 7.5% -
2808 NITRIC ACID; SULPHONITRIC ACIDS      
2808 00 - Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids :      
2808 00 10 --- Nitric acid kg. 7.5% -
2808 00 20 --- Sulphonitric acids kg. 7.5% -
2809 DIPHOSPHORUS PENTAOXIDE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; POLYPHOSPHORIC ACIDS, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED      
2809 10 00 - Diphosphorus pentaoxide Kg 7.5% -
2809 20 - Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids :      
2809 20 10 --- Phosporic acid Kg 20% -
2809 20 20 --- Polyphosphoric acids Kg 7.5% -
2810 OXIDES OF BORON; BORIC ACIDS      
  - Oxides of boron; boric acids :      
2810 00 10 --- Oxides of boron kg. 7.5% -
2810 00 20 --- Boric acids kg. 27.5% -
2811 OTHER INORGANIC ACIDS AND OTHER INORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS      
  - Other inorganic acids :      
2811 11 00 -- Hydrogen fluoride (hydrofluoric acid) kg. 7.5% -
2811 12 00 -- Hydrogen cyanide (hydrocyanic acid ) kg. 7.5% -
2811 19 -- Other :      
2811 19 10 Omitted      
2811 19 20 --- Hypophosphorus acid (phosphinic acid) kg. 7.5% -
2811 19 30 --- Acids of arsenic kg. 7.5% -
2811 19 40 --- Sulphonic acid kg. 7.5% -
2811 19 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
  - Other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals :      
2811 21 -- Carbon dioxide :      
2811 21 10 --- Dry ice kg. 7.5% -
2811 21 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2811 22 00 -- Silicon dioxide kg. 7.5% -
2811 29 -- Other :      
2811 29 10 --- Arsenic pentaoxide kg. 7.5% -
2811 29 20 --- Arsenic trioxide kg. 7.5% -
2811 29 30 --- Nitrous oxide kg. 7.5% -
2811 29 40 --- Carbon monoxide kg. 7.5% -
2811 29 50 --- Sulphur trioxide (sulphuric anhydride) kg. 7.5% -
2811 29 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
  III. - HALOGEN OR SULPHUR COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS      
2812 HALIDES AND HALIDE OXIDES OF NON-METALS      
  - Chlorides and chloride oxides :      
2812 11 00 -- Carbonyl dichloride (phosgene) kg. 7.5% -
2812 12 00 -- Phosphorous oxychloride kg. 7.5% -
2812 13 00 -- Phosphorous trichloride kg. 7.5% -
2812 14 00 -- Phosphorous pentachloride kg. 7.5% -
2812 15 00 -- Sulphur monochloride kg. 7.5% -
2812 16 00 -- Sulphur dichloride kg. 7.5% -
2812 17 00 -- Thionyl chloride kg. 7.5% -
2812 19 -- Other:      
2812 19 10 --- Sulpur oxychloride kg. 7.5% -
2812 19 20 --- Silicon tetrachloride kg. 7.5% -
2812 19 30 --- Arsenous trichloride kg. 7.5% -
2812 19 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2812 90 00 - Other kg. 7.5% -
2813 SULPHIDES OF NON-METALS; COMMERCIAL PHOSPHORUS TRISULPHIDE      
2813 10 00 - Carbon disulphide kg. 7.5% -
2813 90 - Other :      
2813 90 10 --- Arsenic disulphide (artificial) kg. 7.5% -
2813 90 20 --- Commercial phosphorus trisulphide kg. 7.5% -
2813 90 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
  IV. - INORGANIC BASES AND OXIDES, HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES OF METALS      
2814 AMMONIA, ANHYDROUS OR IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION      
2814 10 00 - Anhydrous ammonia kg. 5% -
2814 20 00 - Ammonia in aqueous solution kg. 5% -
2815 SODIUM HYDROXIDE (CAUSTIC SODA); POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE (CAUSTIC POTASH); PEROXIDES OF SODIUM OR POTASSIUM      
  - Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) :      
2815 11 -- Solid :      
2815 11 10 --- Flakes kg. 7.5% -
2815 11 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2815 12 00 -- In aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) kg. 7.5% -
2815 20 00 - Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) kg. 7.5% -
2815 30 00 - Peroxides of sodium or potassium kg. 7.5% -
2816 HYDROXIDE AND PEROXIDE OF MAGNESIUM; OXIDES, HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES, OF STRONTIUM OR BARIUM      
2816 10 - Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium :      
2816 10 10 --- Hydroxide of magnesium kg. 7.5% -
2816 10 20 --- Peroxide of magnesium kg. 7.5% -
2816 40 00 - Oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium kg. 7.5%  
2817 ZINC OXIDE; ZINC PEROXIDE      
2817 00 - Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide :      
2817 00 10 --- Zinc oxide kg. 7.5% -
2817 00 20 --- Zinc peroxide kg. 7.5% -
2818 ARTIFICIAL CORUNDUM, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED;

ALUMINIUM OXIDE; ALUMINIUM HYDROXIDE

     
2818 10 00 - Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined kg. 7.5% -
2818 20 - Aluminium oxide, other than artificial corundum :      
  - - - Alumina, calcined:      
2818 20 11 ---- Metallurgical grade, conforming to IS 17441 kg. 5% -
2818 20 19 ---- Non-metallurgical grade, conforming to IS 17441 kg. 5% -
2818 20 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2818 30 00 - Aluminium hydroxide kg. 7.5% -
2819 CHROMIUM OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES      
2819 10 00 - Chromium trioxide kg. 7.5% -
2819 90 00 - Other kg. 7.5% -
2820 MANGANESE OXIDES      
2820 10 00 - Manganese dioxide kg. 7.5% -
2820 90 00 - Other kg. 7.5% -
2821 IRON OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES; EARTH COLOURS CONTAINING 70% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COMBINED IRON EVALUATED AS Fe2O3      
2821 10 - Iron oxides and hydroxides :      
2821 10 10 --- Iron oxides kg. 7.5% -
2821 10 20 --- Iron hydroxides kg. 7.5% -
2821 20 00 - Earth colours kg. 7.5% -
2822 COBALT OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES; COMMERCIAL COBALT OXIDES      
2822 00 - Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides :      
2822 00 10 --- Cobalt oxides kg. 7.5% -
2822 00 20 --- Cobalt hydroxides kg. 7.5% -
2822 00 30 --- Commercial cobalt oxides kg. 7.5% -
2823 TITANIUM OXIDES      
2823 00 - Titanium oxides :      
2823 00 10 --- Titanium dioxide kg. 10% -
2823 00 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2824 LEAD OXIDES; RED LEAD AND ORANGE LEAD      
2824 10 - Lead monoxide (litharge, massicot) :      
2824 10 10 --- Litharge kg. 7.5% -
2824 10 20 --- Massicot kg. 7.5% -
2824 90 00 - Other kg. 7.5% -
2825 HYDRAZINE AND HYDROXYLAMINE AND THEIR INORGANIC SALTS; OTHER INORGANIC BASES; OTHER METAL OXIDES, HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES      
2825 10 - Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts :      
2825 10 10 --- Hydrazine anhydrous kg. 7.5% -
2825 10 20 --- Hydrazine hydrate kg. 7.5% -
2825 10 30 --- Hydrazine sulphate kg. 7.5% -
2825 10 40 --- Hydroxylamine sulphate kg. 7.5% -
2825 10 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2825 20 00 - Lithium oxide and hydroxide kg. 7.5% -
2825 30 - Vanadium oxides and hydroxides :      
2825 30 10 --- Vanadium pentaoxide flakes kg. 7.5% -
2825 30 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2825 40 00 - Nickel oxides and hydroxides kg. Free -
2825 50 00 - Copper oxides and hydroxides kg. 7.5% -
2825 60 - Germanium oxides and zirconium dioxide :      
2825 60 10 --- Germanium oxides kg. 7.5% -
2825 60 20 --- Zirconium dioxide kg. 7.5% -
2825 70 - Molybdenum oxides and hydroxides :      
2825 70 10 --- Molybdenum trioxide kg. 7.5% -
2825 70 20 --- Molybdic acid kg. 7.5% -
2825 70 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2825 80 00 - Antimony oxides kg. 7.5% -
2825 90 - Other :      
2825 90 10 --- Tin oxide kg. 7.5% -
2825 90 20 --- Cadmium oxide kg. 7.5% -
2825 90 40 --- Calcium hydroxide kg. 7.5% -
2825 90 50 --- Ammonium hydroxide kg. 7.5% -
2825 90 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
  V. - SALTS AND PEROXYSALTS, OF INORGANIC ACIDS AND METALS      
2826 FLUORIDES; FLUOROSILICATES, FLUOROALUMINATES AND OTHER COMPLEX FLUORINE SALTS      
  - Fluorides :      
2826 12 00 -- Of aluminium kg. 7.5% -
2826 19 -- Other :      
2826 19 10 --- Magnesium fluoride kg. 7.5% -
2826 19 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2826 30 00 - Sodium hexafluoroaluminate (synthetic cryolite) kg. 7.5% -
2826 90 00 - Other kg. 7.5% -
2827 CHLORIDES, CHLORIDE OXIDES AND CHLORIDE HYDROXIDES; BROMIDES AND BROMIDE OXIDES; IODIDES AND IODIDE OXIDES      
2827 10 00 - Ammonium chloride kg. 7.5% -
2827 20 00 - Calcium chloride kg. 7.5% -
  - Other chlorides :      
2827 31 00 -- Of magnesium kg. 7.5% -
2827 32 00 -- Of aluminium kg. 7.5% -
2827 35 00 -- Of nickel kg. 7.5% -
2827 39 -- Other :      
2827 39 20 --- Mercurous chloride kg. 7.5% -
2827 39 30 --- Strontium chloride kg. 7.5% -
2827 39 40 --- Cuprous chloride kg. 7.5% -
2827 39 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
  - Chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides :      
2827 41 -- Of copper :      
2827 41 10 --- Copper oxychloride kg. 7.5% -
2827 41 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2827 49 00 -- Other kg. 7.5% -
  - Bromides and bromide oxides :      
2827 51 -- Bromides of sodium or ofpotassium :      
2827 51 10 --- Bromides of sodium kg. 7.5% -
2827 51 20 --- Bromides of potassium kg. 7.5% -
2827 59 -- Other :      
2827 59 10 --- Magnesium bromide kg. 7.5% -
2827 59 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2827 60 - Iodides and iodide oxides :      
2827 60 10 --- Potassium iodide kg. 7.5% -
2827 60 20 --- Sodium iodide kg. 7.5% -
2827 60 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2828 HYPOCHLORITES; COMMERCIAL CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITES; CHLORITES; HYPOBROMITES      
2828 10 - Commercial calcium hypochlorite and other calcium hypochlorites :      
2828 10 10 --- Commercial calcium hypochlorite (bleaching paste or powder) kg. 7.5% -
2828 10 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2828 90 - Other :      
  --- Sodium hypochlorites :      
2828 90 11 ---- Bleaching paste or powder kg. 7.5% -
2828 90 19 ---- Other kg. 7.5% -
2828 90 20 --- Potassium hypochlorites kg. 7.5% -
2828 90 30 --- Sodium chlorite kg. 7.5% -
2828 90 40 --- Aluminium chlorite kg. 7.5% -
2828 90 50 --- Hypobromites kg. 7.5% -
2828 90 60 --- Bleaching paste or powder of other hypochlorites kg. 7.5% -
2828 90 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2829 CHLORATES AND PERCHLORATES; BROMATES AND PERBROMATES; IODATES AND PERIODATES      
  - Chlorates :      
2829 11 00 -- Of sodium kg. 7.5% -
2829 19 -- Other :      
2829 19 10 --- Barium chlorate kg. 7.5% -
2829 19 20 --- Potassium chlorate kg. 7.5% -
2829 19 30 --- Magnesium chlorate kg. 7.5% -
2829 19 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2829 90 - Other :      
2829 90 10 --- Perchlorates kg. 7.5% -
2829 90 20 --- Bromates and perbromates kg. 7.5% -
2829 90 30 --- Iodates and periodates kg. 7.5% -
2830 SULPHIDES; POLYSULPHIDES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED      
2830 10 00 - Sodium sulphides kg. 7.5% -
2830 90 - Other :      
2830 90 10 --- Sulphides kg. 7.5% -
2830 90 20 --- Polysulphides kg. 7.5% -
2831 DITHIONITES AND SULPHOXYLATES      
2831 10 - Of sodium :      
2831 10 10 --- Sodium dithionites (sodium hydrosulphite) kg. 7.5%  
2831 10 20 --- Sodium sulphoxylates (including sodium formaldehyde sulphoxylate) kg. 7.5% -
2831 90 - Other :      
2831 90 10 --- Dithionites kg. 7.5% -
2831 90 20 --- Sulphoxylates kg. 7.5% -
2832 SULPHITES; THIOSULPHATES      
2832 10 - Sodium sulphites :      
2832 10 10 --- Sodium bisulphite kg. 7.5% -
2832 10 20 --- Sodium hydrosulphite kg. 7.5% -
2832 10 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2832 20 - Other sulphites :      
2832 20 10 --- Potassium metabisulphite kg. 7.5% -
2832 20 20 --- Magnesium sulphite kg. 7.5% -
2832 20 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2832 30 - Thiosulphates :      
2832 30 10 --- Sodium thiosulphate (hypo) kg. 7.5% -
2832 30 20 --- Magnesium thiosulphate kg. 7.5% -
2832 30 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2833 SULPHATES; ALUMS; PEROXOSULPHATES (PERSULPHATES)      
  - Sodium sulphates :      
2833 11 00 -- Disodium sulphate kg. 7.5% -
2833 19 -- Other :      
2833 19 10 --- Sodium hydrogen sulphate (acid sulphate) kg. 7.5% -
2833 19 20 --- Sodium pyrosulphate kg. 7.5% -
2833 19 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
  - Other sulphates :      
2833 21 00 -- Of magnesium kg. 7.5% -
2833 22 -- Of aluminium :      
2833 22 10 --- Aluminium sulphate (iron free) kg. 7.5% -
2833 22 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2833 24 00 -- Of nickel kg. 7.5% -
2833 25 00 -- Of copper kg. 7.5% -
2833 27 00 -- Of barium kg. 7.5% -
2833 29 -- Other :      
2833 29 10 --- Ferrous sulphate kg. 7.5% -
2833 29 30 --- Quinidine sulphate kg. 7.5% -
2833 29 40 --- Manganese sulphate kg. 7.5% -
2833 29 50 --- Strontium sulphate kg. 7.5% -
2833 29 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2833 30 - Alums :      
2833 30 10 --- Ammonium alum kg. 7.5% -
2833 30 20 --- Ferric ammonium alum kg. 7.5% -
2833 30 30 --- Potash alum kg. 7.5% -
2833 30 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2833 40 00 - Peroxosulphates (persulphates) kg. 7.5% -
2834 NITRITES; NITRATES      
2834 10 - Nitrites :      
2834 10 10 --- Sodium nitrite kg. 7.5% -
2834 10 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
  - Nitrates :      
2834 21 00 -- Of potassium kg. 7.5% -
2834 29 -- Other :      
2834 29 10 --- Strontium nitrate kg. 7.5% -
2834 29 20 --- Magnesium nitrate kg. 7.5% -
2834 29 30 --- Barium nitrate kg. 7.5% -
2834 29 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2835 PHOSPHINATES (HYPOPHOSPHITES), PHOSPHONATES (PHOSPHITES) AND PHOSPHATES; POLYPHOSPHATES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED      
2835 10 - Phosphinates (hypophosphites) and phosphonates (phosphites) :      
2835 10 10 --- Calcium hypophosphite kg. 7.5% -
2835 10 20 --- Magnesium hypophosphite kg. 7.5% -
2835 10 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
  - Phosphates :      
2835 22 00 -- Of mono-or disodium kg. 7.5% -
2835 24 00 -- Of potassium kg. 7.5% -
2835 25 00 -- Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate ("dicalcium phosphate") kg. 7.5% -
2835 26 -- Other phosphates of calcium :      
2835 26 10 --- Calcium monobasic phosphate kg. 7.5% -
2835 26 20 --- Calcium tribasic phosphate kg. 7.5% -
2835 26 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2835 29 -- Other :      
2835 29 10 --- Magnesium phosphate, monobasic kg. 7.5% -
2835 29 20 --- Magnesium phosphate, dibasic kg. 7.5% -
2835 29 30 --- Magnesium phosphate, tribasic kg. 7.5% -
2835 29 40 --- Sodium hexametaphosphate kg. 7.5% -
2835 29 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
  - Polyphosphates :      
2835 31 00 -- Sodium triphosphate (sodium tripoly-phosphate) kg. 7.5% -
2835 39 00 -- Other kg. 7.5% -
2836 CARBONATES; PEROXOCARBONATES (PERCARBONATES); COMMERCIAL AMMONIUM CARBONATE CONTAINING AMMONIUM CARBAMATE      
2836 20 - Disodium carbonate :      
2836 20 10 --- Disodium carbonate, dense kg. 7.5% -
2836 20 20 --- Disodium carbonate, light kg. 7.5% -
2836 20 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2836 30 00 -Sodium hydrogencarbonate (sodium bicarbonate) kg. 7.5% -
2836 40 00 - Potassium carbonates kg. 7.5% -
2836 50 00 - Calcium carbonate kg. 7.5% -
2836 60 00 - Barium carbonate kg. 7.5% -
  - Other :      
2836 91 00 -- Lithium carbonates kg. 7.5% -
2836 92 00 -- Strontium carbonate kg. 7.5% -
2836 99 -- Other :      
2836 99 10 --- Percarbonates kg. 7.5% -
2836 99 20 --- Magnesium carbonate kg. 7.5% -
2836 99 30 --- Aluminium bicarbonate kg. 7.5% -
2836 99 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2837 CYANIDES, CYANIDE OXIDES AND COMPLEX CYANIDES      
  - Cyanides and cyanide oxides :      
2837 11 00 -- Of sodium kg. 10% -
2837 19 -- Other :      
2837 19 10 --- Potassium cyanide kg. 7.5% -
2837 19 20 --- Double cyanide of potassium and sodium kg. 7.5% -
2837 19 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2837 20 - Complex cyanides :      
2837 20 10 --- Ammonium sulphocyanide kg. 7.5% -
2837 20 20 --- Potassium ferricyanide kg. 7.5% -
2837 20 30 --- Potassium ferrocyanide kg. 7.5% -
2837 20 40 --- Sodium ferrocyanide kg. 7.5% -
2837 20 50 --- Sodium nitroprusside (sodium nitroferricyanide) kg. 7.5% -
2837 20 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2838 Omitted      
2839 SILICATES; COMMERCIAL ALKALI METAL SILICATES      
  - Of sodium :      
2839 11 00 -- Sodium metasilicates kg. 7.5% -
2839 19 00 -- Other kg. 7.5% -
2839 90 - Other :      
2839 90 10 --- Magnesium trisilicate kg. 7.5% -
2839 90 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2840 BORATES; PEROXOBORATES (PERBORATES)      
  - Disodium tetraborate (refined borax) :      
2840 11 00 -- Anhydrous kg. 7.5% -
2840 19 00 -- Other kg. 7.5% -
2840 20 - Other borates :      
2840 20 10 --- Magnesium borate kg. 7.5% -
2840 20 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2840 30 00 - Peroxoborates (perborates) kg. 7.5% -
2841 SALTS OF OXOMETALLIC OR PEROXOMETALLIC ACIDS      
2841 30 00 - Sodium dichromate kg. 7.5% -
2841 50 - Other chromates and dichromates; peroxochromates :      
2841 50 10 --- Sodium chromate kg. 7.5% -
2841 50 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
  - Manganites, manganates and permanganates :      
2841 61 00 -- Potassium permanganate kg. 7.5% -
2841 69 00 -- Other kg. 7.5% -
2841 70 - Molybdates :      
2841 70 10 --- Aluminium molybdate kg. 7.5% -
2841 70 20 --- Sodium molybdate kg. 7.5% -
2841 70 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2841 80 - Tungstates (wolframates) :      
2841 80 10 --- Sodium tungstate kg. 7.5% -
2841 80 20 --- Magnesium tungstate kg. 7.5% -
2841 80 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2841 90 00 - Other kg. 7.5% -
2842 OTHER SALTS OF INORGANIC ACIDS OR PEROXOACIDS, (INCLUDING ALUMINOSILICATES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED), OTHER THAN AZIDES      
2842 10 00 - Double or complex silicates, including aluminosilicates, whether or not chemically defined kg. 7.5% -
2842 90 - Other :      
2842 90 10 --- Arsenites and arsenates kg. 7.5% -
2842 90 20 --- Bichromates and dichromates kg. 7.5% -
2842 90 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
  VI. - MISCELLANEOUS      
2843 COLLOIDAL PRECIOUS METALS; INORGANIC OR ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED; AMALGAMS OF PRECIOUS METALS      
2843 10 - Colloidal precious metals :      
2843 10 10 --- Of gold kg. 10% -
2843 10 20 --- Of silver kg. 10% -
2843 10 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
  - Silver compounds :      
2843 21 00 -- Silver nitrate kg. 10% -
2843 29 00 -- Other kg. 10% -
2843 30 00 - Gold compounds kg. 10% -
2843 90 - Other compounds; amalgams :      
  --- Other compounds :      
2843 90 11 ---- Sodium aurous thiosulphate kg. 10% -
2843 90 12 ---- Noble metal solutions of platinum, rhodium and palladium kg. 10% -
2843 90 19 ---- Other kg. 10% -
2843 90 20 --- Amalgams kg. 10% -
2844 RADIOACTIVE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES (INCLUDING THE FISSILE OR FERTILE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND ISOTOPES) AND THEIR COMPOUNDS; MIXTURES AND RESIDUES CONTAINING THESE PRODUCTS      
2844 10 00 - Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds kg. 7.5% -
2844 20 00 - Uranium enriched in U235 and its compounds; plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U235, plutonium or compounds of these products kg. Free -
2844 30 - Uranium depleted in U235 and its compounds; thorium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U235, thorium or compounds of these products :      
2844 30 10 --- Uranium depleted in U235 and thorium and their alloys, unwrought or wrought and compounds thereof kg. 7.5% -
  --- Compounds of thorium or of uranium depleted in U235 :      
2844 30 21 ---- Thorium oxide kg. 7.5% -
2844 30 22 ---- Thorium hydroxide kg. 7.5% -
2844 30 23 ---- Thorium nitrate kg. 7.5% -
2844 30 29 ---- Other kg. 7.5% -
2844 30 30 --- Waste and scrap of uranium depleted in U235 or of thorium kg. 7.5% -
2844 30 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
  - Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of subheading 2844 10, 2844 20 or 2844 30; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues:     -
2844 41 00 -- Tritium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing tritium or its compounds kg. 7.5%  
2844 42 00 -- Actinium-225, actinium-227, califomium-253, curium-240, curium-241, curium-242, curium-243, curium-244, einsteinium-253, einsteinium-254, gadolinium-148, polonium-208, polonium-209, polonium-210, radium-223, uranium-230 or uranium-232, and their compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements or compounds kg. 7.5%  
2844 43 00 -- Other radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds; other alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds kg. 7.5%  
2844 44 00 -- Radioactive residues kg. 7.5%  
2844 50 00 - Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors kg. 7.5% -
2845 ISOTOPES OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADING 2844; COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC OR ORGANIC, OF SUCH ISOTOPES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED      
2845 10 00 - Heavy water (deuterium oxide) kg. 7.5% -
2845 20 00 - Boron enriched in boron-10 and its compounds kg. 7.5% -
2845 30 00 - Lithium enriched in lithium-6 and its compounds kg. 7.5% -
2845 40 00 - Helium-3 kg. 7.5% -
2845 90 - Other :      
2845 90 10 --- Nuclear fuels not elsewhere included or specified kg. 7.5% -
2845 90 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2846 COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC OR ORGANIC, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF YTTRIUM OR OF SCANDIUM OR OF MIXTURES OF THESE METALS      
2846 10 - Cerium compounds :      
2846 10 10 --- Cerium oxides kg. 7.5% -
2846 10 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2846 90 - Other :      
2846 90 10 --- Rare-earth oxides not elsewhere included or specified kg. 7.5% -
2846 90 20 --- Rare-earth fluorides not elsewhere included or specified kg. 7.5% -
2846 90 30 --- Rare-earth chlorides not elsewhere included or specified kg. 7.5% -
2846 90 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2847 00 00 HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, WHETHER OR NOT SOLIDIFIED WITH UREA kg. 7.5% -
2848 Omitted      
2849 CARBIDES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED      
2849 10 00 - Of calcium kg. 7.5% -
2849 20 - Of silicon :      
2849 20 10 --- Carborundum kg. 7.5% -
2849 20 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2849 90 - Other :      
2849 90 10 --- Boron carbide kg. 7.5% -
2849 90 20 --- Tungsten carbide kg. 7.5% -
2849 90 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -
2850 HYDRIDES, NITRIDES, AZIDES, SILICIDES AND BORIDES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED, OTHER THAN COMPOUNDS WHICH ARE ALSO CARBIDES OF HEADING 2849      
2850 00 - Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of heading 2849 :      
2850 00 10 --- Hydrides kg. 7.5% -
2850 00 20 --- Nitrides kg. 7.5% -
2850 00 30 --- Azides kg. 7.5% -
  --- Silicides :      
2850 00 41 ---- Of calcium kg. 7.5% -
2850 00 49 ---- Other kg. 7.5% -
2850 00 50 --- Borides kg. 7.5% -
2851 Omitted      
2852 INORGANIC OR ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF MERCURY, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED, EXCLUDING AMALGAMS      
2852 10 00 - Chemically defined kg. 7.5% -
2852 90 00 - Other kg. 7.5% -
2853 PHOSPHIDES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED,EXCLUDING FERROPHOSPHORUS; OTHER INORGANIC COMPOUNDS (INCLUDING DISTILLED OR CONDUCTIVITY WATER AND WATER OF SIMILAR PURITY); LIQUID AIR (WHETHER OR NOT RARE GASES HAVE BEEN REMOVED); COMPRESSED AIR; AMALGAMS, OTHER THAN AMALGAMS OF PRECIOUS METALS      
2853 10 00 - Cyanogen chloride (chlorcyan) kg. 7.5% -
2853 90 - Other:      
2853 90 10 --- Distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity kg. 7.5% -
2853 90 20 --- Liquid air, whether or not rare gases have been removed kg. 7.5% -
2853 90 30 --- Compressed air kg. 7.5% -
2853 90 40 --- Amalgams, other than of precious metals kg. 7.5% -
2853 90 90 --- Other kg. 7.5% -

[Notifn. No.37/09-Cus., dated 20.4.2009]

Whereas, in the matter of import of Soda Ash falling under sub-heading 2836 20 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) from the People's Republic of China, the Director General (Safeguard), in preliminary findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 30th January, 2009, vide number G.S.R. 62 (E), dated the 30th January, 2009, had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Soda Ash into India from the People's Republic of China had caused and threatened to cause market disruption to domestic industry of Soda Ash and it necessitates the imposition of provisional safeguard duty on imports of Soda Ash into India from People's Republic of China ;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 8C of the said Act, read with rules 10 and 14 of the Customs Tariff (Transitional Product Specific Safeguard Duty) Rules, 2002, the Central Government after considering the said findings of the Director General (Safeguard), hereby imposes a safeguard duty, at the rate of 20 per cent. ad valorem on import of Soda Ash, falling under sub-heading 2836 20 of the First Schedule to the said Act, when imported into India from the People's Republic of China. 2. The safeguard duty imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 5th November, 2009 unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier.

[Notfn. No. 122/ 2009-Cus., dt. 5.11.2009.]

Whereas, in the matter of import of Soda Ash (hereinafter also referred as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2836 20, of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), from People's Republic of China, the Director General (Safeguards), in its preliminary findings vide number G.S.R. 62 (E), dated the 30th January, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 30th January, 2009, had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Soda Ash into India from the People's Republic of China had caused and threatened to cause market disruption to domestic industry of Soda Ash and that this had necessitated the imposition of provisional safeguard duty on imports of Soda Ash into India from People's Republic of China ;

And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the Director General (Safeguards), 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. 37/ 2009-CUSTOMS, dated the 20th April, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 20th April, 2009, vide number G.S.R.264 (E), dated the 20th April, 2009;

And whereas, the Director General (Safeguards) in its final findings vide number G.S.R.725(E), dated the 6th October, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i), dated the 6th October, 2009 had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Soda Ash into India from the People's Republic of China had caused and threatened to cause market disruption to the domestic industry of Soda Ash and it necessitated the imposition of definitive safeguard duty on imports of Soda Ash into India from People's Republic of China;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8C of the said Act, read with rules 12 and 14 of the Customs Tariff (Transitional Product Specific Safeguard Duty) Rules, 2002, the Central Government after considering the said findings of the Director General (Safeguards), hereby imposes a safeguard duty at the rate of 20% ad valorem on Soda Ash, falling under tariff item 2836 20 of the First Schedule to the said Act, when imported into India from the People's Republic of China.

2. The Safeguard duty imposed under this notification shall be levied with effect for one year from the date of imposition of the provisional Safeguard duty, and shall remain in force upto and inclusive of the 19th April, 2010.

[Notfn. No. 131/ 2009-Cus., dt. 4.12.2009.]

Whereas, in the matter of import of Caustic Soda lye , falling under tariff item 2815 12 00 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 preliminary findings vide number G.S.R.754(E), dated the 15th October, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 15th October, 2009, had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Caustic Soda lye into India had caused and threatened to cause further serious injury to the domestic producers of Caustic Soda lye and it necessitates the imposition of provisional safeguard duty on imports of Caustic Soda lye into India;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 8B of the said Act, read with rules 10 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 (Safeguard), hereby imposes on Caustic Soda lye, falling under tariff item 2815 12 00 of the First Schedule to the said Act, when imported into India, a safeguard duty at the rate of 15 per cent. ad valorem.

2. Nothing contained in this notification shall apply to imports of Caustic Soda lye from countries notified as developing countries under clause (a) of sub-section (6) of section 8B of the said Act, other than the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Thailand.

3. The safeguard duty imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 3rd March, 2010 (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier).

[Notfn. No. 72/ 2010-Cus., dt. 28.6.2010.]

Whereas, in the matter of import of Soda Ash (hereinafter also referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2836 20, of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), from People's Republic of China, the Director General (Safeguards), in its preliminary findings vide number G.S.R. 62 (E), dated the 30th January, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 30th January, 2009, had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Soda Ash into India from the People's Republic of China had caused and threatened to cause market disruption to domestic industry of Soda Ash and that this had necessitated the imposition of provisional safeguard duty on imports of Soda Ash into India from People's Republic of China ;

And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the Director General (Safeguards), 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. 37/ 2009-CUSTOMS, dated the 20th April, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 20th April, 2009, vide number G.S.R.264 (E), dated the 20th April, 2009;

And whereas, the Director General (Safeguards) in its final findings vide number G.S.R.725(E), dated the 6th October, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i), dated the 6th October, 2009 had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Soda Ash into India from the People's Republic of China had threatened to cause market disruption to the domestic industry of Soda Ash and it necessitated the imposition of definitive safeguard duty on imports of Soda

Ash into India from People's Republic of China;

And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the Director General (Safeguards), the Central Government had imposed Safeguard duty on imports of the subject goods vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 122/2009-Customs, dated the 5th November, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i), dated the 5th November, 2009, vide number G.S.R.797 (E), dated the 5th November, 2009;

And whereas, the Director General (Safeguards) in its final findings in review proceedings vide number G.S.R.318(E), dated the 13th April, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 13th April, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as the said findings) had come to the conclusion that threat of market disruption to the domestic industry of Soda Ash continued to exist and it necessitated the continuation of safeguard duty on imports of Soda Ash into India from People's Republic of China;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), of section 8C of the said Act, and in accordance with the rules 12, 14 and 17 of the Customs Tariff (Transitional Product Specific Safeguard Duty) Rules, 2002, the Central Government after considering the said findings of the Director General (Safeguards), hereby imposes a safeguard duty at the rate of 16% ad valorem on Soda Ash, falling under tariff item 2836 20 of the First Schedule to the said Act, when imported into India from the People's Republic of China.

2. The Safeguard duty imposed under this notification shall be levied with effect from the date of publication of this notification in Gazette of India, and shall remain in force upto and inclusive of the 19th April, 2011.

THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE

[See Section 58 (1)]

Description of item and imposition of safeguard duty thereon Period of effect
(1) (2)
On the basis of the final findings of the Director General (Safeguards), the safeguard duty on Caustic Soda Iye, falling under tariff item 2815 12 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (57 of 1975), when imported into India, at the rate of fifteen per cent. ad valorem. 4th December, 2009 to 3rd March, 2010 (both days inclusive)

Nothing contained in sub-section (1), of Section 8B of Customs Tariff Act, 1975 shall apply to imports of Caustic Soda Iye from Countries notified as developing countries under clause (a), of sub-section (6) of section 8B of the said Act, other than the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Thailand. (vide sec.61 (2) of Finance Act 2011).

Safeguard duty on Carbon Black.

Notifin. No.4/2012-Cus. (SG), dt. 5.10.2012.

Whereas, in the matter of import of Carbon Black (for rubber application) (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2803 00 10 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), from People's Republic of China, the Director General (Safeguard), in the final findings, vide number G.S.R. 602 (E), dated the 31st July, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 31st July, 2012, had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Carbon Black (for rubber application) into India from the People's Republic of China had caused and threatened to cause market disruption to the domestic producers of Carbon Black and it had necessitated the imposition of definitive safeguard duty on imports of Carbon Black (for rubber application) into India;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8C of the said Act, and in accordance with the rules 12, 14 and 17 of the Customs Tariff (Transitional Product Specific Safeguard Duty) Rules, 2002, the Central Government after considering the said findings of the Director General (Safeguards), hereby imposes a safeguard duty on Carbon Black (for rubber application) , falling under tariff item 2803 00 10 of the First Schedule to the said Act, when imported into India from the People's Republic of China at the rate of-

(a) Thirty per cent ad valorem minus anti-dumping duty payable, if any, when imported during the period from 5th October, 2012 to 4th October, 2013(both days inclusive); and

(b) Twenty five per cent ad valorem, minus anti-dumping duty payable, if any, when imported during the period from 5th October, 2013 to 31st December, 2013(both days inclusive).