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Notification New Delhi, dated the 1st March, 2001
No.17 / 2001-Customs 10 Phalguna, 1922 (Saka)

G.S.R. (E).- 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 the goods of the description specified in column (3) of the Table below or column (3) of the said Table read with the relevant List appended hereto, as the case may be, and falling within the Chapter, heading No. or sub-heading No. 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,-

(a) 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 rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table;

(b) from so much of the additional duty leviable thereon under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act, as is in excess of the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) of the said Table,

subject to any of the conditions, specified in the Annexure to this notification, the condition No. of which is mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (6) of the said Table.

Provided that nothing contained in this notification shall apply to the goods specified against serial Nos. 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243 and 244 of the said Table on or after the 1st day of April, 2002 .

Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification, the rate specified in column (4) or column (5) is ad valorem rate, unless otherwise specified.

S.No.	Chapter or Heading No. or Sub heading No.	Description of Goods	Standard rate	Additional duty rate	Condition No.
1	2	3	4	5	6
138.	47	Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material (excluding rayon grade wood pulp	Nil	-	17
139.	47.07	All goods imported for use in, or supply to, a paper manufacturing unit for manufacture of paper	5%	Nil	18
140.	48	Grape guard, namely, paper of a type generally used for the packing of grapes and which consists of two sheets of treated white paper Pressed together with thin rectangular pouches containing sodium meta-bi-sulphite, with Kraft paper pasted thereto or a single paper coated with sodium meta-bi-sulphite, and which is used for the purpose of preventing fungal decay and thus helps prolonged storage in fresh condition, imported for use in the packing of grapes
141.	48.01	Newsprint	5%	Nil	-
142.	48.02	Mould vat made watermarked bank note paper, Imported by the Bank Note Press, Dewas, the Currency Note Press, Nasik, the India Security Press, Nasik, the Security Printing Press, Hyderabad, the Bhartiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Limited, Mysore, or the Bhartiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Limited, Salbony	Nil	Nil	-
143.	48.10	Light weight coated paper weighing upto 70 g/m², imported by actual users for printing of magazines.	5%	Nil	-
146.	49	Printed books (including covers for printed books) and printed manuals (including those in loose-leaf form with binder)	Nil	-	-
150	49.11	Plans, drawings and designs	Nil	-	-

(a) The pulp of wood is imported for the manufacture of newsprint, that is to say, paper intended for the printing of newspapers, books and periodicals;

(b) The newsprint manufactured in terms of (a) above is supplied to a newspaper; and

(c) The importer follows the procedure set out in the Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable Goods) Rules, 1996.

Explanation.- For the purpose of this condition, “newspaper” means a newspaper registered by the Registrar of Newspapers for India under the provisions of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 (25 of 1867).

(a) The importer furnishes an undertaking to the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, that such imported goods will be used for the purpose specified and in the event of his failure to comply with this condition, he shall be liable to pay, in respect of such quantity of the said goods as is not proved to have been so used, an amount equal to the difference between the duty leviable on such quantity but for the exemption under this notification and that already paid at the time of importation; and

(b) The importer produces to the said Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner, as the case may be, within six months or such extended period, as that Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner may allow, a certificate issued by the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise or the Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, in whose jurisdiction the said goods have been used in such unit, that the said goods has been so used.

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