GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification No. 34 /2011 - Customs
New Delhi, the 15th April, 2011
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, on being
satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the
following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in
the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),
No. 21/2002-Customs, dated the
1st March, 2002, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 118(E) dated the 1st March, 2002,
namely :-
In the said notification, -
- in the preamble, in the proviso, after clause (k), the following clause
shall be inserted, namely:-
“(l) the goods specified against S.Nos. 37F, 37G, 37H of the said Table on or
after the 1st day of July, 2011”
- in the Table, after S.No. 37E and the entries relating thereto, the
following S.Nos. and entries shall be inserted, namely:-
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
“37F. |
1701 |
Raw Sugar |
Nil |
- |
5G |
37G. |
1701 91 00 or 1701 99 90 |
Refined or white sugar |
Nil |
- |
5H |
37H. |
1701 |
Raw sugar if imported by a bulk consumer
|
Nil |
- |
5I” |
- in the Annexure, after condition No. 5 and the entries relating thereto,
the following conditions shall be inserted, namely :-
Condition No.
|
Conditions |
5G |
(a) If imported by a sugar factory or a sugar refinery. |
Explanation.- For the purpose of this notification - |
(i) “sugar factory” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in Section
2(c) of the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966; |
(ii) “sugar refinery” means a unit which is engaged in the
manufacture of refined sugar starting from the stage of raw sugar”. |
(b) If imported by any person other than at (a) above: |
(i) the importer shall produce to the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the
Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, a valid contract or
agreement with a sugar factory or sugar refinery for refining of such raw sugar
and shall furnish a bond to the effect that the said raw sugar shall be used for
the said purpose; |
(ii) the bond shall be discharged by the Deputy Commissioner of
Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, on
production of a certificate from the Central Excise authorities having
jurisdiction over such sugar factory within a period of three months
from the date of import of such raw sugar that the entire quantity of
imported raw sugar has been refined and |
(iii) in the event of his failure to comply with the above
conditions, the importer shall be liable to pay, in respect of such
quantity of the raw sugar as is not proven to have been refined, an
amount equal to the difference between the duty leviable on such quantity but for the exemption contained herein.”; |
5H |
If the importer produces before the Deputy Commissioner of Customs
or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, a proof to
show that the contract for import of such sugar is duly registered with
Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
(APEDA)”. |
5I |
If the importer, at the time of import, produces a certificate from
a Chartered Accountant to the effect that the importer is a bulk
consumer. |
Explanation,- For the purpose of this notification,- |
(i) bulk consumer is a person, establishment or industrial unit using or
consuming more than ten quintals of sugar per month as a raw material for
production or consumption or use in any manner other than sale. |
(ii) the said certificate shall be issued by the Chartered
Accountant after taking into account monthly use or consumption of sugar
by such person, establishment or unit in the last twelve months; and |
(iii) “Chartered Accountant” shall have the same meaning as assigned
to it in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Chartered
Accountant Act, 1949. |
(Sanjeev Kumar Singh)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
F. No.354/78/2009-TRU Pt I
Note.- The principal
notification No.21/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002,
was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 118(E), dated the 1st March, 2002 and was
last amended by
notification No. 31/2011-Customs, dated the 24th March, 2011
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.249(E), dated the 24th March, 2011.