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Notification No. 14/2012-Customs Central Government being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all the goods falling within the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 ( 51 of 1975), when imported into India, from whole of Secondary and Higher Education Cess which is leviable thereon under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Customs tariff Act, 1975, read with section 136, 138 and 139 of the said Finance Act. Full Article

Notification No. 13/2012-Customs In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), read with sections 91 and 94 of the Finance (No. 2), Act, 2004 (23 of 2004), the Central Government being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all the goods falling within the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 ( 51 of 1975), when imported into India, from whole of Education Ce.. Full Article

Notification No. 12/2012-Customs Longest and most amended Customs Notification No. 21/2002 - Cus dated 1.3.2002 is superseded. The new Notification contains 521 items compared to 614 in Notification No. 21/2002. Some of the items in this exemption notification are not valid after 1st April 2012 that is after just 15 days of issue of Notification. Full Article

Notification No. 11/2012-Customs 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 makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 39/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996, published in the Gazette of India, .. Full Article

Notification No. 10/2012-Customs 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 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. 27/2011-Customs, dated the 1st March,2011, Full Article

In the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 12/2012-Customs, dated the 17th March, 2012 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 185 (E), dated the 17th March, 2012, Full Article

There is no change in the peak rate of basic customs duty of 10% applicable to non­agricultural goods with few exceptions which are separately discussed. The rates below the peak are also being retained. Notification no. 21/2002-Customs dated 1.3.2002 prescribing the general effective rates is being superceded by Notification No. 12/2012-Customs dated 17.3.2012. Full Article

Chapter 1 to 4 -No change. Chapter 5 -5.1 Basic customs duty on artemia classified under tariff item 0511 99 11 is being reduced from 30% to 5%. [S.No. 15 of notification No. 12/2012-Customs dated 17.03.2012 refers] Full Article