It has come to notice of this office that the above entry has been interpreted by Customs as an Extension of Entry No.69 and therefore the entry No.72 with description ” All Processed Cotton made-ups including Quilted Cotton made ups and not covered under Sl.No.69″ are being excluded from the scope and coverage of the entry No.69A. With a view to redress the problem of exporters and remove any ambiguity in this regard it is clarified that the entry No.69A is applicable to “100% Cotton Yarn dyed made-ups” covered under both entry No.69 and 72 of Appendix-28A.
It is directed to inform that a number of writ peritions have been filed in the High court of Chennai and in the Hight court of Kerala (Ernakulam Bench) challenging the power of the Central Government vide Section 8A of CTA’65 to impose duty on imported wheat vide Notification NO. 127/99 Customs dated 1.12.1999. the customs duty on imported wheat was raised from ‘Free’ to 50%
In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 4.11 of the Export and Import Policy,1997-2002, as notified in the Gazette of India extraordinary, Part-II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) vide S.O.No.283(E) dated 31.3.97, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendment in the Handbook of Procedures (Vol.1) (RE-99), 1997-2002.
