Seeks to amend notification related to electronics including Nos. 25/1999-Customs, 25/2002-Customs and 57/2017-Customs.
Government of India, through the Ministry of Finance’s Department of Revenue, issued Notification No. 34/2024-Customs on 3rd July 2024, to amend several existing customs notifications related to the import of electronic items. These amendments pertain to Notification Nos. 25/1999-Customs, 25/2002-Customs, and 57/2017-Customs. Key changes include extending the validity of certain provisions from 30th September 2024 to 31st March 2029 and modifying entries in the respective tables of these notifications. For Notification No. 25/1999-Customs, specific items like fine barrier or Met gold replenishers and oxygen-free copper are added, while some existing entries will be omitted after 30th September 2024. Notification No. 25/2002-Customs sees a similar extension of validity, and Notification No. 57/2017-Customs includes new entries for specific electronic components. These amendments are made under the authority of Section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, and are deemed necessary in the public interest. The revised regulations will take effect from 24th July 2024, ensuring updated compliance requirements for the import of electronic goods into India.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification No. 34/2024-Customs | Dated: 3rd July, 2024
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 further amendments in the following notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), specified in column (2) of the Table below to the extent specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, namely: –
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| 1. | Notification No. 25/1999-Customs, dated the 28th February, 1999, vide number G.S.R. 161(E), dated the 28th February, 1999. | In the said notification,
(i) in the opening paragraph, in the second proviso, for the figures, letters and words “30th September, 2024”, the figures, letters and words “31st March, 2029” shall be substituted; (ii) in the TABLE, under heading “LIST A”, – (a) against S. No. 18, in column (3), the words and figures “tinned cooper interconnect; toughened glass with low iron content and transmittivity of min. 90% and above;” shall be omitted after 30th September, 2024; (b) after S. No. 131 and the entries relating thereto, the following S. Nos. and the entries shall be inserted, namely: –
(c) after S. No. 215 and the entries relating thereto, the following S. No. and the entries shall be inserted, namely:
(d) after S. No. 225A and the entries relating thereto, the following S. Nos. and entries shall be inserted, namely: –
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| 2. | Notification No. 25/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002, vide number G.S.R. 122(E), dated the 1st March, 2002. | In the said notification, in the opening paragraph, in the second proviso, for the figures, letters and words “30th September, 2024”, the figures, letters and words “31st March, 2029” shall be substituted. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. | Notification No. 57/2017-Customs, dated the 30th June, 2017 vide number G.S.R. 798(E), dated the 30th June, 2017. |
In the said notification, in the TABLE, –
(i) After S. No. 5E, the following S. No. and the entries relating thereto shall be inserted namely, – |
2. Save as otherwise provided, this notification shall come into force on the 24th day of July, 2024.
[F. No. 334/03/2024-TRU]
(Vikram Vijay Wanere)
Under Secretary to Government of India
Note:
1. The principal notification No. 25/1999-Customs, dated the 28th February, 1999 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section-3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R.161(E), dated the 28th February, 1999 and was last amended by notification No. 07/2024- Customs, dated the 29th January, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 73(E), dated the 29th January, 2024.
2. The principal notification No. 25/2002-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.122(E), dated the 1st March, 2002 and was last amended by notification No. 07/2024- Customs, dated the 29th January, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 73(E), dated the 29th January, 2024.
3. The principal notification No.57/2017-Customs, dated the 30th June, 2017 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 798(E), dated the 30th June, 2017 and was last amended by notification No. 17/2024- Customs, dated the 14th March, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 192(E), dated the 14th March, 2024.
