Customs Notification issued adding Philippines as A Country Covered under India and ASEAN PTA

The Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance had issued Customs Notification No. 40/2011 Customs (N.T.) dated 24th June, 2011 notifying amendments in the Customs Tariff [Determination of Origin of Goods under the Preferential Trade Agreement between the Governments of Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of India] Rules, 2009 notified vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 189/2009-Customs (N.T), dated the 31st December, 2009.

The above rules prescribe the rules of origin for the India-ASEAN Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA). Vide the present amendment, Philippines has been added as a country covered under India and ASEAN PTA.

Notification No. 40/2011-Customs (N.T.)

G.S.R. … (E) – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Customs Tariff  [Determination of Origin of Goods under the Preferential Trade Agreement between the Governments of Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of India] Rules, 2009,  namely:-

1. These rules may be called the Customs Tariff [Determination of Origin of Goods under the Preferential Trade Agreement between the Governments of Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of India] Second Amendment Rules, 2011.

2. In the Customs Tariff [Determination of Origin of Goods under the Preferential Trade Agreement between the Governments of Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of India] Rules, 2009, in Annexure IV, after S.No. 8, the following S. No. and entry shall be inserted, namely:-

 [F. No. 467/68/2004-Cus.V/ICD]

(M. SATISH KUMAR REDDY)
Director to the Government of India

Note. – The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 937(E), dated the 31st December, 2009 and was subsequently amended vide number G.S.R. 41(E), dated the 19^th January, 2010,  G.S.R. 456(E) dated the 31^st May, 2010, G.S.R. 790(E) dated the 30^th September, 2010, G.S.R. 883(E) dated the 3^rd November, 2011 and G.S.R. 60(E) dated 2^nd February, 2011.