Notification No. 151/2009-Customs – Exempts certain goods from whole of the duty of customs when imported into India from the Republic of Korea

Notification No. 151/2009-Customs, New Delhi dated  31^st December, 2009

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 exempts goods of the description as specified in column (3) of the Table appended hereto and falling under the Chapter, Heading, Sub-heading or tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, when imported into India from the Republic of Korea, from whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon:

Provided that the importer proves to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, that the goods in respect of which the benefit of this exemption is claimed are of the origin of Republic of Korea, in accordance with the provisions of the Customs Tariff (Determination of Origin of Goods under the Preferential Trade Agreement between the Governments of the Republic of India and the Republic of Korea) Rules, 2009, published in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 187/2009-Customs (N.T.), dated the 31st December, 2009.

2. This notification shall come into force with effect from 1st January, 2010.

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F.No.354/107/1996-TRU

Prashant Kumar

under Secretary to Government of India