Circular No. 545/41/2000-CX I am directed to refer to Board”s Circul;ar No. 28/90.CX.4 dated 20.7.90 based recommendation of Tariff Conference, issued from F.No. 139/23/90-CX.4 dated 20.7.90 regarding classification of Steel Tubular Poles and to say that the matter has been re-examined on dismissal of Department”s appeal by the Supreme Court filed against CEGAT decision in the case M/s Quality Steel Products Pvt. Ltd. [1993 (65) ELT 513 (T). The Hon”ble Supreme Court in the case of Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd
Circular No. 544/40/2000-CX Please refer to the instructions issued by the Board from time to time on scrutiny of CEGAT’s/High Court”s Orders by Commissioners and forwarding of proposals to the Board for filing of civil appeals/SLPs. It has been observed that one long standing problem faced by the Department is with regard to furnishing of up to date information on the status of connected matters relied upon in the impugned order/Deptt”s appeal, to the Court at the time of final hearing.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), the Securities and Exchange Board of India has made the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Debenture Trustees) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2000.
F.No.275/91/2000-CX-8A Vide Section 112 of the Finance (No.10) Act, 2000 provisions to validate the denial of credit of duty paid on High Speed Oil was introduced. The Chief Commissioner of Hyderabad sought clarification from Board vide his letter C.No.IV/16/86/2000-CC (HZ) dated 10.7.2000 as to whether, in view of the law now in force, whether the Department is entitled to recover the revenue of Modvat credit utilized on account of use of HSD oil by the manufacturers which have since been finally adjudicated/settled under the Kar Vivad Samadhan Scheme.
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendment in the Notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance, Department of
As intimated vide the above referred Circulars, there is no need of seeking EPCG Committee’s approval for nexus in respect of the capital goods meant for Hotel, Textile and Garment Sector and other sectors. It is therefore suggested that such cases may not be forwarded to this office for nexus clearance.
In an attempt to speed up the transactions and to bring about transparency in various activities related to exports, electronic data interchange would be encouraged. Applications received electronically from the status holders and green card holders shall be cleared within 24 hours.
It has been decided that as per paragraph 14.9, it shall be mandatory for all finished and packaged items for retail sale to implement bar coding using international symbologies/international numbering standards. In such cases where export items are not in finished and packaged state, the exporters shall furnish a declaration to Customs to this effect for claiming exemption from bar coding at the time of export.
refund of duty paid at the concessional rate of five per cent on any clearances made before the 1st day of September 2000 on the ground that such clearances are included in the aggregate value of clearances under Sl.No.1 of the TABLE, shall not be admissible.”
Circular No. 547/43/2000-CX I am directed to say that certain doubts have been raised as to mode of payment of duty by a manufacture claiming to be in the small scale sector which may be having one or more than one unit specially where he may be manufacturing branded goods for others on job work basis in one or both of the units. It is pertinent to note that where as for the rate of duty purposes, the value of clearences of one or more units is clubbed under SSi exemption scheme (like Notification no. 9/1999-Central Excise prior to 1.3.2000
