Notification
No. 18/2009-Central Excise New Delhi, the 7
th
July, 2009
G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the
Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) and in supersession of the Government of India in the
Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) notification No.23/2006- Central Excise, dated the
1
st
March 2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II Section 3, Sub-section
(i), vide number G.S.R. 125(E), dated the 1
st
March , 2006, except as respects things done or
omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is
necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts-
(a) all goods falling under tariff items 2710 11 11, 2710 11 12 and 2710 11 13 of the First
Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986); and
(b) Naphtha falling under heading 2710 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff
Act, 1985 (5 of 1986),
from so much of the duty of excise leviable thereon under the First Schedule to the Central
Excise Tariff Act, as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate of 14 per cent. ad valorem.
[F .No. 334/13/2009-TRU]
(Prashant Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India