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[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II,
SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

New Delhi, dated the 25
th
March, 2013
NOTIFICATION No. 16/2013-CUSTOMS
G.S.R. 190 (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 the following further amendments in the
notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.
39/96-Customs, dated the 23
rd
July, 1996, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide
number G.S.R. 291(E), dated the 23
rd
July, 1996, namely:-
In the said notification, in the Table, after serial number 41 and the entries relating
thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:-
(1) (2) (3)
“42
.
Machinery, equipment, instruments,
components, spares, jigs and fixtures,
dies, tools, accessories, computer
software, raw materials and
consumables required for the purpose of
Air-to-Air Missile System (Project
ASTRA) of the Ministry of Defence
If,-
(a) the said goods are imported by authorised
works centers of Air-to-Air Missile
System(Project ASTRA), as may be
designated by an officer not below the rank
of a Deputy Secretary to the Government of
India in the Ministry of Defence; and

(b) the authorised works centre produces to
the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the
Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the
case may be, at the time of import, in each
case, a list of the said goods with their
relevant description duly certified by the
Project Director, ‘ASTRA’, Defence Research

and Development Laboratory, Hyderabad, to
the effect that -

(i) the said goods in the list are required for
Project ASTRA, and that they are not
manufactured in India; and

(ii) the import of the said goods in the list is
authorised by the Ministry of Defence under
and for the purposes of Project ASTRA and
shall be used only for Project ASTRA.

Explanation. – Nothing contained in this
exemption shall have effect on or after the 1
st
day of September, 2013”.
[F.No.354/14/2006 –TRU(Pt-II)]
(Raj Kumar Digvijay)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: - The principal notification No.39/1996-Customs, dated the 23
rd
July, 1996 was published
in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 291(E), dated the 23
rd
July, 1996 and
was last amended by notification No.8/2013-Customs, dated the 20
th
February, 2013 vide number
G.S.R. 114 (E) dated the 20
th
February, 2013.
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