[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)
Notification No.51/2017- Customs
New Delhi, the 30
th
June, 2017
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) and in supersession of the notifications of the Government of
India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 21/2012-Customs, dated the 17
th
March, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i),
vide number G.S.R 194 (E), dated the 17
th
March, 2012, 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 the goods of the description as specified in column
(3) of the Table below, falling within the Chapter, heading, sub-heading or tariff item of the First
Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) as are specified in the corresponding entry
in column (2) of the said Table, when imported into India, from so much of the additional duty of
Customs leviable thereon under sub-section (5) of section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act, as is
in excess of the amount calculated at the standard rate as specified in the corresponding entry in
column (4) of the said Table.
TABLE
S.
No
Chapter, heading,
sub- heading or tariff
item of the First
Schedule
Description of goods Standard
rate
(1) (2) (3) (4)
1 27 Petroleum crude, petrol, diesel, petroleum gases and
fuels
Nil
2 27 Compressed natural gas for use in the transport
sector.
Nil
2. This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1
st
day of July, 2017.
[F. No. 354/119/2017-TRU]
(Mohit Tewari)
Under Secretary to the Government of India