30
th
December, 2006
Notification No. 127/2006-CUSTOMS
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, 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.105/99-
Customs, dated the 10
th
August, 1999, namely:-
In the said notification, in the TABLE:-
(a) in part A;
(i) against S.No. 18, for the entry in column (3), the entry "1209 30 00" shall be substituted;
(ii) after S.No. 18 and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and the entries shall be inserted, namely :-
"18ALiquorice roots1211 9010%";
(iii) S.No. 20 and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted;
(iv) against S. No. 21, for the entry in column (2), the entry "Resin-Gum and Lac" shall be substituted;
(v) against S.No. 33,
(a) the numbers "2838" occurring in column (3), shall be omitted;
(b) for the numbers "2851" occurring in column (3), the numbers "2853" shall be substituted;
(vi) against S. No. 34, for the entry in column (2), the entry "Other chromates and dichromates excluding chromates of
zinc or of lead" shall be substituted;
(vii) after S. No 34 and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely :-
"34A
The following goods, namely :-
(i) inorganic compounds of mercury namely:-
(a) Mercury oxides (mercuric oxide);
(b) Sulphides and polysulphides of mercury;
(c) Polyphosphates of mercury;
(d) Cyanides, complex cyanides and cyanide oxides of mercury;
(e) Fulminates, cyanates and thiocyanates of mercury;
(f) Chromates, dichromates or peroxochromates of mercury;
(g) mercury salts of inorganic acids or peroxides, (including aluminosilicates, whether or not chemically
defined),
(h) Phosphides of mercury whether or not chemically defined;
(i) Carbides, hydrides, nitrides azides, silicides, or Borides of mercury;
(ii) Organo-mercury compounds (akin to those falling under 2931)
2852 00
00
10%";
(viii) against S. No 35, in column (3),
(a) for the figures "2903.30" occurring in column (3), the figures "2903 31 00, 2903 39" shall be substituted;
(b) the figures "2917.31" occurring in column (3), shall be omitted;
(c) for the figures "2920.10" occurring in column (3), the figures and words "2920 11 00 and 2920 19" shall be
substituted;
(d) for the words and figures "(except 2930.90)" occurring in column (3), the words and figures "(except 2930 50
00 and 2930 90)" shall be substituted;
(ix) after S. No.35 and the entries relating thereto, the following S. No. and entries shall be inserted, namely :-
"35ADithiocarbonates (xanthates)2930 9010%";
(x) against S.No. 36A, in column (3), the figures "3006 10" shall be omitted;
(xi) after S.No. 36A and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entry shall be inserted, namely :-
"36B
Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure;
sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents: sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics (excluding
sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarn and sterile surgical dental adhesion barriers, whether or not
absorbable)
3006
10
10%";
(xii) against S. No. 51, in column (3), for the figures "4418.50", the figures "4418 50, 4418 60 00" shall be substituted;
(xiii) against S.No. 52, and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be substituted, namely:-
"52Paraquet Panels4418 71 00, 4418 72 00, 4418 79 0015%";
(xiv) against S. No. 62B, the figures "7012 00 00" occurring in column (3), shall be omitted;
(xv) after S.No. 62B and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely :-
"62BAGlass inners for vacuum flasks or for other vacuum vessels7020 0010%";
(xvi) against S. No. 67, the figures '8505 30 00' occurring in column (3), shall be omitted;
(xvii) after S.No. 67 and the entries relating thereto, the following S.Nos. and respective entries shall be inserted, namely :-
"67AElectro-magnetic lifting heads8505 90 0010%
67BParts of industrial vacuum cleaner8508 7010%";
(xviii) against S. No. 70, the figures '8708.40' occurring in column (3), shall be omitted;
(xix) after S.No. 75 and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely :-
76Gear Box8708 40 0010%
(b) in Part B,-
(i) against S.No. 6, for the entry in column (3), the entry "0802 60 00, 0802 90" shall be substituted;
(ii) against S.No. 6A, the figures "0810 90" occurring in column (3), shall be omitted;
(iii) after S.No. 6A and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely :-
"6BAll goods, other than black, white or red currants and gooseberries0810 9075%";
(iv) against S.No. 7A, the figures "0910.50" occurring in column (3), shall be omitted;
(v) against S.No. 18, and the entries relating thereto the following S.Nos. and entries shall be substituted, namely :-
"18
All goods other than sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarn
and sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not
absorbable
3001, 3002, 3003, 3004 31, 3004 39, 3004 40,
3004 90, 3006 (except 3006 50 00, 3006 70 00,
and 3006 92 00)
100%";
(vi) against S.No. 18B, for the figures '3006 80 00' occurring in column (3), the figures '3006 92 00' shall be
substituted;
(vii) after S.No. 18B and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely :-
"18C
Sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarn and sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not
absorbable, other than those made up of knitted and crocheted fabrics
3006
10
50%
18DAll goods
3006
91 00
50%";
(viii) against S.No. 30A, in column (2), for the entry 'All goods' the entry "All goods, other than articles of leather or of
composition leather, of a kind used in machinery or mechanical appliances or for other technical uses" shall be substituted;
(ix) against S.No. 31, the figures '4204' occurring in column (3), shall be omitted;
(x) after S.No. 31A and the entries relating, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely :-
"31B
Articles of leather or of composition leather, of a kind used in machinery or mechanical appliances or for
other technical uses 420560%";
(xi) against S.No. 38,
(a) for the entry in column (2), the entry "All goods, other than 3-thread or 4-thread twill including cross-twill unbleached woven
fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing not
more than 200g/m
2
" shall be substituted;
(b) in column (3), the brackets, words and figures "(except 5210 12)" occurring therein shall be omitted;
(xii) against S.No. 39, in column (3), the figures "5210 12" occurring therein shall be omitted;
(xiii) after S.No. 39 and the entries relating, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely :-
"39A
3-thread or 4-thread twill including cross-twill unbleached woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85%
by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing not more than 200g/m
2
5210
19 00
60%";
(xiv) against S.No. 44, the brackets, word and figure "(except 5607 10)" occurring in column (3), shall be omitted;
(xv) against S.No. 45 and the entries relating, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely :-
"45Of jute and other textile bast fibres of heading 53035607 9060%";
(xvi) against S.No 49, the figures "6103.21, 6111.10 and 6114.10" occurring in column (3) shall be omitted;
(xvii) after S. 49 and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely :-
"49AEnsembles of wool or fine animal hair6103 29 9050%
49B Of wool or fine animal hair 6111 90 9050%
49C Of wool or fine animal hair 6114 90 9050%";
(xviii) against S.No. 50 and the entries relating, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely :-
"50
All goods other than those
listed at S. Nos. 49A, 49B
and 49C above
6103 (except 6103 31 00), 6104 32 00, 6104 33 00, 6104 39, 6105 20, 6105 90, 6107,
6108 11, 6108 19, 6108 21 00, 6108 22, 6108 29, 6109 10 00, 6110 90 00, 6111,
6112 11 00, 6112 20, 6113 00 00, 6114
60%";
(xvi) against S.No. 51, the figures "6203.21" occurring in column (3), shall be omitted;
(xvii) after S. No. 51 and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely :-
"51AEnsembles of wool or fine animal hair6203 29 0050%";
(xviii) against S.No. 52,
(a) in column (2), for the entry "All goods" the entry "All goods, other than men's or boys' ensembles of wool or fine animal hair
or babies' garments and clothing accessories of wool or fine animal hair" shall be substituted;
(b) the figure '6203.21' occurring in column (3) shall be omitted;
(xix) against S.No. 55 the figures "6402.99 and 6403.30" occurring in column (3), shall be omitted;
(xx) against S.No. 55A, in column (2), for the entry "All goods" the entry "All goods, other than footwear made on
a base or platform of wood, not having an inner sole or a protective metal toe-cap" shall be substituted;
(xxi) after S. 55A and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No.' and entries shall be inserted, namely :-
"55BAll goods, other than footwear incorporating a protective metal toe-cap 6402 99 60%
55C
Footwear made on a base or platform of wood, not having an inner sole or a protective metal
toe-cap.
6403 91 or 6403
99
75%";
(xxii) against S.No. 56, the figures "6402.30" occurring in column (3), shall be omitted;
(xxiii) after S. 56 and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely :-
"56AOther footwear incorporating a protective metal toe-cap6402 9950%"
(xxiv) after S. 58 and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely :-
"58A
Ceramic connectors for optical fibres, bundles or cables
8536 70 0050%";
(xxv) against S.No. 67D, the figures "8544 59" occurring in column (3), shall be omitted;
(xxvi) against S.No. 68, the figures "8544 59" occurring in column (3), shall be omitted;
(xxvii) against S.No. 72B, in column (3), for the entry "9403 80" the entry "9403 81 00, 9403 89 00" shall be
substituted;
(xxviii) against S.No.73, for the entry in column (3), the entry "9503" shall be substituted;
(xxix) against S.No.74 and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely;
"74Dolls representing only human beings whether or not dressed950360%";
2. This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1
st
day of January, 2007.
F.No. 528/5/2006-Cus(TU)
Note: The principal notification No. 105/1999-Customs, dated the 10
th
August, 1999, was published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, vide G.S.R.No.582(E), dated the 10
th
August, 1999 and was last amended by notification No. 69/2006-
Customs, dated the 30
th
June, 2006 [G.S.R. No.395 (E), dated the 30
th
June, 2006].
