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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification No. 28/2020 –Customs
New Delhi, the 23rd June, 2020
G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the
Customs Act, 1962 (52 of n1962), the Central Government, so to do, hereby exempts the goods of the
description specified in column (3) of the Table below, and falling within the 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 in such quantity of total imports of such goods in a financial year,
as specified in column (4) below (herein after referred to as the ‘tariff rate quota (TRQ) quantity’),
when imported into India, from so much of the duty of customs leviable thereon under the said First
Schedule as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in
column (5) of the said Table (herein after referred to as the In-quota tariff rate), subject to any of the
conditions, specified in the Annexure to this notification, the condition number of which is mentioned
in the corresponding entry in column (6) of the said Table; namely: -
| S.No. |
Sub–heading
or tariff item |
Description of goods |
Tariff rate
quota
Quantity |
Inquota
tariff
rate |
Condition
No. |
| (1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
| 1. |
0402 10 or
0402 21 00 |
Milk and cream in powder, granules
or other solid forms,
(a) of a fat content by weight not
exceeding 1.5%;
(b) of a fat content, by weight,
exceeding 1.5% - not containing
added sugar or other sweetening
matter |
10000 MT |
15 per
cent |
(i) |
| 2. |
1005 90 |
Maize (corn), other than seed
quality
|
500000 MT 1 |
15 per cent |
(i) and (ii) |
| 3. |
15211 |
Crude sunflower seed or safflower
oil and fractions thereof |
150000 MT |
50 per cent |
(i) |
| 4. |
1514 19 or
1514 99 |
Refined rape, colza or mustard oil
and fractions thereof |
150000 MT |
45 per
cent |
(i) |
ANNEXURE
| Condition
No. |
Condition |
| (i) |
(a) The TRQ is allotted to the importer by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade,
in accordance with paragraph 2.62 of the Handbook of Procedures, 2015-20.
(b) The TRQ authorization shall contain name and address of the importer, IEC code,
Customs notification No., sub-heading or tariff item as applicable, quantity and
validity period of certificate.
(c) The TRQ authorization shall be issued electronically by the Directorate General of
Foreign Trade and transmitted to ICES system.
(d) Imports made against the TRQ shall be allowed only upon debiting the TRQ
quantity electronically in the ICES system. |
| (ii) |
Whereas the Hon’ble High Court of judicature at Hyderabad for the State of
Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh vide order dated 31.12.2014 in WPMP
No.43494 of 2014 and W.P.No.34771 of 2014, has permitted import of maize only on
actual user condition and on payment of Customs duty prevailing, but not TRQ
Customs duty, subject to further orders in the Writ Petition.
Accordingly, TRQ on Maize shall be subject to order by Hon’ble High Court in
the said Writ Petition. |
[F. No. 354/24/2020- TRU]
(Gaurav Singh)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
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