Trade Notice No.02/CE-CUS/SHG/2012

Dated Shillong the 6th February, 2012

  

            Subject: The latest editorial changes in the Harmonised System of Nomenclature (HSN) - reg.  

             Attention of the members of Trade, Industry and all concerned is invited that the Finance Act, 2011 has amended the First Schedules to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (CTA) and the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (CETA) were amended in order to incorporate the latest editorial changes in the Harmonised System of Nomenclature (HSN) with effect from 1st January, 2012. 

2.        These changes in the CETA have also been incorporated in the relevant exemption notifications with effect from 1st January, 2012. For this purpose, the following notifications have been issued -              

∙ Central Excise - 

S. no.

Notification No. and date

Description

1

42/2011-CE dated 30.12.2011

Amends notification Nos. 62/1995-Central Excise, dated the 16th March, 1995 and 20/2005-Central Excise, dated the 13th May, 2005 to effect HSN changes w.e.f. 01.01.2012

2

43/2011-CE dated 30.12.2011

Amends Notification Nos. 74/1993-Central Excise dated the 28th February, 1993, 09/1996- Central Excise dated the 23rd July, 1996, 03/2006- Central Excise dated the 01st March, 2006, 4/2006-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2006, 05/2006- Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2006,  2/2008-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2008, 18/2009-Central Excise dated the 7th July, 2009, 1/2011-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2011 and 2/2011-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2011 to effect HSN changes w.e.f. 01.01.2012.

3

44/2011-CE dated 30.12.2011

Amends Notification No. 26/2001-Central Excise, dated the 11th May, 2001 to effect HSN changes w.e.f. 01.01.2012.

4

45/2011-CE dated 30.12.2011

Amends Notification No. 21/2005-Central Excise, dated the 13th May, 2005 to effect HSN changes w.e.f. 01.01.2012.

5

1/2012-CE dated 03.01.2012

Amends notification no. 3/2006-CE and 6/2006-CE both dated 01.01.2006 so as to retain nil rate of duty on Khandsari sugar and Furniture, bases and covers for sewing machines and parts thereof.

 3.     Hindi version will follow.

 

Sd/-

(Anil Kumar Gupta)

   Commissioner

Authority:

D.O.F.No. 341/15/2011-TRU

New Delhi, dated 4th January, 2012.