Trade with Myanmar by Land Route

Ntfn 09       In exercise of the powers                      5          As Classified
06.03.95     conferred by sub-section (1)

of section 25 of the Customs Act,

1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts each of the goods specified in column (2) of the Table annexed hereto when imported into India from the Union of Myanmar from so much of that portion of the duty of customs leviable thereon which is specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), as is in excess of 5 percent ad valorem;

Provided that the importer produces evidence to the satisfaction of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs that such goods have, in fact, been produced in the Union of Myanmar and are imported in India through the land route from a notified land customs station.

Table

SNo

Description of Goods

1.

Rice

2.

Pulses and Beans

3.

Chana

4.

Mustard and Rape Seed

5.

Groundnut

6.

Fresh vegetables and Fruits

7.

Garlic and Onion

8.

Reed Broom

9.

Sesame seeds

10.

Betel-nuts

11.

Turmeric

12.

Dried Ginger

13.

Coriander

14.

Dried chilly (including in powder form)

15.

Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark, timber, wood roughly squared, wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced of a thickness exceeding 25 millimetres.

16.

Bamboo

17.

Tomato

18.

Sunflower Seeds

19.

Resins

20.

Catechu

21.

Betel leaves

22.

Bicycle parts

23.

Life - saving drugs

24.

Fertilizers

25.

Insecticides

26.

Fabrics made wholly or predominantly of cotton

27.

Stainless steel utensils

28.

Menthol

29.

Agarbatti

30.

Spices

31.

Cosmetics

32.

Leather footwear

33.

Paints & Varnishes

34.

Sugar

35.

Salt

36.

Mosquito Coils

37.

Electric bulbs

38.

Razor blades

39.

X-Ray Paper & Photo paper

40.

Imitation jewellery

Notification History: Original No/date: 09/06.03.95

Amended by 101/26.05.95; Sl.No. 16 to 21 inserted by 24/01.03.2002; SI.No. 22 to 40 inserted by 62/12.05.2010