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Customs notification (No. 36/2024-Customs) exempting specified critical mineral ores, concentrates and compounds from customs duty and Social Welfare Surcharge under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 read with section 110 of the Finance Act, 2018.

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The Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, issued G.S.R. 439(E) (Notification No. 36/2024-Customs) on 23 July 2024 under sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) read with section 110 of the Finance Act, 2018 (13 of 2018), exempting goods listed in an annexed Table, classified under specified chapters/headings/sub-headings/tariff items of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), from customs duty in excess of the specified rate and wholly from the Social Welfare Surcharge, when imported into India. The Table covers a wide range of critical mineral ores, concentrates, oxides and compounds at either 2.5% or Nil duty rates, including natural graphite (2.5%), natural sands other than metal-bearing sands (Nil), quartz/quartzite (2.5%), strontium sulphate natural ore (Nil), copper, cobalt, tin, tungsten, molybdenum, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium/tantalum and antimony ores and concentrates (Nil), tellurium, high-purity silicon, selenium, rare-earth/alkali/alkaline earth metals including scandium and yttrium, silicon dioxide (2.5%), potassium hydroxide, strontium/barium oxides, cobalt oxides/hydroxides, lithium oxide and hydroxide, vanadium oxides/hydroxides, germanium oxides, molybdenum oxides/hydroxides, antimony oxides, cadmium oxide, nickel chlorides and sulphates, and strontium chloride, among other listed items.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-23072024-255670 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 400] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2024/SHRAVANA 1, 1946 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 23rd July, 2024 No. 36/2024-Customs G.S.R. 439(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) read with section 110 of Finance Act, 2018 (13 of 2018) (hereinafter referred to as the Finance Act), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the goods of the description specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling within the chapter or heading or sub-heading or tariff item of the First Schedule of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff Act) specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, 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 (4) of the said Table and from the whole of the Social Welfare Surcharge leviable thereon under section 110 of the Finance Act, namely:- Table +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | SI. | Chapter/hea | Description of goods | Rate | | No. | ding/sub- | | | | | heading/tarif | | | | | f item | | | +=====+===================================+================================================================================================================+================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 1. | 2504 | Natural Graphite | 2.5% | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 2. | 2505 | Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal bearing sands of chapter 26 of The Customs | Nil | | | | tariff Act, 1975 | | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 3. | 2506 | Quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or | 2.5% | | | | otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 4. | 25309091 | Strontium sulphate (natural ore) | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 5. | 26030000 | Copper ores and concentrates | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 6. | 26050000 | Cobalt ores and concentrates | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 7. | 26090000 | Tin ores and Concentrates | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 8. | 26110000 | Tungsten Ores and Concentrates | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 9. | 2613 | Molybdenum ores and concentrates | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 10. | 26151000 | Zirconium ores and concentrates | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 11. | 261590 | Hafnium Ores and concentrates | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 12. | 26159010 | Vanadium ores and concentrates | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 13. | 26159020 | Niobium or tantalum ores and concentrates | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 14. | 2617 | Antimony Ores and Concentrates | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 15. | 28045020 | Tellurium | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 16. | 28046100 | Silicon, containing by weight not less than 99.99% of silicon | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 17. | 28046900 | Other silicon | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 18. | 280490 00 | Selenium | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 19. | 28053000 | Alkali or alkaline earth metals, Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or inter | Nil | | | | alloyed | | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 20. | 28112200 | Silicon dioxide | 2.5% | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 21. | 28152000 | Potassium hydroxide | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 22. | 28164000 | Oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 23. | 28220010 | Cobalt oxides | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 24. | 28220020 | Cobalt hydroxides | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 25. | 28220030 | Commercial cobalt oxides | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 26. | 28252000 | Lithium oxide and hydroxide | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 27. | 282530 | Vanadium oxides and hydroxides | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 28. | 28256010 | Germanium oxides | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 29. | 282570 | Molybdenum oxides and hydroxides | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 30. | 28258000 | Antimony Oxides | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 31. | 28259020 | Cadmium oxide | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 32. | 28273500 | Chlorides of Nickel | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 33. | 28273930 | Strontium chloride | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 34. | 28332400 | Sulphates of Nickel | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 35. | 28342100 | Nitrates of potassium | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 36. | 28369100 | Lithium carbonates | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 37. | 28369200 | Strontium carbonate | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 38. | 28419000 | Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids of Beryllium and Rhenium | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 39. | 2846 | Compounds, inorganic or organic of rare earth metals | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 40. | 29181530 | Bismuth citrate | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 41. | 3801 | Artificial Graphite, colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite, preparations based on graphite or other carbon in form| 2.5% | | | | of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures | | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 42. | 8001 | Unwrought Tin | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 43. | 81019400 | Unwrought tungsten, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 44. | 81029400 | Unwrought molybdenum, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 45. | 810320 | Unwrought tantalum, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering, powders | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 46. | 81052020 | Cobalt, unwrought | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 47. | 81061010 | Bismuth, unwrought | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 48. | 81092100 | Unwrought zirconium, powders, Containing less than 1 part hafnium to 500 parts zirconium by weight | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 49. | 81101000 | Unwrought antimony, powders | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 50. | 81121200 | Beryllium unwrought, powders | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 51. | 811231 | Hafnium unwrought, waste and scrap, powders | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 52. | 81124110 | Rhenium unwrought | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 53. | 81126910 | Cadmium unwrought, Powders | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 54. | 81126920 | Cadmium, wrought | Nil | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 55. | 81129200 | Unwrought; Waste and scrap; powders of :- | Nil | | | | (i) Gallium | | | | | (ii) Germanium | | | | | (iii) Indium | | | | | (iv) Niobium | | | | | (v) Vanadium | | +-----+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ 2. This notification shall come into force on the 24th day of July, 2024. [F. No. 334/03/2024-TRU] NITISH KARNATAK, Under Secy.

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