Duty reduced on imports from Singapore
GOVERNMENT has reduced the duty on as many as 532 items imported from Singapore.
Notification No. dated 15.01.2008, is amended.
But the table in the previous notification had a list of 537 items and the present list has only 532 items. Why? Has the Board missed some items? DDT did a quick research and found some interesting facts.
The previous list actually contained 538 items with 537 numbers listed. There was a Serial number 250A – so that made it a list of 538 items. But Serial Numbers 131 to 137 (7 items) referred to the same tariff heading 38085000, that is the seven serial numbers were the same – there should have been only one. So there were six extra numbers. There should have been 538–6=532 serial numbers.
AND THIS HAS BEEN CORRECTED NOW. DDT heartily congratulates the Board for detecting such a mistake and correcting it, though it does not have many consequential effects. But managing such long lists is really difficult.
Notification No. , Dated: December 31, 2009