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Customs – Exemption For International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor

GOVERNMENT has exempted from Customs Duty “Machinery, equipment, instruments, components, spares, jigs, fixtures, dies, tools, accessories, computer software, computer hardware, castings, forgings piping, tubing, chemicals, bio-chemicals, refrigerants, raw materials and consumables”, imported by authorised works centres of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) –India, Institute of Plasma Research, as may be designated by an officer not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Atomic Energy.

The importer is to produce to the Assistant Commissioner at the time of import, in each case, a list of the said goods with their relevant description duly certified by the Project Director, (ITER)-India project, to the effect that -

(i) the goods mentioned in the said list are required for the purposes of the ITER –India project;

(ii) the said goods shall be used only for the said project.

Notification No. , Dated: February 07, 2012

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