Customs - Chickpeas exempted till January 2015 - No resurrection
AS per Sl.No. 21 of the Table in Notification No. 12/2012-Cus dated 17 03 2012, pulses falling under heading 0713 attract ‘nil' rate of duty till 1st October 2014. Now ‘Chickpeas(garbanzos)' is taken out of Sl.No.21 of the table and specified against Sl. No. 21A and the exemption is valid till 1st day of January 2015, while the exemption for other pulses is made valid till 1st day of April 2015. This entry is to expire on 1st October 2014 - fortunately, the Board woke up well in time and extended it before expiry.
Notification No. , Dated: September 25, 2014