Customs duty reduced for textile sector

By Vijay Kumar

1. Polyester filament yarns and polyester staple fibres from 7.5% to 5%;

2. Other man made filament yarns namely, acrylic, viscose etc (excluding nylon filament yarns) from 10% to 5%;

3. Other man made staples fibres namely, acrylic, viscose etc (excluding nylon staple fibres) from 10% to 5%;

4. Spun yarns of man made staple fibres and filament yarns (excluding nylon fibres) from 10% to 5%;

5. Polyester chips from 7.5% to 5%;

6. Fibre intermediates viz. Dimethyl terephthalate (DMT), Pure terephthalic acid (PTA), and Mono ethylene glycol (MEG) from 7.5% to 5%; and

7. Para-xylene from 2% to zero.

Notification No. dated 29^th November , 2007