The Finance Minister of India in the 2021-22 Union Budget had announced that the Government proposes to review 400 exemption notifications.  The exemption on more than 150 items, currently exempted under Notifications Nos. 14/2006-Customs dated 01.03.2006, 26/2011-Customs dated 01.03.2011 and 50/2017-Customs dated 30.06.2017 could be axed. 

The Telecom, Information Technology, Wind Power, Textiles and Pharmaceuticals are a few of the affected sectors. 

Affected Sector

Goods under Review

 

Telecom

Machinery, electrical equipment, other instruments, and their parts for use in assembly, testing, marking, and packaging of semiconductor chips, except populated Printed Circuit Boards

 

Parts, components, and accessories used in manufacture of broadband modem, routers, or set-top box other than populated printed circuit boards, charger or power adapter, Sub-parts.

 

Parts or components for use in manufacture of populated Printed Circuit Board of broadband modem, set -top box for gaining access to internet, digital Video Recorder (DVR)/Network Video Recorder (NVR), CCTV Camera/IP Camera, reception apparatus for television but not designed to incorporate a video display, sub-parts for use in the manufacture of the parts or components in item (a) above

 

Parts of Set -top Box, such as Tuner, RF modulator, Remote control unit, SMPS power board, IR module.

 

 

Information Technology

Populated Printed Circuit Boards, transformers, parts of transformers and other goods, SMF Battery, Enameled copper wire used in the manufacture of static converters for automatic data processing machines and units thereof. 

Machinery, electrical equipment, other instruments, and their parts except populated Printed Circuit Boards for use in fabrication of semiconductor wafer and Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)

Deflection components for use in color monitors for computers or for use in PCBs of color monitors for computers

Stepper Motors for use in the manufacture of Automatic data processing machines and units thereof, magnetic, or optical readers, machines for transcribing data to data media in coded forms and machines for processing of such data. 

Recorded magnetic tapes and floppy diskettes, imported by the University Grants Commission for use in Computers

 

 

Textile Sector

Nylon 66 filament

Polyester yarn-Anti Static Filament

Aramid Flame Retardant Fibre

Para- aramid Fibre

Nylon Staple Fibre

Nylon Anti-Static Staple Fibre

Modacrylic Fibre

Flame Retardant Viscose Rayon Fibre

Hydrophilic Non-Woven, Hydrophobic Nonwoven, imported for use in the manufacture of Adult Diapers.

Samples of hand knotted carpets

Polyester tyre cord fabric

Pile fabrics for the manufacture of toys

Machinery and equipment for use in textiles industry or for use in man-made or synthetic fibre or yarn industry -

Sewing Machines, Garment Washing Machines, Fusing Machine, Multicolor roto gravure printing machine, twisting machines, warp knotting system, circulating blower, drying tower, extruders, spindles, and others.

 

Parts for manufacture of above machines.

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals

Drugs, medicines, diagnostic kits, equipment, lifesaving drugs/ medicines including their salt and esters and diagnostic test kits, bulk drugs used in the manufacture of life saving drugs and other drugs: - Tocilizumab, Influenza Vaccine, Dopamine, Aprotinin, Rotavirus vaccine, Cyanamide, Hepatitis Immunoglobulin, Rabies Immunoglobulin of equine origin, sodium arsenate, and others.

Raw materials intermediates and consumables supplied by the UNICEF for the manufacture of DTP vaccines

Maltol, for use in the manufacture of deferiprone

Alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids obtained from vegetable oils, commonly known as biodiesels

o-Xylene

p-Xylene

Artificial kidney

Raw materials, parts, or accessories for use in manufacture of artificial kidney

All types of contraceptives

Disposable sterilized dialyzer and micro barrier of artificial kidney

Raw materials parts or accessories for use in the manufacture of disposable sterilized dialyzers and micro barrier of artificial kidney

Goods for use in pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector, imported for research and development purposes, by an importer or a research and development wing registered with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, in the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Government of India.

 

 

Power Sector

Transformers, reactors, circuit breakers, Isolators and various other products required for use in high voltage power transmission project

All goods, for renovation or modernization of a power generation plant (other than captive power generation plant)

All goods, imported by a manufacturer - supplier for the manufacture and supply of machinery and equipment to a power generation plant (other than captive power generation plant)

Geothermal ground source heat pumps

Wind operated electrical generators upto 30 KW.

Wind operated battery chargers upto 30 KW.

Parts of wind operated electricity generators, for the manufacture or maintenance of wind operated electricity generators such as special bearings, gear box, yaw components, wind turbine controllers and parts thereof,

Blades for rotor of wind operated electricity generators, for the manufacture or maintenance of wind operated electricity operators, parts etc.

Raw materials for manufacture of blades, parts, sub parts of blades.

Permanent magnets for manufacture of PM synchronous generators above 500 kw for use in wind operated electricity generators  

Goods for renovation or modernization of a power generation plant other than for a captive power plant

Goods for supply of machinery and equipment to a power generation plant 

 

Geothermal ground source heat pumps

 

 

Others

Machinery or equipment for effluent treatment plant for leather industry or for handloom sector or handicraft sector

 

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