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Customs Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2003

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/51522

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Customs Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2003 (2003) is Central state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Preamble1 - Customs Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2003
Section1 - Short Title and Commencement
Section2 - Insertion of New Section 11a
Section3 - Substitution of New Schedule of First Schedule
SectionI - Live Animals; Animal Products
ChapterI - Live Animals
ChapterII - Meat and Edible Meat Offal
ChapterIII - Fish and Crustaceans, Molluscs and Other Aquatic Invertebrates
ChapterIV - DAIRY PRODUCE; BIRDS' EGGS; NATURAL HONEY; EDIBLE PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
ChapterV - Products of Animal Origin, Not Elsewhere Specified or Included
SectionII - Vegetable Products
ChapterVI - Live Trees and Other Plants; Bulbs, Roots and the Like; Cut Flowers and Ornamental Foliage
ChapterVII - Edible Vegetables and Certain Roots and Tubers
ChapterVIII - Edible Fruit and Nuts; Peel of Citrus Fruit or Melons
ChapterIX - Coffee, Tea, Mate and Spices
ChapterX - Cereals
ChapterXI - Products of the Milling Industry; Malt; Starches; Inulin; Wheat Gluten
ChapterXII - Oil Seeds and Oleaginous Fruits, Miscellaneous Grains, Seeds and Fruit; Industrial or Medicinal Plants; Straw and Fodder
ChapterXIII - Lac; Gums, Resins and Other Vegetable Saps and Extracts
ChapterXIV - Vegetable Plaiting Materials; Vegetable Products Not Elsewhere Specified or Included
ChapterXV - Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils and their Cleavage Products; Prepared Edible Fats; Animal or Vegetable Waxes
SectionIV - Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits and Vinegar; Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes
ChapterXVI - Preparations of Meat, Offish or of Crustaceans, Molluscs or Other Aquatic Invertebrates
ChapterXVII - Sugars and Sugar Confectionery
ChapterXVIII - Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations
ChapterXIX - PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; PASTRYCOOKS' PRODUCTS
ChapterXX - Preparations of Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts or Other Parts of Plants
ChapterXXI - Miscellaneous Edible Preparations
ChapterXXII - Beverages, Spirits and Vinegar
ChapterXXIII - Residues and Waste from the Food Industries; Prepared Animal Fodder
ChapterXXIV - Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes
ChapterXXV - Salt; Sulphur; Earths and Stone; Plastering Materials, Lime and Cement
ChapterXXVI - Ores, Slag and Ash
ChapterXXVII - Mineral Fuels, Mineral Oils and Products of their Distillation; Bituminous Substances; Mineral Waxes
SectionVI - Products of the Chemical or Allied Industries
ChapterXXVIII - Inorganic Chemicals, Organic or Inorganic Compounds of Precious Metals, of Rare-earth Metals, of Radioactive Elements or of Isotopes
ChapterXXIX - Organic Chemicals
ChapterXXX - Pharmaceutical Products
ChapterXXXI - Fertilisers
ChapterXXXII - Tanning or Dyeing Extracts; Tannins and their Derivatives; Dyes, Pigments and Other Colouring Matter; Paints and Varnishes; Putty and Other Mastics; Inks
ChapterXXXIII - Essential Oils and Resinoids, Perfumery, Cosmetic or Toilet Preparations
ChapterXXXIV - Soap, Organic Surface-active Agents, Washing Preparations, Lubricating Preparations, Artificial Waxes, Prepared Waxes, Polishing or Scouring Preparations, Candles and Similar Articles, Modelling Pastes, "dental Waxes" and Dental Preparations with a Basis of Plaster
ChapterXXXV - Albuminoidal Substances; Modified Starches; Glues; Enzymes
ChapterXXXVI - Explosives; Pyrotechnic Products; Matches; Pyrophoric Alloys; Certain Combustible Preparations
ChapterXXXVII - Photographic or Cinematographic Goods
ChapterXXXVIII - Miscellaneous Chemical Products
SectionVII - Plastics and Articles Thereof, Rubber and Articles Thereof
ChapterXXXIX - Plastics and Articles Thereof
ChapterXL - Rubber and Articles Thereof
ChapterXLI - Raw Hides and Skins (Other Than Furskins) and Leather
ChapterXLII - Articles of Leather; Saddlery and Harness; Travel Goods, Handbags and Similar Containers; Articles of Animal Gut (Other Than Silk-worm Gut)
SectionXLIII - Furskins and Artificial Fur; Manufactures Thereof
ChapterXLIV - Wood and Articles of Wood, Wood Charcoal
ChapterXLV - Cork and Articles of Cork
ChapterXLVI - Manufactures of Straw, of Esparto or of Other Plaiting Materials; Basketware and Wickerwork
ChapterXLVII - Pulp of Wood or of Other Fibrous Cellulosic Material; Recovered (Waste and Scrap) Paper or Paperboard
ChapterXLVIII - Paper and Paperboard; Articles of Paper Pulp of Paper or of Paperboard
ChapterXLIX - Printed Books, Newspapers, Pictures and Other Products of the Printing Industry; Manuscripts, Typescripts and Plans
SectionXI - Textiles and Textile Articles
ChapterL - Silk
ChapterLI - Wool, Fine or Coarse Animal Hair; Horse-hair Yarn and Woven Fabric
ChapterLII - Cotton
ChapterLIII - Other Vegetable Textile Fibres; Paper Yarn and Woven Fabrics of Paper Yarn
ChapterLIV - Man-made Filaments
ChapterLV - Man-made Staple Fibres
ChapterLVI - Wadding, Felt and Nonwovens; Special Yarns; Twine, Cordage, Ropes and Cables and Articles Thereof
ChapterLVII - Carpets and Other Textile Floor Coverings
ChapterLVIII - Special Woven Fabrics; Tufted Textile Fabrics; Lace; Tapestries; Trimmings; Embroidery
ChapterLIX - Impregnated, Coated, Covered or Laminated Textile Fabrics: Textile Articles of a Kind Suitable for Industrial Use
ChapterLX - Knitted or Crocheted Fabrics
ChapterLXI - Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories, Knitted or Crocheted
ChapterLXII - Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories, Not Knitted or Crocheted
ChapterLXIII - Other Made Up Textile Articles; Sets; Worn Clothing and Worn Textile Articles; Rags
ChapterLXIV - Footwear, Gaiters and the Like; Parts of Such Articles
ChapterLXV - Headgear and Parts Thereof
ChapterLXVI - Umbrellas, Sun Umbrellas, Walking-sticks, Seat-sticks, Whips, Riding-crops and Parts Thereof
ChapterLXVII - Prepared Feathers and Down and Articles Made of Feathers or of Down; Artificial Flowers; Articles of Human Hair
ChapterLXVIII - Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials
ChapterLXIX - Ceramic Products
ChapterLXX - Glass and Glassware
ChapterLXXI - Natural or Cultured Pearls, Precious or Semi-precious Stones, Precious Metals, Metals Clad with Precious Metal, and Articles Thereof; Imitation Jewellery; Coin
SectionXV - Base Metals and Articles of Base Metal
ChapterLXXII - Iron and Steel
ChapterLXXIII - Articles of Iron or Steel
ChapterLXXIV - Copper and Articles Thereof
ChapterLXXV - Nickel and Articles Thereof
ChapterLXXVI - Aluminium and Articles Thereof
ChapterLXXVII - Reserved for Possible Future Use
ChapterLXXVIII - Lead and Articles Thereof
ChapterLXXIX - Zinc and Articles Thereof
ChapterLXXX - Tin and Articles Thereof
ChapterLXXXI - Other Base Metals; Cermets; Articles Thereof
ChapterLXXXII - Tools, Implements, Cutlery, Spoons and Forks, of Base Metal; Parts Thereof of Base Metal
ChapterLXXXIII - Miscellaneous Articles of Base Metal
SectionXVI - Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment; Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders; and Reproducers; and Parts and Accessories of Such Articles
ChapterLXXXIV - Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Parts Thereof
ChapterLXXXV - Electrical Machinery and Equipment and Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of Such Articles
SectionXVII - Vehicles, Aircraft, Vessels and Associated Transport Equipment
ChapterLXXXVI - Railway or Tramway Locomotives, Rolling-sk and Parts Thereof; Railway or Tramway Track Fixtures and Fittings and Parts Thereof; Mechanical (Including Electro-mechanical) Traffic Signalling Equipment of All Kinds
ChapterLXXXVII - Vehicles Other Than Railway 9or Tramway Rolling-sk, and Parts and Accessories Therof
ChapterLXXXVIII - Aircraft, Spacecraft, and Parts Thereof
ChapterLXXXIX - Ships, Boats and Floating Structures
ChapterLXXXX - Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instruments and Apparatus; Parts and Accessories Thereof
ChapterLXXXXI - Clocks and Watches and Parts Thereof
ChapterLXXXXII - Musical Instruments; Parts and Accessories of Such Articles
ChapterLXXXXIII - Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories Thereof
ChapterLXXXXIV - Furniture; Bedding, Mattresses, Mattress Supports, Cushions and Similar Stuffed Furnishing; Lamps and Lighting Fillings, Not Elsewhere Specified or Included; Illuminated Signs, Illuminated Name-plates and the Like; Prefabricated Building
ChapterLXXXXV - Toys, Games and Sports Requisites; Parts and Accessories Thereof
ChapterLXXXXVI - Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles
ChapterLXXXXVII - WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES AND ANTIQUES
ChapterLXXXXVIII - PROJECT IMPORTS; LABORATORY CHEMICALS; PASSENGERS' BAGGAGE, PERSONAL IMPORTATIONS BY AIR OR POST; SHIP STORES
Section4 - Repeal and Saving

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