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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 Chapter XI

Products of the Milling Industry; Malt; Starches; Inulin; Wheat Gluten

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Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 Chapter XI is part of Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 - Products of the Milling Industry; Malt; Starches; Inulin; Wheat Gluten. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

CHAPTER 11

PRODUCTS OF THE MILLING INDUSTRY; MALT; STARCHES; INULIN; WHEAT GLUTEN

NOTES

1. This Chapter does not cover:

(a) roasted malt put up as coffee substitutes (heading 0901 or 2101);

(b) prepared flours, groats, meals or starches of heading 1901;

(c) corn flakes or other products of heading 1904;

(d) vegetables, prepared or preserved, of heading 2001, 2004 or 2005;

(e) pharmaceutical products (Chapter 30); or

(f) starches having the character of perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (Chapter 33).

2. (A) Products from the milling of the cereals listed in the table below fall in this Chapter if they have, by weight on the dry product:

(a) a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method) exceeding that indicated in column (2); and

(b) an ash content (after deduction of any added minerals) not exceeding that indicated in column (3).

Otherwise, they fall in heading 2302. However, germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, is always classified in heading 1104.

(B) Products falling in this Chapter under the above provisions shall be classified in heading 1101 or 1102 if the percentage passing through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with the aperture indicated in column (4) or (5) is not less, by weight, than that shown against the cereal concerned.

Otherwise, they fall in heading 1103 or 1104.

Cereal

Starch content

Ash content

Rate of passage through a sieve with an aperture of

315 micrometres (microns)

500 micrometres (microns)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Wheat and rye

45%

2.5%

80%

Barley

45%

3%

80%

-

Oats

45%

5%

80%

-

Maize (corn)

45%

2%

-

90%

and grain

sorghum

Rice

45%

1.6%

80%

_

Buckwheat

45%

4%

80%

-

3. For the purposes of heading 1103, the terms "groats" and "meal" mean products obtained by the fragmentation of cereal grains, of which:

(a) in the case of maize (corn) products, at least 95% by weight passes through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with an aperture of 2 mm;

(b) in the case of other cereal products, at least 95% by weight passes through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with an aperture of 1.25 mm.

In relation to the products of sub-heading 1108 11 or 1108 12 or 1108 13 or 1108 14 or 1108 19, labelling or relabelling of containers and repacking from bulk packs to retail packs or the adoption of any other treatment to render the product marketable to the consumer, shall amount to 'manufacture'.

TariffItem

Description of goods

Unit

Rate of duty

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

1101 00 00

WHEAT OR MESLIN FLOUR

kg.

Nil

1102

CEREAL FLOURS OTHER THAN THAT OF WHEAT OR MESLIN

1102 10 00

- Rye flour

kg.

Nil

1102 20 00

- Maize (corn) flour

kg.

Nil

1102 30 00

- Rice flour

kg.

Nil

1102 90 00

- Other

kg.

Nil

1103

CEREAL GROATS, MEAL AND PELLETS

- Groats and meal:

1103 11

- Of wheat:

1103 11 10

-- --Groat

kg.

Nil

1103 11 20

-- --Meal

kg.

Nil

1103 13 00

-- Of maize (corn)

kg.

Nil

1103 19 00

-- Of other cereals

kg.

Nil

1103 20 00

- Pellets

kg.

1104

CEREAL GRAINS OTHERWISE WORKED (FOR EXAMPLE, HULLED, ROLLED, FLAKED, PEARLED, SLICED, OR KIBBLED), EXCEPT RICE OF HEADING 1006; GERM OF CEREALS, WHOLE, ROLLED, FLAKED OR GROUND

- Rolled or flaked grains:

1104 12 00

- -Of oats

kg.

Nil

1104 19 00

-- Of other cereals

kg.

Nil

- Other worked grains (for example, hulled,

pearled, sliced or kibbled):

1104 22 00

- -Of oats

kg.

Nil

1104 23 00

-- Of maize (corn)

kg.

Nil

1104 29 00

-- Of other cereals

kg.

Nil

1104 30 00

- Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground

kg.

Nil

1105

FLOUR, MEAL, POWDER, FLAKES, GRANULES AND

PELLETS OF POTATOES

1105 10 00

- Flour, meal and powder

kg.

Nil

1105 20 00

- Flakes, granules and pellets

kg.

Nil

1106

FLOUR, MEAL AND POWDER OF THE DRIED LEGUMINOUS VEGETABLES OF HEADING 0713, OF SAGO OR OF ROOTS OR TUBERS OF HEADING 0714 OR OF THE PRODUCTS OF CHAPTER 8

1106 10 00

- Of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713

kg.

Nil

1106 20

- Of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 0714:

1106 20 10

--- Of sago

kg.

Nil

1106 20 20

--- Of manioc (cassava)

kg.

Nil

1106 20 90

--- Of other roots and tubers

kg.

Nil

1106 30

- Of the products of Chapter 8:

1106 30 10

--- Of tamarind

kg.

Nil

1106 30 20

--- Of singoda

kg.

Nil

1106 30 30

--- Mango flour

kg.

Nil

1106 30 90

-- -Other

kg.

Nil

1107

MALT, WHETHER OR NOT ROASTED

1107 10 00

- Not roasted

kg.

16%

1107 20 00

- Roasted

kg.

16%

1108

STARCHES; INULIN

- Starches:

1108 11 00

- -Wheat starch

kg.

16%

1108 12 00

- -Maize (corn) starch

kg.

16%

1108 13 00

- -Potato starch

kg.

16%

1108 14 00

- -Manioc (cassava) starch

kg.

16%

1108 19

- -Other:

1108 19 10

-- --Sago

kg.

16%

1108 19 90

-- --Other

kg.

16%

1108 20 00

- Inulin

kg.

Nil

1109 00 00

WHEAT GLUTEN, WHETHER OR NOT DRIED

kg.

Nil

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Section Chapter XI of the Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 (Products of the Milling Industry; Malt; Starches; Inulin; Wheat Gluten) is reproduced on this page as part of the Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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