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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 Chapter XVIII

Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations

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Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 Chapter XVIII is part of Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 - Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

CHAPTER 18

COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS

NOTES

1. This Chapter does not cover the preparations of heading 0403, 1901, 1904, 1905, 2105, 2202, 2208, 3003 or 3004.

2. Heading 1806 includes sugar confectionery containing cocoa and, subject to Note 1 to this Chapter, other food preparations containing cocoa.

3. In relation to products of this Chapter, 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'.

Tariff Item

Description of goods

Units

Rate of duty

(1)

1801 00 00

COCOA BEANS, WHOLE OR BROKEN, RAW OR

ROASTED

kg.

16%

1802 00 00

COCOA SHELLS, HUSKS, SKINS AND OTHER COCOA WASTE

kg.

16%

1803

COCOA PASTE, WHETHER OR NOT DEFATTED

1803 1000

- Not defatted

kg.

16%

1803 2000

- Wholly or partly defatted

kg.

16%

1804 00 00

COCOA BUTTER, FAT AND OIL

kg.

16%

1805 00 00

COCOA POWDER, NOT CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER

kg.

16%

1806

CHOCOLATE AND OTHER FOOD PREPARATIONS CONTAINING COCOA

18061000

- Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

kg.

16%

18062000

- Other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg. or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg.

kg.

16%

- Other, in blocks, slabs or bars:

18063100

- -Filled

kg.

16%

18063200

- -Not filled

kg.

16%

180690

- Other:

18069010

-- -Chocolate and chocolate products

kg.

16%

18069020

-- -Sugar confectionery containing cocoa

kg.

16%

18069030

-- -Spreads containing cocoa

kg.

16%

18069040

-- -Preparations containing cocoa for making

kg.

16%

beverages

18069090

-- -Other

kg.

16%

* The specified goods falling under this Chapter are assessable to duty w.r.t. Maximum Retail Price. For percentage of abatement -please see Appendix V.

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What does Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 Chapter XVIII provide?

Section Chapter XVIII of the Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 (Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations) 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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