circular and notification issue on 14.02.2011

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

Notification No.8/2011-Customs

New Delhi, 14 February, 2011

G.S.R.91(E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts, Jute products falling under heading 6305  of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), when imported from Bangladesh,  from the whole of the additional duty of customs, leviable thereon under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act.

[F.No.354/22/2011–TRU]

 (Naveen Kumar Vidyarthi)

Under Secretary to the Government of India.

Circular No. 941/02/2011-CX

F No. 17/02/2009-CX-I

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Revenue

Central Board of Excise and Customs

New Delhi,   14^th February, 2011  .

To

            The Chief Commissioners of Central Excise (All),

            The Commissioners of Central Excise (All)

            Director General of Central Excise Intelligence

Subject: - Clarification regarding excisability of Bagasse prior to the budget of 2008– reg

Sir,

            Attention is invited to Board’s circular No. 904/24/09-CX dated 28.10.2009 wherein the field formations were directed to keep the cases of the excisability of bagasse for the period prior to the budgetary changes of 2008 in call book till department’s appeal is decided in the case of Balrampur Chinni Mills Ltd.

2.         The Civil Appeal filed by the department in the case of M/s Balrampur Chinni Mills Ltd. has been dismissed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court on 21.7.2010. Accordingly the cases pending for the period prior to budgetary changes of 2008 in respect of excisability of Bagasse may be taken out from the Call Book and decided in the light of the law decided by the Apex Court.

3.         It is, however, clarified that the aforesaid decision of the Apex Court will not have any bearing on the clarification given in the aforesaid circular of 2009 in respect of the period after the budgetary changes of 2008 when the definition of the “excisable goods” was amended in the Central Excise Act.

4.         Trade and Industry may be informed.

5.         Receipt of this circular may be acknowledged

6.         Hindi version would follow.

Yours faithfully,

 (Madan Mohan)

Under Secretary(CX1)