[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. 76/2018 ­ Customs


                                                            New Delhi, the 11th October, 2018


G.S.R.     (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 makes the following further amendments in
the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of
Revenue) No. 24/2005-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2005, published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 122(E), dated the
1st March, 2005, namely :-






        In the said notification, in the Table, for serial number 13S and the entries relating
thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be substituted, namely: -


   (1)         (2)                                      (3)
"13S       8517 70 10     All goods other than Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) of
                          following goods, namely: -

                          (a) Cellular mobile phones
                          (b) Base station
                          (c) Optical transport equipment
                          (d) Combination of one or more of Packet Optical Transport
                              Product or Switch (POTP or POTS)
                          (e) Optical Transport Network (OTN) products
                          (f) IP Radios
                          (g) Soft switches and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
                              equipment, namely, VoIP phones, media gateways, gateway
                              controllers and session border controllers;
                          (h) Carrier Ethernet Switch, Packet Transport Node (PTN)
                              products, Multiprotocol Label Switching-Transport Profile
                              (MPLS-TP) products;
                          (i) Multiple Input/Multiple Output (MIMO) and Long Term
                              Evolution (LTE) products.
                          Subject to the condition that the importer follows the procedure
                          set out in the Customs (Imports of Goods at Concessional Rate
                          of Duty) Rules 2017 and at the time of importation of the above
                          goods furnishes an undertaking to the Deputy Commissioner of
                          Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of the Customs, as the
                          case may be to the effect that, -

                          (A) imported goods shall not be used in the manufacture of
                              goods mentioned at (b) to (i) above;
                          (B) in the event of failure to comply with (A) above, he shall be
                              liable to pay an amount equal to the difference between the
                              duty leviable on the imported goods but for the exemption
                              under this notification and that already paid at the time of
                              importation."








2.     This notification shall be effective from the 12th October, 2018.


                                                                   [F.No.354/374/2018-TRU]


                                                                       (Gunjan Kumar Verma)
                                                  Under Secretary to the Government of India


Note: The principal notification No. 24/2005-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2005 was
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section-3, Sub-section (i), vide
number G.S.R.122(E), dated the 1st March, 2005 and last amended by notification No.
38/2018-Customs, dated the 2nd April, 2018, vide number G.S.R. 326 (E), dated the 2nd April,
2018.