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                                      GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
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          CHANGE IN TARIFF VALUE OF BRASS SCRAP, POPPY SEEDS,
                       GOLD AND SILVER NOTIFIED



                                                                               New Delhi: Vaisakha 26, 1934
                                                                                               May 16, 2012

       The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), Department of Revenue, Ministry of
Finance has issued a Notification No. 42/2012-Customs (N.T.) dated May 15, 2012 and thereby
notifying change in tariff value of Brass Scrap (all grades), Poppy Seeds, Gold and Silver as
shown in the tables below:

                                                 "TABLE-1
  S.    Chapter/ heading/ sub-                                                                         Tariff value US $
                                                     Description of goods
  No.    heading/tariff item                                                                          (Per Metric Tonne)
  (1)            (2)                                           (3)                                            (4)
   1          1511 10 00                                Crude Palm Oil                                447 (i.e. no change)
   2          1511 90 10                                RBD Palm Oil                                  476 (i.e. no change)
   3          1511 90 90                              Others ­ Palm Oil                               462 (i.e. no change)
   4          1511 10 00                               Crude Palmolein                                481 (i.e. no change)
   5          1511 90 20                                RBD Palmolein                                 484 (i.e. no change)
   6          1511 90 90                              Others ­ Palmolein                              483 (i.e. no change)
   7          1507 10 00                             Crude Soyabean Oil                               580 (i.e. no change)
   8          7404 00 22                            Brass Scrap (all grades)                                   4362
   9          1207 91 00                                 Poppy seeds                                           3680

                                                TABLE-2
  S.    Chapter/ heading/ sub-                      Description of goods                                  Tariff value
  No.    heading/tariff item                                                                                (US $)
  (1)            (2)                                            (3)                                            (4)
   1                             Gold, in any form, in respect of which the benefit of entries at
               71 or 98            serial number 321 and 323 of the Notification No. 12/2012-           507 per 10 grams
                                               Customs dated 17.03.2012 is availed
   2                             Silver, in any form, in respect of which the benefit of entries at
               71 or 98            serial number 322 and 324 of the Notification No. 12/2012-          920 per kilogram"
                                               Customs dated 17.03.2012 is availed

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