Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting and

safeguarding customs duties and for controlling the flow of goods including
animals, personal effects and hazardous items in and out of a country.
Depending on local legislation and regulations, the import or export of some
goods may be restricted or forbidden, and the customs agency enforces
these rules.[1] The customs authority may be different from the immigration
authority, which monitors persons who leave or enter the country, checking
for appropriate documentation, apprehending people wanted by international
arrest warrants, and impeding the entry of others deemed dangerous to the
country. In most countries customs are attained through government
agreements and international laws.

A customs duty is a tariff or tax on the importation (usually) or exportation

(unusually) of goods. In the Kingdom of England, customs duties were
typically part of the customary revenue of the king, and therefore did not
need parliamentary consent to be levied, unlike excise duty, land tax, or
other forms of taxes.

Commercial goods not yet cleared through customs are held in a customs
area, often called a bonded store, until processed. All authorized ports are
recognized customs area.

Types of duties

Under the custom laws, the following are the various types of duties which
are leviable.

Basic Duty:

This is the basic duty levied under the Customs Act. The rate varies for
different items from 5% to 40%.

Additional Duty (Countervailing Duty) (CVD):

This additional duty is levied under section 3 (1) of the Custom Tariff Act and
is equal to excise duty levied on a like product manufactured or produced in
India. If a like product is not manufactured or produced in India, the excise
duty that would be leviable on that product had it been manufactured or
produced in India is the duty payable. If the product is leviable at different
rates, the highest rate among those rates is the rate applicable. Such duty is
leviable on the value of goods plus basic custom duty payable. eg. If the
customs value of goods is Rs. 5000 and rate of basic customs duty is 10%
and excise duty on similar goods produced in India is 20%, CVD will be
Rs.1100/-.

Additional Duty to compensate duty on inputs used by Indian manufacturers.

This Additional Duty is levied under section 3(3) of the Customs Act. It can be
charged on all goods by the central government to counter balance excise
duty leviable to raw materials, components and other inputs similar to those
used in the production of such good.

Anti-dumping Duty:

Sometimes, foreign sellers abroad may export into India goods at prices
below the amounts charged by them in their domestic markets in order to
capture Indian markets to the detriment of Indian industry. This is known as
dumping. In order to prevent dumping, the Central Government may levy
additional duty equal to the margin of dumping on such articles, if the goods
have been sold at less than normal value. Pending determination of margin of
dumping, such duty may be provisionally imposed. After the exact rate of
dump ing duty is finally determined, the Central government may vary the
provisional rate of dumping duty. Dumping duty can be imposed even when
goods are imported indirectly or after changing the condition of goods. There
are however certain restrictions on imposing dumping duties in case of
countries which are signatories to the GATT or on countries given "Most
Favoured Nation Status" under agreement. Dumping duty can be levied on
imports on such countries only if the Central Government proves that import
of such goods in India at such low prices causes material injury to Indian
industry.

Protective Duty:

If the Tariff Commission set up by law recommends that in order to protect

the interests of Indian industry, the Central Government may levy protective
anti-dumping duties at the rate recommended on specified goods. The
notification for levy of such duties must be introduced in the Parliament in
the next session by way of a bill or in the same session if Parliament is in
session. If the bill is not passed within six months of introduction in
Parliament, the notification ceases to have force but the action already
undertaken under the notification remains valid. Such duty will be payable
upto the date specified in the notification. Protective duty may be cancelled
or varied by notification. Such notification must also be placed before
Parliament for approval as above.

Duty on Bounty Fed Articles:

In case a foreign country subsidises its exporters for exporting goods to India,
the Central Government may import additional import duty equal to the
amount of such subsidy or bounty. If the amount of subsidy or bounty cannot
be clearly deter mined immediately, additional duty may be collected on a
provisional basis and after final determination, difference may be collected or
refunded, as the case may be.

Export Duty:

Such duty is levied on export of goods. At present very few articles such as
skins and leather are subject to export duty. The main purpose of this duty is
to restrict exports of certain goods. The Central Government has been
granted emergency powers to increase import or export duties if the need so
arises. Such increase in duty must be by way of notification which is to be
placed in the Parliament within the session and if it is not in session, it should
be placed within seven days when the next session starts. Notification should
be approved within 15 days.

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For the Assessment Year 2009-10

Excise duty rate on items currently attracting 4% to be raised to 8% with

following major exceptions:

Specified food items including biscuits, sharbats, cakes and pastries

Drugs and pharmaceutical products falling under Chapter 30

Medical equipment

Certain varieties of paper, paperboard and articles thereof

Paraxylene

Power driven pumps for handling water

Footwear of RSP exceeding Rs.250 but not exceeding Rs.750 per pair

Pressure cookers

Vacuum and gas filled bulbs of RSP not exceeding Rs.20 per bulb

Compact Fluorescent Lamps

Cars for physically handicapped

Specific component of excise duty applicable to large cars/utility vehicles of

engine capacity 2000 cc and above to be reduced from Rs. 20,000/- per
vehicle to Rs.15,000 per vehicle.

Excise duty on petrol driven trucks/lorries to be reduced from 20% to 8%.

Excise duty on chassis of such trucks/lorries to be reduced from ‘20% +
Rs.10000’ to ‘8% + Rs.10000.

Excise duty on Special Boiling Point spirits to be reduced to 14%.

Excise duty on naphtha to be reduced to 14%.

Duty paid High Speed Diesel blended with upto 20% bio-diesel to be fully
exempted from excise duties.

The ad valorem component of excise duty of 6% on petrol intended for sale

with a brand name to be converted into a specific rate. Consequently, such
petrol would now attract total excise duty of Rs.14.50 per litre instead of
‘6% + Rs.13 per litre’.

The ad valorem component of excise duty of 6% on diesel intended for sale

with a brand name to be converted into a specific rate. Consequently, such
diesel would now attract total excise duty of Rs.4.75 per litre instead of
‘6% + Rs.3.25 per litre’.

Excise duty on manmade fibre and yarn to be increased from 4% to 8%.

Excise duty on PTA and DMT to be increased from 4% to 8%.

Excise duty on polyester chips to be increased from 4% to 8%.

Excise duty on acrylonitrile to be increased from 4% to 8%.

The scheme of optional excise duty of 4% for pure cotton to be restored.

Excise duty for man-made and natural fibres other than pure cotton, beyond
the fibre and yarn stage, to be increased from 4% to 8% under the existing
optional scheme.

An optional excise duty exemption to be provided to tops of manmade fibre

manufactured from duty paid tow at par with tops manufactured from duty
paid staple fibre.

Suitable adjustments to be made in the rates of duty applicable to DTA

clearances of textile goods made by Export Oriented Units using indigenous
raw materials/ inputs for manufacture of such goods.

Full exemption from excise duty to be provided on goods of Chapter 68 of

Central Excise Tariff manufactured at the site of construction for use in
construction work at such site.

Excise duty exemption on ‘recorded smart cards’ and ‘recorded

proximity cards and tags’ to be made optional. Manufacturers have the
option to pay the applicable excise duty and avail the credit of duty paid on
inputs.

EVA compound manufactured on job work for further use in manufacture of

footwear to be exempted from excise duty.
Benefit of SSI exemption scheme to be extended to printed laminated rolls
bearing the brand name of others by excluding this item from the purview of
the brand name restriction.

On packaged or canned software, excise duty exemption to be provided on

the portion of the value which represents the consideration for transfer of the
right to use such software, subject to specified conditions.

Excise duty on branded articles of jewellery to be reduced from 2% to Nil.

The Customs Act was formulated in 1962 to prevent illegal imports and
exports of goods. Besides, all imports are sought to be subject to a duty with
a view to affording protection to indigenous industries as well as to keep the
imports to the minimum in the interests of securing the exchange rate of
Indian currency.

Duties of customs are levied on goods imported or exported from India at the
rate specified under the customs Tariff Act, 1975 as amended from time to
time or any other law for the time being in force. For the purpose of
exercising proper surveillance over imports and exports, the Central
Government has the power to notify the ports and airports for the unloading
of the imported goods and loading of the exported goods, the places for
clearance of goods imported or to be exported, the routes by which above
goods may pass by land or inland water into or out of Indian and the ports
which alone shall be coastal ports

In order to give a broad guide as to classification of goods for the purpose of

duty liability, the central Board of Excises Customs (CBEC) bring out
periodically a book called the "Indian Customs Tariff Guide" which contains
various tariff rulings issued by the CBEC. The Act also contains detailed
provisions for warehousing of the imported goods and manufacture of goods
is also possible in the warehouses.

For a person who do not actually import or export goods customs has
relevance in so far as they bring any baggage from abroad.
Importance of Central Excise Duty

Central excise revenue is the biggest single source of revenue for the
Government of India. The Union Government tries to achieve different socio-
economic objectives by making suitable adjustments in the scope and
quantum of levy of Central Excise duty. The scheme of Central Excise levy is
suitably adapted and modified to serve different purposes of price control,
sufficient supply of essential commodities, industrial growth, promotion of
small scale industries and like Authority for collecting the Central Excise duty.

Article 265 of the Constitution of India has laid down that both levy and
collection of taxes shall be under the authority of law. The excise duty is
levied in pursuance of Entry 45 of the Central List in Government of India
Act,1935 as adopted by entry 84 of List I of the seventh Schedule of the
Constitution of India. Charging section is Section 3 of the Central Excises and
Salt Act,1944.

Liability to pay Central Excise Duty

Section 3 of the Central excises and Salt Act,1944 provides that there shall
be levied and collected in such manner as may be prescribed, duties of
excise on all excisable goods other than salt which are produced or
manufactured in India at the rates set forth in the schedule to the Central
excise Tariff Act,1985.it is therefore clear that as soon as the goods in
question are produced or manufactured, they will be liable to payment of
Excise duty. However for convenience duty is collected at the time of removal
of the goods. While Section 3 of the Central Excises and salt Act,1944 lays
down the taxable event, Rules 9 and 49 of the Central excise Rules,1944
provides for the collection of duty.

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