CUS NTF NO. 207/1989 DATE 17/07/1989
- Document type
- Notification
- Reference no.
- A
- Dated
- Category
- Tariff
Exemption to Foodstuffs and provisions by foreign nationals
Exemption to Foodstuffs and provisions by foreign nationals.
The Central Government exempts foodstuffs and provisions (excluding fruit products, alcohol and tobacco), when imported into India by a person residing in India, not being a citizen of India, from the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon which is specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), and from the whole of the additional duty of customs leviable thereon under section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act :
Provided that-
(i) the aggregate c.i.f. value of such foodstuffs and provisions so imported by any such person in a year shall not exceed Rs. 1,00,000; and
(In this notification for the words and figures Rs. 50,000, the words and figures Rs. 1,00,000 has been substituted vide CUS NTF NO. 70/2005 DATE 19/07/2005)
(ii) the importer secures the foreign currency required for importing such foodstuffs and provisions from the funds available to him in the foreign country.
[Notfn. No. 207/89-Cus. dt. 17.7.89 as amended by Notfn. No. 45/92].