[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAODINARY, PART –II

SECTION 3, SUB - SECTION (i)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

Notification No. 31/2013-Central Excise

New Delhi, dated the 26^th December, 2013

G.S.R. 793 (E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), read with sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957) and sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise (Textiles and Textile Articles) Act, 1978 (40 of 1978), 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. 30/2012-Central Excise, dated the 9^th July, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 542 (E), dated the 9^th July, 2012, namely:-

In the said notification, in paragraph 2, in condition (a),-

(a)           in the first proviso, after serial number (xv) and the entry relating thereto, the following serial numbers and  entries shall be inserted, namely:-

   “(xvi)   Export of Meat and Meat Products;

  (xvii)   Export of Cotton;

  (xviii)  Export of Cotton Yarn;

  (xix)    Export which are subject to Minimum Export Price or Export Duty:”;

(b)           in the second proviso, after serial number (xvii) and the entry relating thereto, the following serial numbers and entries shall be inserted, namely:-

“(xviii) Cotton (for the paragraph 3.14.5 of the Foreign Trade Policy);

 (xix)   Cotton Yarn (for the paragraph 3.14.5 of the Foreign Trade Policy);

 (xx)    Export which are subject to Minimum Export Price or Export Duty (for the paragraph 3.14.5 of the Foreign Trade Policy);”.

[F.No. 605/10/2013-DBK]

(Sanjay Kumar)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: The Principal notification number 30/2012-Central Excise, dated 9^th July, 2012 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 542 (E), dated the 9^th July, 2012 and was last amended by notification no. 21/2013-Central Excise dated the 13^th June, 2013 vide number G.S.R. 372 (E), dated the 13^th June, 2013.