Excise Notification No. 31/2013-CE dated December 26, 2013: Export of Meat and Meat Products, Cotton, Cotton Yarn and exports subject to Minimum Export Price / Export Duty not eligible for excise duty exemption, under Focus Market Scheme; Further, such exports (except for meat / meat products) not to be included for export performance / entitlement computation under Incremental Exports Incentivisation Scheme (IEIS) / IEIS on annual basis; Amends Notification No. 30/2012-CE




Excise Circular No. 976/10/2013-CX dated December 12, 2013: CBEC clarifies that warehousing of goods to be allowed for 6 months which can be further extended provided each extension period does not exceed 6 months; Maximum period of warehousing goods cannot exceed 3 years; Further, allows Status Holder Manufacturer-Exporters to submit Letter of Undertaking in place of Bank Guarantee for warehousing exports; Amends Circular No. 579/16/2001–CX and Circular No. 581/18/2001-CX




Excise Notification No 14/2013 – Central Excise (N.T.) dated November 22, 2013: Central Govt. widens scope of Rule 8, 9, 10 for determination of Transaction Value w.r.t goods used for captive consumption, goods sold to related parties and inter-connected undertaking; Substitutes "excisable goods" by "whole or part of excisable goods"; Amends Central Excise Valuation (Determination of Price of Excisable Goods) Rules, 2000




Excise Notification No. 13/2013-CE (N.T) dated October 25, 2013: Manufacturers / services providers being assessed to income tax / corporate tax under jurisdiction of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Kolkata - I, II, III and IV and Commissioner of Income Tax (Central) - I, II, III and Director of Income Tax (International Taxation), Kolkata, eligible to obtain Large Taxpayer Unit (LTU) registration; Amends Notification No. 20/2006 - CE (N.T)




Excise Notification No. 28/2013-CE dated October 1, 2013: Central Govt. exempts scientific and technical instruments, apparatus, equipment (including computers) and their accessories, prototypes, computer software and CD-ROMS from excise duty, when supplied to Central / State Govt Depts and Laboratories, other than hospitals; Mandates certificate from Institute Head certifying requirement of goods for research purpose only; Aggregate value of prototypes received by Institute not to exceed Rs 50,000 in financial year; Amends Notification No. 10/97 - CE dated March 1, 1997




Excise Notification No. 27/2013-CE dated September 12, 2013: Central Govt extends excise duty exemption on goods viz. injection resin, hardeners, PVC foam sheet, fibre glass (falling in List 9), used in manufacture of parts, sub-parts of rotor blades and intermediates for wind operated generators; Exemption available subject to furnishing of concerned Certificate from Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources; Amends Sl. No. 327 of Notification No. 12/2012-CE




Excise Notification No. 26/2013-CE dated August 30, 2013 : Central Govt. extends excise duty exemption on machinery/instruments/equipments/spares required for Air to Air Missile system of Ministry of Defence till January 1, 2017; Further exempts machinery/instruments/equipments/spares required for Long Range Surface to Air Missile Programme of Ministry of Defence till January 1, 2016; Amends Notification No. 64/95 - CE




Excise Notification No. 25/2013-CE dated August 13, 2013 : Govt. increases Excise duty on Gold ore/Gold dore bar and silver dore bars manufactured in a factory from 7 percent to 9 percent and from 4 percent to 9 percent respectively; Further increases duty on gold bars and silver bars manufactured during copper smelting process to 9 percent and 8 percent respectively; Also increases duty on silver produced during zinc/lead smelting process from 4 percent to 8 percent




Excise Notification No.11/2013-CE (N.T) dated August 2, 2013: Central Govt. exempts registration of unregistered premises used solely for affixation of sticker / re-printing / re-labeling / re-packing of pharmaceutical products with lower ceiling price, pursuant to Drugs Price Control Order provisions; Such exemption subject to Notification dated July 29, 2013 exempting pharmaceutical products from excise duty payment




Excise Notification No.10/2013-CE (N.T) dated August 2, 2013: No duty payment required for plastic containers & bottles bearing brand / trade name of another person cleared during the period June 16, 2003 to February 26, 2010; Similar waiver granted to all packing materials (other than printed paper cartons, paper boards, metal containers etc.) bearing brand / trade name of another person cleared during the period June 16, 2003 to April 28, 2010