CVD

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04 November 2009 CVD IS NOT CUSTOMS DUTY - CVD is leviable under section 3(1) Customs Tariff Act, while customs duty is levied u/s 12 of Customs Act. Thus, these are two separate independent duties. under different statutes. However, u/s 3(6) of Customs Tariff Act, the provisions of Customs Act regarding recovery, payment, drawbacks, exemption, refunds, appeals etc. are applicable to Additional Customs Duty.

CVD IS NOT EXCISE DUTY – Though excise duty rate is considered for measurement or quantifying CVD payable, it is not excise duty. – Mohd. Zackria v. State of Tamilnadu (1999) 115 STC 697 (TNTST).

This is a details which is there is VS Dattey book, so my doubt is whether CVD is Customs duty or Excise duty

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04 November 2009 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/-. defination -

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.

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