Customs (Duties) (Amendment No. 4) Order 2018

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No. S 575

Customs Act

(CHAPTER 70)

Customs (Duties)
(Amendment No. 4)
Order 2018

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) of the Customs Act, the Minister for Finance makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Customs (Duties) (Amendment No. 4) Order 2018 and is deemed to have come into operation on 14 September 2018.

Deletion and substitution of Seventh Schedule

2. The Seventh Schedule to the Customs (Duties) Order (O 4) is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:

“SEVENTH SCHEDULE

Paragraph 4(5)(g)

Original (Duplicate/Triplicate/Quadruplicate)

1.	Goods consigned from (Exporter’s business name, address, country)

Reference No.

INDIA‑SINGAPORE
COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC
CO‑OPERATION AGREEMENT
(Combined Declaration and Certificate)

2.	Goods consigned to (Consignee’s name, address, country)

Issued in: India

See Notes Overleaf

3.	Means of transport and route (as far as known)

4.	For Official Use

Departure date

□	Preferential Treatment Given Under ISCECA _________________________________

Vessel’s name/Aircraft etc.

□	Preferential Treatment Not Given (Please state reason/s) _________________________________

Port of Discharge

…..........…………………………….…….…
Signature of Authorised Signatory
of the Importing Country

5.	Item number

6.	Marks and numbers on packages

7.	Number and type of packages, description of goods (including quantity where appropriate and HS number of the importing country)

8.	Origin criteria (see Notes overleaf)

9.	Gross weight or other quantity and value (FOB)

10.	Number and date of invoices

11.	Declaration by the exporter

12.	Certification

The undersigned hereby declares that the above details and statements are correct; that all the goods were produced in

It is hereby certified, on the basis of control carried out, that the declaration by the exporter is correct.

.............................................................
(Country)

and that they comply with the origin requirements specified for these goods in the ISCECA for the goods exported to

...............................................................
(Importing Country)

................................................................
Place and date, signature
of authorised signatory

..............................................................
Place and date, signature and stamp
of Issuing Authority

OVERLEAF NOTES

1. India and Singapore will accept this form for the purpose of preferential treatment under the INDIA‑SINGAPORE Comprehensive Economic Co‑operation Agreement.

2. CONDITIONS: The main conditions for admission to the preferential treatment under the INDIA‑SINGAPORE Comprehensive Economic Co‑operation Agreement are that goods sent to the parties:

(i)	must fall within a description of products eligible for concessions in the country of destination;
(ii)	must comply with the consignment conditions that the goods must be consigned directly from exporting Party to the importing Party but transport that involves passing through one or more intermediate countries, is also accepted provided that any intermediate transit, transhipment or temporary storage arises only for geographic reasons or transportation requirements; and
(iii)	must comply with the origin criteria given in the Chapter on Rules of Origin.

3. ORIGIN CRITERIA: For goods that meet the origin criteria, the exporter must indicate in Box 8 of this form the origin criteria on the basis of which he claims that his goods qualify for preferential treatment, in the manner shown in the following table:

Circumstances of production or manufacture in the first country named in Box 11 of this form:

Insert in Box 8

(a)	Products wholly produced in the country of exportation as defined in Article 3.3 of the Chapter on Rules of Origin

“X”

(b)	Products worked upon but not wholly produced in the exporting Party which were produced in conformity with Article 3.4 of the Chapter on Rules of Origin

Percentage of single country content, example 35%

(c)	Products worked upon but not wholly produced in the exporting Party which were produced in conformity with Article 3.9 of the Chapter on Rules of Origin

Percentage of ISCECA cumulative content, example 35%

(d)	Products satisfied the Product Specific Rules as defined in Article 3.4(b) of the Chapter on Rules of Origin

“Product Specific Rules”

(e)	Products satisfied De Minimis defined in Article 3.4A of the Chapter on Rules of Origin

Appropriate qualifying criteria

4. EACH ARTICLE MUST QUALIFY: It should be noted that all the goods in a consignment must qualify separately in their own right. This is of particular relevance when similar articles of different sizes or spare parts are sent.

5. DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTS: The description of products must be sufficiently detailed to enable the products to be identified by the Customs Officers examining them. Name of manufacturer, any trade mark shall also be specified.

6. The Harmonised System number shall be that of the importing Party.

7. The term “Exporter” in Box 11 may include the manufacturer or the producer.

8. FOR OFFICIAL USE: The Customs Authority of the importing Party must indicate (√) in the relevant boxes in column 4 whether or not preferential treatment is accorded.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 660/2009; S 349/2010; S 68/2011; S 658/2011; S 65/2012; S 98/2013; S 353/2013; S 551/2013; S 94/2014; S 263/2014; S 363/2014; S 843/2014; S 85/2015; S 369/2016; S 54/2017; S 551/2017; S 685/2017; S 735/2017; S 86/2018; S 390/2018; S 471/2018]

Made on 14 September 2018.

TAN CHING YEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.

[Customs 00107/65/V21; AG/LEGIS/SL/70/2015/2 Vol. 11]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 143(2) of the Customs Act).