Condition waived

Published February 5, 2003

ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The Central Board of Revenue has waived the conditions for manufacturers of soap for claiming duty exemption on sulphuric acid.

According to a notification issued on Tuesday, the manufacturers of soap would no more be required to fulfil the conditions of chapter 10 of Central Excise Rules, 1944 for seeking duty exemption on sulphuric acid for using in the manufacturing of soap.

The notification reads as: “In the aforesaid notification no. SRO 333 issued on June 15, 2002 namely: in the aforesaid, in the table-I, against heading “Respective headings of chapter 34” entry (i) in column (2) and corresponding entries relating thereto in columns (3) and (4) shall be omitted.”

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