In retaliation against the US' new global tariffs on certain steel and aluminium products, Indian government has hiked customs duty on some agricultural and steel products that are imported from the US. The import duty hike will come into effect from August 4, 2018.
As per the Finance ministry latest notification, the import duty on chickpeas and Bengal gram has been increased to 60%, while that on lentils has been hiked to 30%, while boric acid and binders for foundry moulds will attract 7.5% duty. The duty on domestic reagents was raised to 10%. Further, importers will have to pay custom duty at the rate of 15% on artemia, a kind of shrimp.
Besides, the other products on which duties have been hiked include certain kind of nuts, iron and steel products, apples, pears, flat rolled products of stainless steel, other alloy steel, tube and pipe fittings, and screws, bolts and rivets. However, there was no duty hike on motorcycles imported from the US.
Earlier, India had submitted to the WTO a revised list of 30 items on which it proposed to raise customs duties by up to 50% and out of 30 items proposed, India has excluded motorbikes above 800 cc. Now additional customs duties have been imposed on 29 items.
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