We are currently importing following two packaging material for the purpose of packing of our finished goods from China & United States;
1. Empty CANs - from China (capacity of 450g & 340g)
2. Tin Plate Caps (for Empty CANs) -from United States
These empty cans and tin plate Caps are being used by us for filling our finished goods i.e. refrigerant gases in these CANs for the purpose of selling in the Indian Market.
Such Empty CANs do attract Customs Duty @ 10% under Tariff Heading 73102990 and Tin Plate Caps do attract Customs Duty @ 10% under Tariff Heading 73259999.
These CANs are specially designed to bear the internal compression as refrigerant is filled in these CANs under pressure. There is no manufacturer available of these CANs in India and due to this issue, we are procuring Empty CANs from China and its' Tin Plate Caps from United States.
Due to higher rate of customs duty on these packaging materials (i.e. on CANs and Tin Plate Caps), we are unable to compete with our competitors who are importing duly filled refrigerant CANs from China as these duly filled refrigerant CANs are cheaper in comparison with our manufactured refrigerant CANs.
We do hereby request you to kindly reduce the customs duty on Empty CANs and Tin Plate Caps to some extent (say within range of 5% to 7.5%) for the sake of capturing the Indian market and supporting the very concept of "Make in India".
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