ISLAMABAD (September 10 2003) : To attract investment in the CNG industry, the government has given concession of duties and taxes to over 100 new types of CNG machinery, compressors and allied apparatus as admissible under amended SRO 38(I)/98.
In this regard, the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has included these CNG machinery, compressors and allied equipment in the list of concessionary notification ie SRO 38 for extending duties/taxes concession to importers.
The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has included more Chinese, Italian, Korean, New Zealand, Switzerland, German, Argentina, Thailand, Brazilian, USA, Austrian, Japanese and Canadian made items like CNG compressors and related equipment in the list of exempted items through amendments in the SRO 38(I)/98 issued here on Tuesday.
Sources said that the government is making serious efforts to promote CNG culture by setting up new CNG stations to generate employment.
The decision was taken to popularise the use of environment-friendly motor vehicles fuel.
The exemption would be available on CNG kits and cylinders up to June 30, 2004, as per conditions laid down in the amended SRO 38(I)/98, whereas, CNG machinery and compressors are liable to 5 percent custom duty from November 1, 2002 to June 30, 2004, and these items would remain exempt from payment of sales tax.
The CBR has made amendments in Table-I, Table-II, Table-III, Table-IV and Table-V of the SRO 38(I)/98 for notifying exemption and also specified the models and types of the exempted items.
The CBR has used powers conferred by section 19 of the Custom Act, 1969 (IV of 1969) and clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 13 of the Sales Tax Act, 1990 to notify exemption.
Following is the text of the notification issued here on Tuesday:
SRO (I)/2003.- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 19 of the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969), and clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 13 of the
Sales Tax Act, 1990, the Federal Government is pleased to direct that the following further amendments shall be made in its Notification No SRO 38(I)/98, dated the 21st January, 1998, namely:
In the aforesaid Notification –
(1) in Table-I, after Serial No 25 in column (1) and the entries relating thereto in columns (2), (3) and (4), the following new serial numbers and the entries relating thereto shall be added, namely:
========================================================================= "26. Norwalk Company C75-3, Lloyd's Quality Tech Inc, C150-4, LLC, Bureau Veritas, USA NQSV3 ABS 27. Hurricane, Grimmer CNG9O, -do- Industries, CNG 125, USA CNG25O, CNG 65 28. RIX Services Ltd, 2JJS3G-178, Lloyd's, SGS, ABS, New Zealand 2JJS3G-34L, Bureau Veritas FX- 150, 3KX3G-40, 6W5G- 150, 21S3G-XX1 34, 2JJS3G-225, 2JSD-877, 3KX3G-24 29. Prescon Technology, PTL 4V4/730, -do- New Zealand 3W-315-100 (P.T. 3D3-15- 90-A), 3W-3 15- 90(P.T.3D3- 8.90-A). 1 OOSIX, 3D31516/60, 50S1x, 3D315/81100, 6K.508/80/650 30. Intermech Ltd Rhino PAR- -do- New Zealand 75VE4-8 Rhino PAR- 1 OODE4-82 Rhino PAR- 150DE4-10 Rhino PAR- 125DE4-10 Rhino PAR- 1 25DG4-82 Rhino PAR- 125DG4-10 Rhino PAR- 150DG4-10 31. Unigas, Apollo VR-550 -do- New Zealand. 32. Gasman Industries Gasman 400W- -do- Ltd A New Zealand Gasman 400W- W 33. CompAir UK Ltd , Oazpack 36, -do- UK. Gazpack 37, 5436MK11, VHP 36 34. Belliss & Morcom H430H-WL, -do- Subsidiary of Gardner H280H-WL, Denver, V13OH-WL. UK, (New Name). Ham worthy, Bellis & Morcom UK, (Old Name). 35. Sulzer Burckhardt C4U111S, -do- Engineering Works, C5U2145, Switzerland. C5U1-11GPX, C5U214-LGP 36. JordAir Compressor H-302, -do- Inc, Canada. M302 37. 1MW Industries Ltd 1MW 50 Lloyd's, SGS, ABS Canada Bureau Veritas 38. Safe s.r.1, SW75SE-F1- -do- Italy EM SW 110SE-Fl- EM SW 110F1-EM SWL32F1-EM SW90F0, 35- EM 39. Paget srl, EL110W, -do- Italy. EL75W, EL132W 40. Idro Meccanica, DDE 13 -do- Italy 41. SICOM, 650.250.20- -do- Italy. IFDE-23SE 650.21/4 42. Nuovo Pignone, BVTN/2 P15, -do- Italy. 2BVTN/2 P30, 4BVTN/2 P30, 2BVTN/3 P70, 4BVTN/3 P70, 2BVTN/4 P100, 4BVTN/4 P100, 2BVTN/4 P120, 4BVTN/4 P120, 2BVTN/4 P150, 4BVTN/4 P150, 4BVTNI4 P210, 4BVTN/4 P250 43. Sichuan Jinxing ZW-3.45/250 -do- Environmental JX, Protection Science & ZW-5.011-250, Technology Co Ltd, ZW-5.52/0.56- China. 250-JX,ZW- (New Name) 2.2/1-250-JX, ZW-2.35/1-250- Chengdu Jinxing JX, Chemical Machinery ZW-3.22/1-250- & Equipment Factory, JX, China. ZW-3.6/1-250- (Old Name) JX, D-1.65/1.7-250, ZW-4.710.56- 250-JX, ZW-5.7/0.56- 250, ZW-6.2/0.55- 250 44. Chonqing Air L-3.811-250 -do- Compressor Factory, L-3/1.250 China. L-5/0.56-256 & L.2.9/0.56-250 L-4.65/0.56- 250JX 45. Symygazmas, AGNKS M-45 -do- Ukraine AGNKS 60 AGNKS 75. 46. Sulzer, India. C5U214.IGP -do- 47. Bauer, C 25.0-37 -do- Germany C 25 0-45 C 28.0-90 C 28.0-75 48. CompAir Mahle 5409.2.NE.EU -do- GmbH, Germany. 49. LMF, V-17/5518 L30 Lloyd's, SGS, ABS, Austria Bureau Veritas 50. Ariel, USA (Packager: JGM, JGN, -do- CNG Galileo S.A JGQ, JGP Argentina, as Model Micro skid & Micro box) 51. ASPRO GNC, 10DM 115-4R- -do- Argentina. G IODM 115-4RR IODM 11 5-4R- R 52. Kwangshin Machine GEO-A 150 -do- Industry Company GEO-B 200 Limited, GEO-C 300 Korea =========================================================================
(2) in Table-Il, after Serial No 20 in column (1) and the entries relating thereto in columns (2), (3) and (4), the following new serial numbers and the entries relating thereto shall be added, namely:-
========================================================================= "21. ANGI International, BH-38. Lloyd's Quality Tech LLC, MCDS-50 LLC, ABS. Bureau USA. MCDS-2 Veritas 22. Tulsa Gas 7000 Series Lloyd's, SGS, ABS Technologies Inc Bureau Veritas Oklahoma USA 23. Universal, EPSCO. 5100-7100 -do- Inc USA 24. Prescon Technology, DF200 3PTP -do- New Zealand CF200 3PTP AF200 3PTR DAMRZ/FF- 3/DX4 DAMK2JRE3- SX DAM3ZJR3DX DAM/RZ/FE3/ DX C-25 25. RIX Services Ltd, 3LED-2, -do- New Zealand. 3LEDI, C-25, SMC 1201, 4R-20 26. Intermech, DIP-20D2 -do- New Zealand. DIC Series 27. Compac, DAMRZ/FE3/D -do- New Zealand X, 8P-P3COM 16- D,C-25, SLI-4.-V, DIR- 2HE 16, P-3-MF- 17, PCNGD, C 4000, KG-25, L3COML6D.3 WSS, LE-3-KG-25D, LE-3-KG25, P-3BEDD-PAK, N2S5425, LGD3KG2OD 28. Natural Energy 3-BEDD HS -do- Resources Ltd, New Code 8479, Zealand C-25 29. Gasman Industries, D 2003, -do- New Zealand DF 2003 30. Hamworthy, Bellis & Model D-25 -do- Morcom, ES12/AIN-2 UK 31. JordAir Compressor GFP-2-3600-TC -do- Inc D-38 5260 Canada 32. Fueling Technologies CNG-5260 -do- Inc Ffl Canada 33. 1MW Industries, Ltd 1MW 3000 Lloyd's, SGS, Bureau Canada Series Veritas ABS 34. Safe s.r.l, Italy ESP-22/2 -do ESP-22/3 35. Paget, WT/22 -do- Italy 36. SICOM, DPG -do- Italy 37. Idro Meccanica, RHE DZO3 -do- Italy 38. Bray, China (Mass BT-20 -do- flow meter, Danfoss, Denmark). 39. Chongqing Air Gas JQJ-DH-II, -do- Compressor JQJ-C-II Machinery & Equipment China 40. Chongqing Silian CNG 211 A, -do- Dispenser CNG III A Manufacturing Co Ltd, China 41. Sichuan Jinxing HJQJ -do- Environmental Protection Science & Technology Co Ltd China (New Name) Chengdu Jinxing Chemical Machinery and Equipment, China (Old Name) 42. Beijing Chang Kong JYQ-W20 -do- Machinery Company Limited, China 43. GNC GALILEO, EM-98/S -do- S A EM-981B Argentina 44. ASPRO GNC AS 120S1 -do- Argentina AS 120D 45. OYRSA, ALFA-2001 -do- Argentina 46. Kraus Global Inc DAM 3CHM -do- Canada Approved vide HDIP letter No CNG-DEV- 7(69)/03 dated 02-08-2003 47. Kraus Global Inc DAM 3 CHM -do- Canada 48. Hans Brochier CNG 2-II-IR- -do- GHMBH & Co KG 3ERK Germany =========================================================================
(3) in Table-III, after Serial No 16 in column (1) and the entries relating thereto in columns (2), (3) and (4), the following new serial numbers and the entries relating thereto shall be added, namely:-
========================================================================= "17. UEF Chesterfield, BS 5045, Part-I Lloyd's, Bureau UK. 1982, Veritas, SOS, ABS DOT 3AA BIE ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel code Section VIII, BS EN 1964-1, EN 1964-1, ISO 9809- 1:1999, ISO 9809-2: 2002, IRAM 2526- 1997 18. CTCO, -do- -do- UK. 19. Mesco, -do- Lloyd's, ABS, SGS UK Bureau Veritas 20. Dual Fuel Systems, -do- -do- UK 21. Worthington Heiser, -do- -do- Austria 22. Dalmine spa, -do- -do- Italy 23. Faber Industries, -do- -do- Italy 24. YM, -do- -do- China 25. Beijing Tianhai -do- -do- Industrial Co China 26. Chengdu Jinxing -do- -do- Chemical Machinery & Equipment Factory, China 27. Taylor-Wharton Gas -do- -do- Equipment Division USA 28. Thailand Institute of -do- -do- Science & Technology Research, Thailand 29. Nippon High Pressure -do- -do- Co Japan 30. Everest Kanto -do- -do- Cylinder (EKC) India 31. Inflex, -do- -do- Argentina, SA =========================================================================
(4) in Table-IV, after Serial No 6 in column (1) and the entries relating thereto in columns (2), (3) and (4), the following new serial numbers and the entries relating thereto shall be added, namely:-
========================================================================= 7. Faber Industries, NZS 5454-1989 Lloyd's, Bureau Italy. Veritas, ABS, SGS 8. Dalmine spa, -do- -do- Italy 9. Worthington Cylinder, -do- -do- Austria 10. Everest Kanto -do- -do- Cylinder Ltd, India (EKC) 11. Inflex, -do- -do- Argentina 12. Beijing Tianhai -do- -do- Industrial Co, (BTIC), China. 13. Cilbras, -do- -do-; and Brazil =========================================================================
(5) in Table-V, after Serial No 20 in column (1) and the entries relating thereto in column (2), the following new serial numbers and the entries relating thereto shall be added, namely:
21. Impco, USA.
22. Landi Renzo, Italy.
23. Tartarini, Italy.
24. Landi Auto Kits, Italy.
25. Emnie Gas, Italy.
26. Lovato, Italy.
27. Blue Runner, Italy.
28. Bi-Gas, Italy.
29. Stefnilli, Italy.
30. Badini, Italy.
31. BRC, Italy.
32. LO Gas SRL CNG Kit, Italy.
33. OMVL (Manual), Italy.
34. Auto gas Italia S.R.L. Model MT 132 (Manual & Electronic), Italy.
35. Salustri, Model No GS-2000, GS-93, Argentina.
36. OYRSA CNG Kit, Argentina.
37. Conver Tech CNG Kit, USA & Argentina.
38. Sprint Gas Kit, Austria.
39. Ozone Conversion Systems, Pakistan (Prototype).
40. Zoni, Model No XWIII, China.
41. Phoenix, Model No CYTZ-100, China.
42. Shahab Auto Gas CNG Kits, Iran.
43. Voltran CNG Conversion Kit, Turkey.
44. Tomasetto Achille, Argentina.
