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BUDGET 2018: Imported cars, juices, mobiles, gold, silver, TVs to be costlier

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 20:33:09    PTI

New Delhi (PTI): A large number of imported items, including mobile handsets, cars and motorcycles, fruit juices, perfumes and footwear will become costlier as the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday hiked customs duties on these products in the Union Budget 2018-19.

However, select items such as imported raw cashew nuts, solar tempered glass and raw materials and accessories of cochlear implants will become cheaper with the government today reducing import duties on these items.

The following is a list of imported items that will become costlier:

Cars and motorcycles

Mobile phones

Silver

Gold

Vegetable, fruit juices, including orange and cranberry     

Sunglasses

Miscellaneous food preparations other than soya protein   

Perfumes and toilet waters

Sunscreen, suntan, manicure, pedicure preparations     

Preparations for oral dental hygiene, denture fixative pastes and powders; dental floss

Pre-shave, shaving or after-shave preparations,    

Deodorants, bath preparations, depilatories, perfumery     

Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays     

Truck and Bus radial tyres

Silk Fabrics

Footwear

Coloured gemstones

Diamonds

Imitation jewellery

Smart watches/wearable devices

LCD/ LED TV panels

Furniture

Mattresses

 Lamps

 Wrist watches, pocket watches, clocks     

Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars, wheeled toys, dolls' carriages, dolls, toys, puzzles of all kinds     

Video game consoles

Articles and equipment for sports or outdoor games, swimming pools and paddling pools

Cigarette and other lighters, candles     

Kites

Edible/vegetable oils such as olive oil, groundnut oil     

The following is the list of imported items that will become cheaper:

Raw cashew nuts

Solar tempered glass or solar tempered glass used for manufacture solar panels/modules

Raw materials, parts or accessories used in making cochlear implants

Select capital goods and electronics such as ball screws and linear motion guides. 


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