What is the import duty for different agricultural products?
Ans. Wheat grains have an import duty of 100 per cent; rice has a duty of 80 per cent while the rate for maize is 70 per cent. Grains like rye, barley, oats, buckwheat and canary seed may be imported for free. Soybeans, groundnut, linseed, sunflower seeds, cottonseeds, mustard seeds and the like have an import duty of 35 per cent. Coffee and Tea has a standard duty of 100 per cent. Spices like black pepper, cardamom, chilly and cloves have a duty rate of 70 per cent. All live agricultural animals for breeding purposes like horses, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry, cows and buffalos and their edible parts have a standard customs duty of 30 percent. Fish, molluscs and crustaceans also have a customs duty of 30 percent. The duty applicable on animal products is – milk – 30 percent, butter – 40 percent, cheese – 40 percent and eggs – 30 percent. Live trees, plants, bulbs, roots, roses, shrubs and bushes have a customs duty of 10 percent. Cut flowers and mosses for ornamental purposes have an im
