{"id":13291,"date":"2018-08-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-08-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T18:30:00","slug":"classification-of-imported-fertilizers-used-in-the-manufacture-of-other-fertilizers-at-5-gst-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/?p=13291","title":{"rendered":"Classification of imported fertilizers used in the manufacture of other fertilizers at 5% GST rate."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Classification of imported fertilizers used in the manufacture of other fertilizers at 5% GST rate.<br \/>13\/2018 Dated:- 13-8-2018 West Bengal SGST<br \/>GST &#8211; States<br \/>GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL<br \/>\nDIRECTORATE OF COMMERCIAL TAXES<br \/>\n14, BELIAGHATA ROAD, KOLKATA-700015<br \/>\nTRADE CIRCULAR No. 13\/2018<br \/>\nDATED: 13.08.2018<br \/>\nSubject: Classification of imported fertilizers used in the manufacture of other fertilizers at 5% GST rate.<br \/>\nReferences have been received regarding a clarification as to whether simple fertilizers, such as MOP (Muriate of Potash) classified under Chapter 31, imported for the purpose of manufacturing of a complex fertilizer, are entitled to the concessional GST rate of 5% as applicable in general to the fertilizers (i.e. fertilizers whi<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong><BR>For full text:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxtmi.com\/circulars?id=57315\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p>pter 31 which are clearly to be used directly as fertilizers or in the manufacture of other fertilizers, whether directly or through the stage of an intermediate product.<br \/>\n3. In the GST regime, tax structure on fertilizers has been prescribed on the lines of pre-GST tax incidence. The wording of the GST notification is similar to the central excise notification except certain changes to meet the requirements of GST. Thus, changes were necessitated as GST applies on the supply of goods while central excise duty was applicable on manufacture of goods. Accordingly, fertilizers falling under heading 3102, 3103, 3104 and 3105, other than those which are clearly not to be used as fertilizers, attract 5% GST [S. No. 182A to 182D of the First sched<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong><BR>For full text:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxtmi.com\/circulars?id=57315\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classification of imported fertilizers used in the manufacture of other fertilizers at 5% GST rate.13\/2018 Dated:- 13-8-2018 West Bengal SGSTGST &#8211; StatesGOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL DIRECTORATE OF COMMERCIAL TAXES 14, BELIAGHATA ROAD, KOLKATA-700015 TRADE CIRCULAR No. 13\/2018 DATED: 13.08.2018 Subject: Classification of imported fertilizers used in the manufacture of other fertilizers at 5% GST rate. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/?p=13291\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Classification of imported fertilizers used in the manufacture of other fertilizers at 5% GST rate.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}