Monopolies And Restrictive Trade Practices (Classification Of Goods) Rules, 1971

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Company : Sol Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Website : www.courtkutchehry.com MONOPOLIES AND RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS) RULES, 1971 CONTENTS 1. Short title and commencement 2. Classification of goods SCHEDULE 1 :- THE SCHEDULE MONOPOLIES AND RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS) RULES, 1971 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 67 of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely :- 1. Short title and commencement :- (1) These rules may be called the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (Classification of Goods) Rules, 1971. (2) They shall come into force on the date' of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Classification of goods :- (1) For the purposes of 1 [Chapter III of] the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969), goods shall be classified in the manner specified in the Schedule to these Rules. (2) For making the classification referred to in sub-rule (1)- (i) goods falling within a group specified in the Schedule, and not falling within any sub-group or item, shall be classified as goods of one description; (ii) where any goods falling within a group, also fall within a sub- group, goods falling within that sub-group shall be classified as goods of one description; (iii) Where goods falling within any sub-group, also fall within any item specified under that sub-group, goods falling within that item shall be classified as goods of one description. 1. Inserted by the MRTP (Classification of Goods) Amendment Rules, 1972. SCHEDULE 1 THE SCHEDULE [See rule 2(i)] DIVISION 1 : MINING AND QUARRYING Group Description 100 Coal 101 Lignite Group Description 110 Crude petroleum 111 Natural gas 120 Iron ore 121 Manganese ore 122 Chromite 123 Bauxite 124 Gold and silver ores 125 Copper ore 126 Lead and zinc ores 127 Ilmenite and rutile 128 Wolfram 129 Metal ores, not elsewhere classi- fied 190 Stone quarrying, clay and sand pits 191 Chemicals and fertilizers, mineral mining (such as soda ash, sulphur, phosphates, nitrates, etc.) 192 Salt mining and quarrying includ- ing crushing, screening and evaporating in pans 193 Precious and semi-precious stones 194 Mica 195 Gypsum Sub-group 195.1 Limestone and dolomite 199 Other mining not elsewhere classi- fied (asbestos, quartz, talc and soapstone, natural abrasives other than sand, graphite, etc.) 2DIVISION 2 : MANUFACTURING Major Groups 20-21 FOOD PRODUCTS 200 Slaughtering, preparation and pres- ervation of meat 201 Dairy products Sub-group 201.2 Baby milk food Group Description 202 \ Canning and preserving or fruits and vegetables \ 203 \ Canning and preservation and processing of fish, crustacea and similar foods \ 204 \ Grain mill products \ \ (a) Flour \ 205 \ Bakery products \ \ \ Sub-group \ \ 205.1 Bread making \ 205.3 Biscuits, cakes, pastries, etc. \ \ 205.9 Other bakery products 206 \ Sugar (vacuum pan sugar factories) \ 207 \ Indigenous sugar, boora, khandsari, gur, etc., from sugar-cane, palm juice \ 208 \ Common salt \ 209 \ Cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery (including sweet-meats) \ 210 \ Hydrogenated oils, vanaspati ghee, etc. \ 211 \ Other edible oils and fats, e.g., mustard oil, groundnut oil, til oil, etc. (inedible oils shown under 315) \ 212 \ Tea \ 213 \ Coffee \ 214 \ Cashewnuts \ 215 \ Animal feeds \ 217 \ Starch \ 219 \ Food products not elsewhere classified \ \ \ Sub-group \ \ 219.1 Malted foods \ \ 219.9 Other food processing and activities Group Description \ \ (a) Glucose \ \ (b) Soft drinks 220 \ Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits \ \ Item \ \ (a) Industrial alcohol \ 221 \ Wine industries \ \ Item \ \ (a) Potable alcohol \ 222 \ Malt liquors and malt \ \ \ Sub-group \ \ 222.1 Bear \ \ 222.2 Other malt liquor 224 \ Soft drinks and carbonated water industries \ 225 \ Tobacco stemming, redrying and all other operations which are connected with preparing raw leaf tobacco for manufacture \ 226 \ Bidis \ 227 \ Cigars, cheroots and cigarette tobacco \ \ \ Sub-group \ \ 227.1 Cigarettes 228 \ Chewing tobacco, zerda and snuff \ 229 \ Tobacco and tobacco products not elsewhere classified \ Major Group 23 TEXTILE INDUSTRY 231 \ Textiles \ \ \ Sub-group \ \ 231.1 Cotton textiles and its blends with natural and man-made fibres including spinning, weaving, knitting (Warp, weft, circular and net) and embroidery 231.2 \Woollen textiles and its blends with natural and man-made fibres including spinning, combing of wool tops, weaving, hosiery, woven and tufted carpets \ 231.3 \Man-made textiles and its blends with natural fibres including spinning, synthetic top, making, weaving and knitting but excluding PVC and cellophane paper and rayon/synthetic tyre cards filament yarn and man-made fibres \ 231.4 \Natural silk textiles and its blends with natural and man-made fibres including reeling, spinning, weaving and embroidery \ 231.5 \Jute textiles and its blends with natural and man-made fibres including weaving, spinning (including twines and ropes), preparing and making ropes out of manila and sisal fibres \ 231.6 \Coir and coir products \ 231.7 \Processing of all textiles \ 231.8 \Apparel manufacture \ 231.9 \Other textiles not covered by (1) to (8) above \ Major Group 24 \ \ NATURAL FIBRES \ 241 Cotton and jute fibres \ \ Sub-group \ 241.1 \Cotton ginning, cleaning and baling \ 241.2 \Jute pressing and baling \ Major Group 27 WOOD AND WOOD PRODUCTS, FURNITURE AND FIXTURES \ \ 270 \ Veneer, plywood and their prod- \ \ ucts \ \ \ Sub-group \ \ 270.1 Plywood and veneer 271 \ Sawing and planning of wood \ \ (Other than plywood) \ 272 \ Wooden and cane boxes, crates, \ \ drums, barrels and other wooden \ \ containers, baskets and other rat- \ \ tan, bamboo, reed and willow \ \ wares made entirely or mainly of \ \ cane, rattan, reed, bamboo and \ \ willow \ 273 \ Structural wooden goods (includ- \ \ ing treated timber) such as as \ \ beams, posts, doors and windows \ \ (excluding hewing and rough shap- \ \ ing of poles, bolts and other wood \ \ materials which is classified under \ \ logging) \ 274 \ Wooden industrial goods, such as \ \ bobbings, blocks, handles, saddling \ \ and similar equipments and fix- \ \ tures \ 275 \ Cork and cork products \ 276 \ Wooden furniture and fixtures \ \ Major Group 28 \PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS AND PRINTING, PUBLISHING AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES \ 280 \ Pulp, paper and paper board in- \ \ cluding newsprint \ \ \ Sub-group \ \ 280.1 Pulp (machine made) \ \ 280.2 Paper (machine made) \ \ 280.3 Newsprint (Machine made) \ \ 280.4 Packing paper (machine \ \ made) \ \ Items \ \ (a) Corrugated, paper, kraft paper, paper bags, paper containers \ \ 280.5 Paper boards and straw boards (machine made) \ \ 280.6 Hard boards including false boards and chip boards (machine made) 281 \ Container and boxes of paper and paper board \ 282 \ Pulp products not elsewhere classified like dolls \ 283 \ Paper and paper board articles not elsewhere classified \ 284 \ Printing and publishing of newspapers \ 285 \ Printing and publishing of periodicals, books, journals, atlases, maps, sheet music directories \ 287 \ Engraving, etching, block making, etc. \ 289 \ Printing, publishing and allied activities not elsewhere classified like envelop printing, picture post card printing, embossing \ \ Major Group 29 LEATHER AND LEATHER AND FUR PRODUCTS (EXCEPT REPAIR) \ 290 \ Tanning, curing, finishing, embossing and japanning of leather \ \ \ Items \ \ (a) Tanned leather \ \ (b) Leather cloth 291 \ Footwear (excluding repair) except vulcanized or moulded rubber or plastic footwear \ \ \ Sub-group \ \ 291.1 Leather shoes \ \ 291.3 Leather sandals and chappals 292 \ Wearing apparel like coats, gloves, etc., of leather and substitutes of leather \ 293 \ Leather consumer goods (other than apparel and footwear) \ 294 \ Scrapping, curing, tanning, bleach-ing and dyeing of fur and other pelts for the trade \ 295 \ Wearing apparel of fur and pelts \ 296 \ Fur and skin rugs and other articles \ 299 \ Leather and fur products not elsewhere classified \ \ Major Group 30 RUBBER, PLASTIC, PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS \ 300 \ Tyre and tube industries \ \ \ Sub-group \ \ 300.1 Tyres and tubes for motor vehicles, tractors and aircraft \ \ 300.2 Tyres and tubes for motor-cycles and scooters \ \ 300.3 Tyres and tubes for cycles 301 \ Footwear made primarily of vulcanised or moulded rubber and \ \ canvas \ 302 \ Rubber products not elsewhere classified \ 303 \ Plastic products not elsewhere classfied (except house furnishing) \ \ \ Sub-group \ \ 303.2 Acrylic plastic sheets \ \ Item \ \ (a) PVC sheets (unsupported) \ \ 303.3 Reinforced and laminated plastic sheets \ \ Item \ \ (a) Phenolic laminates 304 \ Petroleum refining 305 \ Products of petroleum not elsewhere classified 306 \ Coal-tar in coke ovens 307 \ Other coal and coal- tar products not elsewhere classified \ Sub-group \ 307.2 Others \ Item \ (a) Calcined petroleum coke \ Major Group 31 CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (Except Products of Petroleum and Coal) \ \ 310 \ Basic industrial organic and inorganic chemicals and gases such as acid, alkalies and their salts; gases like acetylene, oxygen or nitrogen \ Sub-group \ 310.1 Basic heavy inorganic chem -icals \ items \ (a) Mineral acids \ (b) Alums, aluminium salts, copper salts \ (c) Other inorganic salts \ (d) Soda ash and sodium bicarbonate \ (e) Caustic soda and caustic potash \ (f) Sodium hydrosulphite \ (g) Calcium carbide \ (h) Borax and boric acid \ (i) Cryolite, aluminium, fluo-ride, hydrofluoric acid, chlorofluoremethanes \ (j) Hydrogen peroxide and persalts \ \ (k) Zinc oxide \ \ (l) Lead oxides \ \ (m) Titanium-dioxide \ \ (n) Sodium, potassium, barium chlorates and perchlorates \ \ (o) Others \ \ 310.2 Basic heavy organic chemicals \ \ Items \ \ (a) Benzene \ \ (b) Toluene \ \ (c) Orthoxylene \ \ (d) Naphthalene \ \ (e) Ethylene \ \ (/) Propylene \ \ (g) Butadiene \ \ (h) Methyl alcohol \ \ (i) Acetic acid \ \ (j) Acetone \ \ (k) Acrylonitrile \ \ (l) Aniline \ \ (m) n-Butanol \ \ (n) Caprolactam \ \ (o) Carbon black \ \ (p) D.M.T. \ \ (q) Mono-ethylene glycol \ \ (r) Nitrobenzene \ \ (s) Octanol (2- Ethyl hexanol) \ \ (t) Phenol \ \ (u) Phthalic anhydride \ \ (v) Styrene \ \ (w) Pentaerythritol \ \ (x) Formaldehyde \ \ (y) Rubber Chemicals (accelerators, antioxidants, retarders) \ (z) Others \ 310.3 Industrial gases \ Items \ (a) Oxygen \ (b) Dissolved acetylene \ (c) Other gases 311 Fertilizers and pesticides \ Items \ (a) Nitrogenous fertilizers \ (b) Phosphatic fertilizers \ (c) Complex fertilizers \ Sub-group \ 311.4 Pesticides \ Items \ (a) Herbicides and their formulations \ (b) Fungicides and their formulations \ (c) Pesticides other than fungicides and herbicides and their formulations \ 311.9 Other fertilizers 312 Paints, varnishes and lacquers \ \ Sub-group \ 312.1 Paints, varnishes, lacquers, etc. \ 312.2 Dyestuffs 313. Drugs and medicines \ \ Sub-group \ 313.1 Analgesics, antipyretics and anaesthetics \ 313.2 Antihistaminics \ 313.3 Antibiotics \ 313.4 Halogenated oxy-quinolines \ 313.5 Immunological agents (sera, vaccines, etc.) \ 313.6 Other products of animal \ origin \ 313.7 Phyto- chemicals \ 313.8 Sulpha drugs \ 313.9 Vitamins \ 313.10 Other chemotherapeutic \ agents Sub-group 314 Toiletries-soaps \ 314.1 Toilet soap \ 314.2 Washing soap and soap pow- \ der \ 314.3 Perfumes and lotions \ 314.4 Tooth pastes, tooth powder, \ dentifrices, shaving cream, \ shaving sticks, etc. \ 314.5 Cosmetics and toilet aids (like \ creams, shampoos, lipsticks, \ hair dressings/oils, nail pol- \ ish, powder, etc.) \ 314.8 Detergents \ 314.9 Others 315 Inedible oils \ 316 Turpentine, synthetic resins, plas- \ tic materials and synthetic fibres \ like nylon polyester except glass \ Sub-group \ 316.1 Turpentine and resins \ 316.2 Synthetic resins \ Items \ (a) PVC reins \ (b) Urea formaldehyde resins \ (c) Polyethylene (low densi- \ ty) \ (d) Polystyrene and copoly- \ mers \ (e) Polyethylene (high densi- \ ty) \ (f) Polypropylene \ 316.3 Synthetic rubber \ 316.4 Plastic materials \ Items \ (a) Urea formaldehyde moul- \ ding materials \ (b) Phenolic moulding mate- \ rials \ 316.5 Synthetic fibres \ Items \ (a) Polyester staple fibre \ (b) Polyester filament yarn \ (c) Nylon filament yarn \ (d) Nylon tyre/industrial yarn \ Sub-group \ (e) Acrylic fibre \ (f) Polypropylene filament \ and staple fibres \ (g) Regenerated cellulosic fi- \ bres \ (i) Viscose staple fibre \ (ii) Viscose filament \ yarn \ (iii) Viscose type cord \ yarn \ (iv) Cellulose film \ (cellopher and pa- \ per) \ 316.7 Products of fermentation \ industries other than alcohol 317 Matches \ 316.9 Others 318 Explosives and fire works \ Sub-group \ 318.1 Explosives (including indus- \ trial explosives) 319 Chemical products not elsewhere \ classified (including photo-chemi- \ cals, sensitised films and paper) \ \ Sub-group \ 319.1 Photo chemical materials, \ sensitised films and paper \ items \ (a) Cinematographic and \ photographic films \ (b) X-ray films \ (c) Photographic printing \ paper \ 319.2 Fine chemicals \ Items \ (a) Aromatic chemicals \ (b) Laboratory chemicals \ (c) Others 319.3 \Sizing materials and textile chemicals auxiliaries 319.5 \Glue and gelatine 319.9 \Other chemical products \ Item \ (a) Priting inks Major Group 32 NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS 320 Structural clay products \ Sub-group 320.1 \Fire bricks 320.2 \Refractories 320.4 \Ceramic and non-ceramic tiles 320.9 \Others \ Items \ (a) Stoneware pipes 321 Glass and glass products \ Sub- group 321.1 \Hollow glassware (bottles, jars, etc.) 321.2 \Sheet and plate glass 321.3 \Glass wool \ Item \ (a) Mineral wool and glass fibre 321.4 \Laboratory glassware 321.5 \Optical glass 321.6 \Vacuum flask 323 Chinaware and porcelainware \ Sub-group 323.1 \Chinaware 323.2 \Sanitaryware \ \ 323.3 Insulators \ \ 323.4 Enamelware 324 \ Cement, lime and plaster \ \ \ Sub-group \ \ 324.1 Cement \ \ Items \ \ (a) Portland cement including blast furnace, slag cement and pozzolanic cement \ \ (b) White cement 325 \ Mica products \ 326 \ Structural stone goods, stone dressing and stone crushing, stoneware \ \ \ Sub-group \ \ 326.1 Stone dressing and stone crushing \ \ 326.9 Others 328 \ Asbestos and asbestos cement products \ \ \ Sub-group \ \ 328.1 Asbestos cement products \ \ 328.9 (a) Other products such as asbestos yarn, textiles, packings, joinings, mill brand, etc. \ \ (b) Others 329 \ Miscellaneous non-metallic mineral products such as slate products, abrasives, graphite products, mineral wool, silica products, and other non-metallic products not elsewhere classified \ \ \ Sub-group \ \ 329.5 Abrasive grains \ \ 329.6 (a) Graphite products such as electrodes, anodes and paste \ \ (b) Graphite crucibles \ \ 329.9 Others \ \ Items \ \ (a) Cinema arc carbon \ \ (b) Midget electrodes \ Major Group 33 BASIC METAL AND ALLOYS INDUSTRIES \ 330 \ Iron and steel \ Sub- group \ \ 330.1 Iron and steel \ \ 330.9 Alloy and special steels 331 \ Castings, forgings rolled section, etc. \ \ \ Sub-group \ \ 331.1 Castings and forgings \ \ 331.2 Structurals \ \ 331.3 Pipes and tubes \ \ 331.5 Wire drawing \ \ 331.9 Others 332 \ Ferro-alloys \ 333 \ Copper \ \ \ Items \ \ (a) Virgin metal \ \ (b) Semis, including rolled, cast, extruded, sintered and drawn products 334 \ Brass \ Items \ \ (a) Virgin metal \ \ (b) Semis, including rolled, cast, extruded, sintered and drawn products 335 \ Aluminium \Items \ \ (a) Virgin metal \ \ (b) Semis, including rolled, cast, extruded, sintered and drawn products 336 \ Zinc \ Items \ \ (a) Virgin metal \ \ (b) Semis, including rolled, cast, extruded, sintered and drawn products 339 Other non-ferrous metal indus- \ tries \ \ Sub-group \ 339.9 (a) Precious metals \ (b) Others \ (i) Virgin metal \ (ii) Semis Major Group 34 METAL PRODUCTS AND PARTS, EXCEPT MACHINERY AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENTS 340 Fabricated metal products such as metal cans from tin- plate, terne plate or enamelled sheet metal, metal shipping containers, barrels, drums, kegs, pails, safes, vaults, enamelled sanitary and all other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified \ \ Sub-group \ 340.3 Drums, tank, pails and metal containers NEC \ Items \ (a) Gas cylinders \ (b) Bitumen drums, and barrels \ (c) Tin containers \ (d) Other metal containers such as collapsible tubes monoblock bottles, etc. \ (e) Drums other than (b) above \ Sub-group \ 340.7 Welding electrodes \ 340.9 Other fabricated metal products \ Items \ (a) Metal closures such as crown crooks, pilfer proof seals, drums closures, aluminium capsules and the like 341 Structural products \ Items \ (a) Structural fabrication including penstocks, poles, ropeways and the like. \ (b) Transmission towers \ (c) Cranes, winches, hoists \ (d) Bright bars and shaftings \ (e) Others 342 Furniture and fixtures primarily of metal \ Item \ (a) Steel furniture, security equipment and office \ equipment 343 Abrasives, tools and general hard- \ ware \ \ Sub-group 343.1 Abrasives and tools Items \ (a) Grinding wheels and coated abrasives \ (b) Cutting tools (these will include inter alia twist \ drills, reamers, dies, taps, milling cutters, broaches, sawblades, tipped tools, etc.) \ (c) Small tools like steel files \ (d) Forged hand tools like spanners, pliers, wrenches, screw drivers, etc. \ (e) Tungsten carbide tips (sin-tered) \ (f) Precision measuring tools \ (g) Rock drill bits \ (h) Others \ Sub-group \ 343.2 (a) Bolts and nuts \ (b) High tensile bolts and nuts 343.3 \Locks 343.4 \Metal chains \ Items \ (a) Welded link chains including ship chains \ (b) Transmission chains for industrial use 343.5 \Agricultural hand tools and implements 343.9 \Others \ Items \ (a) Valves and cocks \ (b) Other fasteners \ (c) Builders materials, such \ as \ (i) Builders hardware \ (ii) Welded wire mesh and BRG fabrics \ (iii) Expanded metal \ (d) Pipe fittings \ (e) Grinding media \ (f) Miscellaneous hardware such as wire gauge and wire nettings, shoe grindery standard wire and barbed wire 344 Enamelling, japanning, lacquering galvanising, plating and polishing of metal products \ 345 \ \ \ Metal utensils, cutlery and kitchen \ \ \ \ ware \ 349 \ \ \ Metal products except machinery and transport equipment not elsewhere classified like type founding \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \349.2 Razor blades \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \349.3 Springs \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Items \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(a) Leaf springs (all types) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(b) Coiled springs (all types) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(c) Others springs Major Group 35 MACHINERY, MACHINE TOOLS AND PARTS EXCEPT ELECTRICAL MACHINERY 350 \ \ \ Agricultural machinery and equip- \ \ \ ment and parts \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \350.1 (a) Wheeled tractors \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(b) Harvesters and other \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \heavy agricultural machi- \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \nery \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(c) Power tillers 351 \ \ \Drills, earth-moving, conveyors and \ \ \ \road rollers and other heavy ma- \ \ \ \chinery and equipment used by \ \ \ \construction and mining indus- \ \ \ \tries \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \351.1 (a) Earth-moving machinery \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(crawler tractors, dump- \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ers, scrapers, loaders, etc.) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(b) Shovels, excavators and \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \modifications thereof \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(c) Road rollers \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \351.2 Fork lift trucks, etc. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \351.9 Others \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Items \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(a) Conveyor and ore-han- \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \dling equipment \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(b) Building and construction \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \machinery \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(c) Drilling equipment 352 Prime movers, boilers and steam \ \ \ generating plants such as diesel \ \ \ engines and parts \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \352.1 Boilers and steam generating plants \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Item \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(a) Industrial and power boilers \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \352.3 Internal combustion engines \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Items \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(a) Diesel engines \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(b) Petrol engines \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \352.8 Parts and accessories \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \352.9 Others 353 \ \ Industrial machinery for food and textile industries \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub- group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \353.1 Rice, dal and flour mill machinery \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \353.2 Oil mill machinery \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \353.3 Sugar machinery \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \353.4 Tea machinery \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \353.5 Textile machinery (such as spinning frames, carding machines, powerlooms, etc., including textile accessories) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \353.6 Jute machinery \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \353.9 Others \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Item \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(a) Food processing milk and dairy machinery 354 \ \ Industrial machinery for industries other than food and textile industries \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub- group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \354.1 Chemicals, fertilisers and pharmaceutical machinery \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \354.3 Paper machinery \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \354.4 Mining machinery including coal mining machinery and coal washing plant \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \354.5 Metallurgical machinery \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \354.6 Cement machinery \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \354.8 Parts and accessories \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Items \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(a) Asbestos machinery \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(b) Solvent extraction plant \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(c) Ceramic machinery \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(d) Rubber processing machinery \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(e) Machinery for rayon and synthetic fibre plants \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(f) Air seperation plants \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(g) Printing machinery \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(h) Other industrial machin- \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ery 355 \ \ \Refrigerators, air-conditioners and fire fighting equipment, and their parts, components and accessories \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \355.1 Refrigerators and air- conditioning plants for industrial and commercial use \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \355.2 Domestic air-conditioners \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \355.3 Domestic refrigerators \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \355.8 Parts and accessories \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \355.9 Others 356 General items of non-electrical \ machinery, components, equipment and accessories not elsewhere \ classifi Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \356.4 Power driven pumps, reciprocating centrifugal, etc. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \356.5 Air, gas compressors and vacuum pumps (excluding electrical furnaces) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \356.6 (a) Ball, roller and tapered bearings \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (b) Needle roller bearings \ \ \(c) Spherical roller bearings, etc. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \356.9 (a ) Lifts and escalators \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(b) Wire ropes \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(c) Others 357 \ \ \Machine tools, their parts and ac- \ \ \ \cessories \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Items \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(a) Metal cutting, grinding and metal forming machine tools \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(b) Plastic processing machinery like injection, moulding, extrusion, blow moulding, etc. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(c) Die casting machines \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (d) Electric welding equipment excluding transformer and generator type arc welder \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(e) Rolling mills \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(f) Spark erosion machines \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(g) Glass making/blowing machinery \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(h) Wire making machinery, viz., wire drawing, wire stranding, etc. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(i) Machine tool accessories \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(j) Wood working machines \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(k) Portable tools \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(l) Furnaces all types \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(m) Gas cutting and welding \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(n) Others 358 \ \ \Office, computing and accounting machinery and parts \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \358.1 Typewriters \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \358.2 Duplicators \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \358.3 Calculating machines \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Item \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (a) Data processing, calculating and adding machines \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \358.4 Postal franking machines \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \358.5 Addressing machines \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \358.6 Weighing machines \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \358.7 Office copying machines not elsewhere classified \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \358.8 Parts and accessories \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \358.9 Others 359 Non-electrical machinery, equipment, components and accessories not elsewhere classified (such as sewing machines, automatic merchandising machines, washing, laundry, dry cleaning and pressing machines, cooking ranges and ovens, other service industry machines, arms and armaments, etc.) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \359.1 Sewing machines \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \359.2 Knitting machines Major Group 36 ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES AND PARTS 360 Electrical industrial machinery and apparatus and parts (such as electrical motors, generators, transformers, electromagnetic clutches and brakes, etc.) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \360.1 (a) Generators \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(b) Generating sets \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \360.2 Transformers \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \360.3 Switch gears, motor starters, lightning arresters, line, hardwares, relays and power line carrier equipment \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \360.4 (a) Electric motors \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(b) Electrical grade stampings \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \360.8 Parts and accessories \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \360.9 Others 361 \ Insulated wires and cables \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Items \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(a) Enamelled and covered \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \winding wire and strips \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (b) Power cables \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(c) Others 362 \ Dry and wet batteries \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \362.1 Storage batteries \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \362.2 Dry cells 363 \ \ \Electrical apparatus, appliances \ \ \ \and their parts such as lamps, \ \ \ \bulbs, tubes, sockets, switches, fans, \ \ \ \insulators (except porcelain), con- \ \ \ \ductors, irons, heaters, shavers, \ \ \ \vacuum cleaners, etc., excluding \ \ \ \repairing \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \363.1 Electrical fans \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \363.2 Fluorescent tubes \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \363.3 GLS lamps including minia- \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ture lamps \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \363.7 Household appliances (like \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \electric irons, heaters, etc.) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Items \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(a) Bicycle dynamos \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (b) Flashlight cases \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \363.8 Parts and accessories \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \363.9 Other electrical apparatus 364 \ \ \Radio and television transmitting \ \ \ \and receiving sets including tran- \ \ \ \sistor radio sets, sound reproducing \ \ \ \and recording equipment includ- \ \ \ \ing tape recorders, public address \ \ \ \system, gramophone records and \ \ \ \pre- recorded magnetic tapes, wire \ \ \ \and wireless telephone and tele- \ \ \ \graph equipment, signalling and \ detection equipment and apparatus, \radar equipment and installations, parts and supplies especially used for electronic apparatus classified in this group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \364.1 Wireless and communication \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \equipment \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \364.2 Microwave and radar equipment \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \364.3 Telephone equipment \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \364.4 Telegraph equipment including teleprinters \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \364.5 Radios \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \364.6 Television sets \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \364.7 Electronic sound recording and reproducing equipment (viz., tape recorders, record payers, record changers, public address equipment, magnetic tapes, records, recorded tapes, hearing aids, amplifiers, etc.) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \364.8 Radiographic X-ray apparatus and parts 365 \ \ \Electronic test instruments \ 366 \ \ \Electronic computers, control instruments and other industrial control equipment \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \366.1 Electronic computers and other data equipment \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \366.2 Industrial control equipment and instruments 367 \ \ \Electronic components and accessories \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \367.1 Transmitting and receiving tubes including TV picture tubes, cathode ray tubes, X-ray tubes and the like \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \367.2 Semi-conductor transistors and diodes, integrated circuits and the like \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \367.3 Other electronic components, parts and accessories 369 \ \ \Manufacture of electrical machinery, apparatus, appliance and supplies and parts not elsewhere classified \ Major Group 37 TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND PARTS 370 \ \ \Ship building and repairing \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub- group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \370.1 Ship and other vessels drawn by power \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Item \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(a) Ocean-going vessels \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \370.2 Boat building 371 \ \ \Locomotives and parts \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \371.1 Locomotives \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \371.2 Railway rolling stock other than locomotives \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \371.3 Parts and accessories 372 \ \ \Railway signalling equipments \ 374 \ \ \Motor vehicles and parts \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \374.1 Motor cars \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \374.2 Buses, trucks, etc. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Items \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(a) Commercial vehicles and light commercial vehicles (below 3 tonnes) including vehicular engines and minibuses \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(b) Commercial vehicles (above 3 tonnes) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \374.3 Jeeps and station wagons \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \374.4 Parts and accessories \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Items \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(a) Fuel injection equipment \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(b) Pistons \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(c) Wheels (applicable to buses, trucks, passenger cars and tractors) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (d) Electrical equipment \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(e) Steering gears \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(f) Propeller shafts \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(g) Shock absorbers \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(h) Bearings other than ball, roller, tapered and needle bearings \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(i) Other automobile ancillaries 374.9 Others 375 \ \ \Motor cycles and scooters and parts \ \ \Items \ \ \(a) Motor cycles \ \ \(b) Scooters and 3-Wheelers \ \ \(c) Mopeds, scooterettes, etc. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \375.8 Parts and accessories 376 \ \ \Bicycles and parts \ 377 \ \ \Aircrafts and parts \ 379 \ \ \Transport equipment and parts not elsewhere classified \ Major Group 38 OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 380 \ \ \Medical, surgical and scientific \ \ \ \equipment \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sub-group \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \380.1 Surgical and medical instruments and appliances \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Items \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(a) Electro-medical equipment and appliances \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(b) Dental equipment \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(c) Others \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \380.2 (a) Laboratory and scientific instruments \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(b) Optical instruments \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \380.3 Mathematical instruments \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \Item \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(a) Surveying and drawing instruments \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \380.4 (a) Water meters, steam meters and electricity \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \meters \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(b) Electrical measuring and recording instruments including electrical energy meters \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \380.8 Parts and accessories \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \380.9 Others 381 \ \ \Photographic and optical goods (excluding photochemicals, sensitised paper and film) \ 382 \ \ \Watches, clocks and time-pieces \ 383 \ \ \Jewellery and related articles \ 385 \ \ \Sports and athletic goods and play equipment \ 386 \ \ \Musical instruments \ 387 \ \ \Stationery articles like fountain pens, pencils, pens, pin cushions, tags, etc., not elsewhere classified \ 389 \ \ \Miscellaneous products not elsewhere classified such as costume jewellery, costume novelties, feather, plumes, artificial flowers, brooms, brushes, lamp shades, tobacco pipes, cigarette holders, ivory goods, badges, wigs and similar articles \ 400 and 401 410 \ DIVISION 3 : ELECTRICITY, GAS AND WATER Generation, transmission and distribution of electricity Gas in gas works and distribution through mains to household, industrial and commercial and other users.

Act Metadata
  • Title: Monopolies And Restrictive Trade Practices (Classification Of Goods) Rules, 1971
  • Type: C
  • Subtype: Central
  • Act ID: 11339
  • Digitised on: 13 Aug 2025