A Committee under the chairmanship of DG NIC with representatives of Department of Commerce and Department of Revenue had been constituted to consider the issues of timely and accurate transmission of trade data and give its recommendations.

Notification No. 55/2013-CUSTOMS (N. T.), New Delhi, the 21st  of May, 2013 S. O.  (E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise & Customs, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient so to do, hereby makes [...]

Notification No. 30/2013-Customs,  Dated – 21st May, 2013              G.S.R. (E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in [...]

where the goods so imported by the licensee or a sub-contractor of the licensee are sought to be transferred, the importer produces to the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, at the time of such transfer, the following, namely:-

Representations have been received from the trade and the field formations regarding difficulties being faced in availing/extending exemption relating to the Oil Exploration Sector under Sl. Nos 356, 358 and 359 of notification No.12/2012-Customs, dated 17-03-2012.

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) Notification No. 29/ 2013-Customs New Delhi, the 16th May, 2013 G.S.R. 316 (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 [...]

CBEC hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currency specified in column (2) of each of Schedule I and II annexed hereto into Indian currency or vice versa shall, with effect from 17th May, 2013 be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in column (3) thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods.

Doubts have been raised regarding classification of products commercially referred to as Tablet Computers under the Customs Tariff which is harmonised with the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, commonly known as HS Nomenclature. The two major competing headings are 8517 and 8471.

Doubts have been raised regarding classification of the filters referred to as Disposable Sterilized Dialyzer and Microbarrier: for filtering blood, whether under heading 9018, in tariff item 90189031 which provides for renal dialysis equipment (artificial kidneys, kidney machines and dialysers)

Changes in Custom Duty rates titanium dioxide falling under heading 28.23, polymers (CTH 3901, 3902, 3903 and 3904) including ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), iron or steel scrap including stainless steel scrap (CTH 7204), aluminum scrap (CTH 7602) been notified wef 05.05.2013.