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Custom Duty : Anti-dumping duty protects local manufacturers from unfairly cheap imports that can damage domestic markets. The article explains ...
Custom Duty : The new customs notifications standardize the effective import duty on gold and silver bullion at 15% through revised BCD, SWS, an...
Custom Duty : The article argues that the sharp increase in gold import duty was triggered by pressure on India’s forex reserves, rising oil p...
Custom Duty : Emergency customs relaxations introduced during the maritime crisis expire on 30 April 2026, leaving exporters uncertain. The fram...
Custom Duty : Highlights how the EMI Scheme allows businesses to defer duty payments, easing working capital pressure while improving operationa...
Custom Duty : The reform removes value restrictions on courier exports, enabling higher-value shipments. It aims to boost e-commerce exports and...
Custom Duty : CBIC has allowed Eligible Manufacturer Importers to avail deferred payment of customs duty from 1 April 2026. The circular outline...
Custom Duty : The CBI has registered a bribery case against three Customs officials accused of taking illegal gratification to release seized go...
Custom Duty : The new rules enhance duty-free allowances and introduce digital declarations. The overhaul aims to speed up clearance and improve...
Custom Duty : New baggage rules and processing regulations are notified, replacing earlier frameworks and aligning customs procedures for passen...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Mumbai held that computer printouts and email records could not be relied upon for customs duty demands because statutory r...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Mumbai held that unlocking and activating mobile phones before export only amounted to product configuration and not “use...
Custom Duty : Tribunal held that Customs authorities could not reclassify imported industrial composite solvent as kerosene when all mandatory B...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Mumbai ruled that Education Cess and Secondary & Higher Education Cess paid through MEIS duty credit scrips for past import...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Delhi held that earlier GST cancellation history became irrelevant once the exporter possessed valid GST registration on th...
Custom Duty : The Ministry of Finance amended the earlier customs notification to continue anti-dumping duty for an extended period. The notific...
Custom Duty : The government imposed anti-dumping duty on Monoisopropylamine imports after finding that Chinese exports were dumped below normal...
Custom Duty : CBIC issued Notification No. 47/2026-Customs (N.T.) continuing existing tariff values for key imported commodities including palm ...
Custom Duty : The Central Government directed provisional assessment of imports of anodized aluminium frames for solar panels from a Chinese exp...
Custom Duty : CBIC has clarified that Entry Inward and Vessel Sail-out Clearance cannot be delayed due to pending physical boarding of customs o...
India’s Ministry of Finance updated customs tariff values for crude palm oil, soybean oil, gold, silver, and other imports, effective July 16, 2025.
CESTAT Delhi held that recovery of ineligible Focus Market Scrips under section 28AAA of the Customs Act cannot be sustained without cancellation of the instrument by DGFT. Accordingly, order held as without jurisdiction.
CBIC issues new instructions exempting certain steel and steel product imports from mandatory Indian Standard adherence based on Ministry of Steel order.
The Petitioner is an Indonesian Company, having its manufacturing plants in Indonesia. It manufactures Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF) and had exported Viscose Staple Fibres (VSF) to its customers in India.
CESTAT Delhi held that it is rightly concluded that the foreign origin cigarettes are smuggled since the assessee failed to produce any documents proving that the cigarettes seized were validly imported. Accordingly, appeal dismissed.
CESTAT Chennai held that interest on Extra Duty Deposit not payable by revenue since lapses were on the part of importer in not submitting complete document enabling revenue to finalize assessment. Accordingly, appeal disposed of.
Delhi High Court held that custody under Narcotics Drug and Psychotropic Substances Act [NDPS] without any authority and without producing him before the concerned Magistrate or Special Court within 24 hours is completely illegal. Accordingly, present bail application allowed.
CESTAT remands Finolex Industries’ customs duty refund case, citing misapplication of Section 18(2) in provisional assessment finalization. Unjust enrichment debated.
Mumbai CAAR classifies a military-grade Tactical Hauler under CTH 8709 as a works truck and provides specific tariff classifications for its 13 components.
In re Orange Pet Nutrition Pvt. Ltd (CAAR Mumbai) A dispute concerning the customs classification of imported dog and cat food has emerged between M/s. Orange Pet Nutrition Private Limited and the Customs Authority for Advance Ruling (CAAR) in Mumbai. The core of the contention revolves around whether bulk-packaged pet feed should be classified as “dog […]
