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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 Kolkata held that Indian currency cannot be confiscated under Section 121 of Customs Act without clear evidence connecting ...
Custom Duty : The CESTAT Delhi held that multifunction protection devices remained classifiable as relays because their primary function continu...
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 : 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...
A reference has been received from some of the Commissioners of Customs pointing out that the procedure laid down in Para 2.4 of Ministry’s Customs House is to accept the Bond/ Bank Guarantee which is to be executed by the importer for goods imported under the Exemption Notification Nos. 79/95 and 80/95 dated 31.3.95. Different Custom Houses are reported to be following different
The undersigned is directed to refer to Ministry’s letter of even number dated 31st August, 1994, on the above subject, and to say that the Department of Economic Affairs have now informed that they have re-examined the matter in consultation with the Reserve Bank
I am directed to invite your attention to Ministry’s circular of even number dated 25.8.94 raising the free allowance of operating airlines crew members from Rs. 30 /- to Rs. 300/- and to say that it is very clearly mentioned in that circular that this free allowance is
A number of references have been received from the field formations enquiring whether Multi-modal Transport Operators (MTOs) or their Agents appointed by the Ministry of Surface Transport have to be granted Custom House Agents licence or appointed as Steamer Agents for the purposes of Customs Act, 1962. In this context I am directed to say that the Mult-modal Transportation of Goods Act
Some representations have been received from the exporters exporting goods to Russia (erstwhile soviet Union) that some Custom Houses are not accepting shipping bills under the DEEC Scheme on the grounds that the shipping bills do not indicate the value of the
Customs & Import facilities to experts assigned to India under the various Aid Schemes viz. UN and its Specialised Agencies (Regular) Programme, UNDP, Colombo Plan, India French Programme and other Bilateral Technical Cooperation Agreements with Foreign Countries
Several cases of misuse of DEEC Scheme have been reported to the Board by the Custom Houses/ Collectorates. A gist of the mire important cases of abuse especially where modus operandi adopted could be repeated are indicated below
I am directed to state that a review of the existing policy with regard to appointment of public bonded warehouses and licensing of private bonded warehouses has been conducted by the Board. Consequently, it has been decided to liberalise the procedure on the
The Ministry has announced the new All Industry rates of Drawback effective from 16.6.1995 vide Public Notice No. 5/95, dated 15.6.1995. There are some important changes made in the description of export products, and Notes given thereunder
Export Promotion Capital Goods (E.P.C.G.) Scheme has undergone certain changes in the revised edition of the Exim Policy published on 30th March, 1995 and the revised edition of Handbook of Procedure, Vol. I published on 30th April, 1995. In order to give effect to the changes, Department has issued notifications No. 108/95-Customs to 111/95-Customa all dated 5th June, 1995. The
