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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...
The Authority examined whether imported electrical racks should be treated as static converters or distribution cabinets. It ruled that their principal function is electricity distribution, classifying them under CTH 8537 10 90. The key takeaway is that ancillary UPS functions do not alter primary classification.
The framework clarifies that drugs recalled after export cannot enter the Indian market and must either be re-exported or destroyed after regulatory testing.
The issue was whether inverter components used in electric vehicles could be treated as motor vehicle parts. CAAR ruled that electrical machinery is excluded from Chapter 87, confirming classification under Chapter 85.
CAAR held that a magnesium- and zinc-based micronutrient product cannot be treated as “other fertilizer” under Chapter 31 since phosphorus was present only in insignificant quantity.
Karnataka High Court held that section 25(4) of the Customs Act is declared as arbitrary and contrary to section 25(1) and (2A) of the Customs Act. Accordingly, the present writ petition stands allowed.
The Authority refused to rule on roasted areca nut classification, holding that the issue had already been conclusively decided by a High Court. A statutory bar prevented reconsideration despite tariff renumbering.
The advance ruling held that a vertebral body replacement implant functions as a substitute for an absent vertebra and therefore falls under other artificial parts of the body.
CESTAT Chennai held that notifications and circulars issued under the Customs Act, 1962 cannot take away the benefit which is otherwise available under the Foreign Trade Policy [FTP] and Handbook of Procedure [HBP].
Gujarat High Court held that the duty free import of “Walnut Inshell” against the entry of “Dietary Fibres” in the DFIA license issued under SION Norms E-5 for export Biscuits is permissible. Appeal stands disposed of, accordingly.
The government has extended the existing anti-dumping duty on specified polymer imports. The levy will continue during the ongoing sunset review to avoid a duty lapse.
