Custom Duty Meaning, Calculators, Rules, exemptions Articles Notification, Circulars, Recent Changes, Duty Drawback Rates, Custom Rates, Anti-Dumping Duty
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...
Royalty paid for technical know-how was not a ‘condition of sale’ merely because it was included in the value of imported goods as it pertained to post-importation activities relating to the manufacture of finished goods in India and was not a condition of sale of imported components.
CESTAT Delhi held that once goods are exported, drawback cannot be denied even if alleged forgery or diversion by the foreign buyer occurs later.
CESTAT Delhi held that electronic evidence from an unsealed CPU without a Section 139C certificate cannot form the basis of customs assessment. It ruled that DRI’s revaluation of imports was invalid as goods were already assessed by the proper officer. All duty demands, fines, and penalties were quashed.
CESTAT Mumbai rules that mis-declaration under the Foreign Trade Policy cannot attract penalty under Section 117 of the Customs Act and allows Ajanta Pharma’s appeal.
Penalties imposed on appellant and its Managing Director for allegedly availing excess duty drawback by understating freight charges in export shipping bills was set aside as appellant had not made any mis-declaration in the shipping bills filed by them, they had not rendered the export goods liable for confiscation.
The Orissa High Court upheld Vedanta Ltd.’s entitlement to interest for refund delayed over 14 years, holding that the Department cannot retain excess duty indefinitely. Interest rate reduced to 6% per annum.
The High Court held that a second show cause notice issued under the CENVAT Rules was without jurisdiction and barred by limitation, as the dispute had already been settled under the MODVAT regime.
CESTAT Ahmedabad remanded a case to reconsider exemption on imported bioequivalence drugs for clinical trials after finding factual errors regarding Form 44 filing.
Reaffirming its earlier decision, the Orissa High Court ruled that iron ore Fe content should be assessed on WMT basis and found no substantial question of law in the Customs Department’s appeal.
The Delhi High Court directed Customs to enforce the 31 January 2025 Order-in-Original and release jewellery seized from two Uzbekistan nationals after payment of redemption fine and compliance with conditions.
