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Custom Duty : Delhi HC reduces pre-deposit requirement for Shubh Impexs appeal in customs duty dispute over imported goods classification....
Custom Duty : CESTAT Delhi held that imposition of penalty and revocation of customs broker license justified as customs broker abetted the ille...
Custom Duty : Rajasthan High Court orders adjudicating authority to reconsider the dual classification of Aerosol Valves under Customs Tariff He...
Custom Duty : The CBIC revises customs tariff values for crude and refined oils, brass scrap, gold, silver, and areca nuts effective August 15, ...
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Custom Duty : The Ministry of Finance has updated Customs Notification No. 50/2017 with a 10% BCD on laboratory chemicals. New rules apply from ...
Custom Duty : Learn about the new regulations for amending import documents under Section 149 of the Customs Act, 1962. Understand the timeline,...
Circular no. 36/2010-Cus dt. 23.09.2010 was issued for simplifying the procedure related to conversion of shipping bills. It was issued as a consequence of series of Tribunal judgments which held that the conversion of free shipping bills to export promotion scheme is allowed as there is no such bar in the section 149 of customs act, 1962. But this prime need is also not fulfilled by this circular. Indeed, the process of conversion of shipping bills from one scheme to another has also been made complicated. Prior to issuance of this circular, conversion from one scheme to another was freely allowed but now conversion can also be made to schemes that require equal level of examination of documents or that require lower level of examination of documents. Thus, the actual purpose of issuing this circular is mislead and has opened another door of litigation.
Circular No. 15 /2011-Customs – Representations have been received from some industry association on behalf of software dealers about difficulties being expressed in the assessment to customs duty of documents of title for IT software or documents that enable the transfer of the right to use such software at the time of its sale. It has been reported that there are frequent imports of such documents without any accompanying software. Such packages do not contain software but consist of paper licenses or PUK (Personal Unlocking Key, usually in the form of a scratch card of paper board or plastic) that are used to convey the right to use such IT software. The software in these cases could be freely downloadable or loaded by the OEM supplier under an arrangement with the software company as pre-loaded trial version of software on the computer system requiring the customer to purchase license or PUK after the trial period. Typically these licenses are used either to authorize additional uses against a sale of IT software that has already taken place in the past or to service transactions where the connected software is downloaded electronically by the customer. It has been pointed out that some of the field formations are insisting on the classification of such documents, even when imported without the packaged software, under CTH 8523 i.e. the heading applicable to IT software. It has also been represented that in certain cases the entire value of the license representing the right to use such IT software is sought to be loaded to the value of past imports of IT software by the importer.
Following the recent earthquake in Japan and concerns of possible radiation leakage from the affected nuclear plants, there is a need to increase surveillance of food imports from Japan to ensure that they are safe for consumption. Accordingly, it has been decided that Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) would test samples of food articles, particularly fresh produce exported from Japan after March 11, 2011, such as sea food, fruits, vegetables and meat for radioactive contamination. FSSAI has directed their Authorised Officers to have the food articles tested for radioactive contamination from BRIT (Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology), Navi Mumbai before issuing ‘No Objection Certificate’ to Customs.
India has imposed anti-dumping duty of up to 40.9 per cent on the import of glass fibre, used in automobiles, electrical insulation and heat resistant fabrics, from China to protect domestic players. The restrictive duty on import of glass fibre would be imposed for a period of five years, the Department of Revenue said.
Notification No. 23/2011-CUSTOMS (N. T.)- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Board, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient so to do, hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 36/2001-Cus (N. T.), dated, the 3rd August 2001, namely: –
Circular No. 14 / 2011-Customs- Notification No.13/2011-Customs (N.T.) dated 24.02.2011 which provides that no drawback shall be allowed on the goods exported to Nepal if such goods were imported into India from third countries. To comply with the above provision, the exporter shall declare on the body of the shipping bill under claim of drawback that the goods being exported to Nepal have not been imported into India from third countries. The field formations shall conduct random checking to ensure the genuineness of the exporter’s declaration.
All goods imported into India from abroad is liable to duties of Customs under Section 12 of the Customs Act and also is liable to all the restrictions under the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulations) Act 1992. However, the Government has exempted gifts received from abroad by persons residing in India from the whole of duties of Customs and from restriction under FT (D&R) Act. At present, import of goods upto the value of Rs. 5,000/- is allowed as gift, duty free. This exemption is allowed only for bonafide gifts imported by air or post. For the purpose of calculation of this value of Rs. 5,000/- the air freight or postal charges paid are not added.
Consequent upon the printing and publishing of the Budget Bulletins, 2011 (both Customs and Central Excise & Service Tax), the Directorate of Publicity and Public Relations has subsequently been informed that the following corrections are required to be incorporated in the above said Budget Bulletins, 2011.
Under the India-ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement, tariff concessions have been offered by India on certain items imported from ASEAN courtiers. Details of these items and concessions thereof are in public domain. The India-ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement has so far been implemented between India and 8 ASEAN members. Member countries, namely Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, Brunei and Lao PDR. India and ASEAN are currently negotiating an Investment Agreement that envisages protection and promotion of FDI between the parties.
Commerce Minister Anand Sharma today took up the issue of anti-dumping duty on Indian products by Brazil with visiting minister Antonio Patriota. The two countries, however, identified priority sectors such as energy, oil, tourism, pharmaceutical, mining and agro-processing for further enhancing the bilateral trade and agreed to set up a CEOs Forum, an official statement said.
