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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...
Mens rea was not essential for penalty under Section 117, revocation of the courier license was unwarranted; penalties under both Section 117 of the Customs Act and Regulation 14 of the 2010 Regulations were validly imposed.
Ministry of Finance amends Notification 66/2021-Customs (ADD), changing the anti-dumping duty for the product at Serial No. 1 to 1,296 with immediate effect.
Ministry of Finance has notified revised All Industry Rates (AIR) of Duty Drawback, increasing rates for gold and silver jewellery and articles under Chapter 71, effective from 27th October 2025.
CESTAT ruled that transaction value supported by final invoice and BRC must be accepted for export duty finalization, overriding CRCL report on moisture content. set aside a Customs order, confirming that the actual transaction value realized for iron ore exports must be used for final duty assessment.
CESTAT Bangalore ruled Section 113(h)(i) of Customs Act applies only if goods are entered for export. Shortage due to EOU’s clerical error not liable for confiscation. citing a clerical error and not a deliberate mis-declaration or illicit DTA clearance.
Notification 45/2025 merges 31 previous customs notifications into a single reference, continuing most exemptions and simplifying trade procedures from 1st November 2025.
India’s Ministry of Finance supersedes 31 past Customs notifications with a single one, streamlining import duty and IGST exemptions for specified goods from Nov 1, 2025.
CESTAT Bangalore held that additional duty of customs is very much leviable under Section 3(1) of the Customs Tariff Act in respect of imported natural rubber equal to the duty of excise levied as cess under Section 12 of the Rubber Act, 1947. Accordingly, refund rightly denied and appeal rejected.
CESTAT held that confiscation of dry dates and penalties under the Customs Act were unjustified as the Department failed to prove the goods’ foreign origin. Opinions based on visual inspection were deemed without evidentiary value.
Finance Ministry updates multiple Customs notifications under the 1962 Act, aligning earlier amendments; changes effective from November 1, 2025.
