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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...
CBIC seeks urgent nominations (AC to Addl. Commissioner) for the India-EU P2P-U.S. Strategic Trade Control (STC) Advanced Licensing and Enforcement Exchange in Brussels (Dec 2025).
CESTAT Kolkata, affirmed absolute confiscation of 22,120 kgs of foreign-origin black pepper smuggled without legal import documents and routes
The Customs Department was directed by CESTAT to pay interest on a pre-deposit, overturning a decision that denied it because the deposit was against a penalty. The ruling affirmed that Section mandates interest on the refunded amount after the appeal is decided.
CESTAT Mumbai held that re-deployment of auxiliary equipment post completion of project doesn’t amount to violation of Project Import Regulations, 1986. Accordingly, appeal allowed and impugned order is set aside.
CESTAT Chennai refers appeal to President for a Special Bench, finding the same Customs order was challenged across multiple Benches, invoking the principle of comity.
CESTAT Delhi held that the viewing card/smart card inserted into the set top box of DTH service provider is a good in itself and is not a part of the set top box. Hence, viewing cards is classifiable under CTI 8523 52 90 and not under 8529 90 90.
CESTAT Hyderabad held that non-filing of Ex-Bond BoE for clearance from customs bonded warehouse to SEZ is merely procedural lapse hence confiscation u/s. 113(i) not justifiable since there is no malafide intent. Accordingly, appeals are partly allowed.
CESTAT Ahmedabad rules it has jurisdiction over foreign currency seizure, distinguishing it from baggage. Orders release of seized currency and directs lower penalties on family members.
Re-testing of seized goods under Public Notice No.97/2017 was a facilitative right and could not be denied except on exceptional grounds duly recorded. Customs’ objection based on limitation and remnant sample requirement was also rejected and fresh sampling and re-testing was directed, with provisional release of goods permitted.
Customs Department could not have relied upon Circular No. 35/2017-Customs dated 16 August 2017 to outrightly deny assessee’s request for provisional release, particularly when such reliance had been held to be contrary to the statutory provisions under Section 110A of the Customs Act, 1962 and therefore void. Hence, ordered for provision release of the the imported multi-functional printer and photocopier Machine on deposit of 50% of the applicable duty.
