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Anti-Dumping Duty

Custom Duty : Anti-dumping duty protects local manufacturers from unfairly cheap imports that can damage domestic markets. The article explains ...

May 21, 2026 156 Views 0 comment Print

The Gold Duty Shock: A Symptom, Not the Disease

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...

May 13, 2026 4440 Views 0 comment Print

Strait of Hormuz Customs Relief: Six Circulars, 30 April Sunset & Key Unresolved Issues

Custom Duty : Emergency customs relaxations introduced during the maritime crisis expire on 30 April 2026, leaving exporters uncertain. The fram...

April 27, 2026 591 Views 0 comment Print

What is EMI Scheme in Custom? Complete Guide on Duty Deferment, Eligibility & Benefits

Custom Duty : Highlights how the EMI Scheme allows businesses to defer duty payments, easing working capital pressure while improving operationa...

April 21, 2026 816 Views 1 comment Print

Simplified Customs Procedure for Return of Export Cargo due to Strait of Hormuz Disruption

Custom Duty : The circular permits unloading of returned export cargo and cancellation of Shipping Bills under special conditions. Export incent...

March 10, 2026 1452 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Deferred Customs Duty Facility Extended to Eligible Manufacturer Importers to Expedite Clearance

Custom Duty : CBIC has allowed Eligible Manufacturer Importers to avail deferred payment of customs duty from 1 April 2026. The circular outline...

February 28, 2026 2394 Views 0 comment Print

Baggage Rules 2026 Raise Duty-Free Limits and Simplify Customs Clearance

Custom Duty : The new rules enhance duty-free allowances and introduce digital declarations. The overhaul aims to speed up clearance and improve...

February 3, 2026 1494 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2026: Explanatory Memoranda to Customs and Central Excise changes

Custom Duty : New baggage rules and processing regulations are notified, replacing earlier frameworks and aligning customs procedures for passen...

February 1, 2026 1425 Views 0 comment Print

Taxation Tariff Change On Textile Industries

Custom Duty : Government initiatives, including PLI schemes and export missions, support resilience and growth in textile and apparel exports de...

December 15, 2025 975 Views 0 comment Print

Consolidated Customs Notifications FAQ 2025

Custom Duty : Notification 45/2025 merges 31 previous customs notifications into a single reference, continuing most exemptions and simplifying ...

October 27, 2025 4551 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CAAR Rejects Advance Ruling Application as Classification of Roasted Areca Nuts Was Already Decided by Court

Custom Duty : CAAR Mumbai refused to entertain an advance ruling application on roasted areca nuts after noting that the classification issue ha...

May 12, 2026 210 Views 0 comment Print

CAAR Rejects Advance Ruling Application as Roasted Areca Nut Classification Was Already Decided by Court

Custom Duty : CAAR Mumbai rejected an advance ruling application after holding that the classification issue relating to roasted areca nuts had ...

May 12, 2026 252 Views 0 comment Print

Advance Ruling on Roasted Betel Nuts Denied as Identical Issue Was Previously Adjudicated

Custom Duty : The Customs Authority for Advance Ruling held that the classification dispute concerning roasted betel and areca nuts had already ...

May 12, 2026 603 Views 0 comment Print

CAAR Denies Complete Elevator Classification Due to Missing Essential Components

Custom Duty : CAAR Mumbai held that imported elevator parts lacking guide rails, structural supports, and enclosure systems could not be classif...

May 11, 2026 222 Views 0 comment Print

CAAR Rejects Advance Ruling as Roasted Areca Nut Classification Was Already Decided by Madras HC

Custom Duty : The Customs Authority for Advance Rulings held that classification of roasted areca nuts under Heading 2008 had already been concl...

May 7, 2026 279 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBIC Revises Tariff Values for Gold, Silver & Edible Oils from May 20, 2026

Custom Duty : CBIC issued Notification No. 47/2026-Customs (N.T.) continuing existing tariff values for key imported commodities including palm ...

May 20, 2026 375 Views 0 comment Print

Provisional Assessment Ordered Pending New Shipper Review of Chinese Solar Frame Imports

Custom Duty : The Central Government directed provisional assessment of imports of anodized aluminium frames for solar panels from a Chinese exp...

May 20, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC Ends Mandatory Physical Boarding for Vessel Entry & Sail-Out Clearance

Custom Duty : CBIC has clarified that Entry Inward and Vessel Sail-out Clearance cannot be delayed due to pending physical boarding of customs o...

May 19, 2026 366 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC Revises Tariff Values for Gold, Silver & Edible Oils from May 16, 2026

Custom Duty : CBIC has updated customs tariff values for gold, silver, palm oil, soybean oil, and brass scrap through Notification No. 46/2026-C...

May 16, 2026 570 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC Extends Customs Relief Measures Amid Strait of Hormuz Maritime Disruptions

Custom Duty : CBIC extended the validity of multiple customs circulars issued under Section 143AA until 30 June 2026 because of ongoing maritime...

May 14, 2026 414 Views 0 comment Print


This notification exempts all the goods falling under Heading No. 98.03 from the levy of additional duty

March 1, 1986 889 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and in suppression of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 194-Customs, dated the 26th September, 1980, the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all goods falling under heading No. 98.03 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), when imported into India by a passenger or a member of the crew as baggage, from the whole of the additional duty leviable thereon under section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act.

Exemption of Goods in Chapter 99 from Additional Duty

February 17, 1986 1132 Views 0 comment Print

Notification 72/86 exempts goods under Chapter 99 from additional customs duty under Section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, effective February 28, 1986.

Notification No. 204/84-Customs Dated: 20th July, 1984

July 20, 1984 5821 Views 0 comment Print

G.S.R. 523 (E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 123 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and in supersession of the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue and Insurance) No. 88-Customs, dated the 26th August, 1967

This notification relates to Customs House Agents Licensing Regulations, 1984

March 19, 1984 637 Views 0 comment Print

The Commissioner of Customs shall furnish to the Custom House Agent a copy of the report of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs and shall require the Custom House Agent to submit within the specified period not being less than sixty days any representation that he may wish to make against the findings of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs.

Notification No. 326/1983-Customs, dated: 23.12.1983

December 23, 1983 1183 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the late Department of Revenue and Banking (Revenue Wing) No. 125-Customs, dated the 1st July, 1977.

The notification exempts specified goods re-imported into India

November 4, 1982 1198 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act,1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the goods specified in column (1) of the Table annexed hereto, from the payment of so much of the customs duty leviable thereon as is specified in column (3) of the said Table, subject to the limitations and conditions specified in column (2) thereof, namely.

Notification No. 151/1982-Customs

May 14, 1982 1615 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts goods imported in containers for transhipment to Inland Container Depot from so much of the duty of customs leviable thereon under the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), and the additional duty leviable under section 3 of the second-mentioned Act as is equivalent to the duty leviable on the freight incurred on movement from the port of entry to the Inland Container Depot and the handling charges incurred at the Inland Container Depot.

This notification declares specified countries as preferential area

January 4, 1982 2059 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 4 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Department of Revenue and Banking No. 352-Customs, dated the 2nd August, 1976, the Central Government hereby declares the countries specified in the Table below to be “preferential areas” for the purposes of said section.

This notification relates to Customs Tariff (Determination of Origin of Other Preferential Areas) Rules, 1977

January 7, 1977 658 Views 0 comment Print

For the purposes of clause (b)(ii)(C), the final process of manufacture shall not be deemed to have been performed in any country in which no process other than the process of mixing, bottling, labelling, packing into retail containers or the like have been performed, but where the final process as aforesaid has been performed in the country in which the final process of manufacture has been performed, nothing herein shall render the cost of such process ineligible for inclusion in the computation of the fraction of the factory or works cost of the article in its finished state which represents expenditure on material produced and labour performed in that country.

This notification relates to Customs Tariff (Determination of Origin of Goods under the Bangkok Agreement) Rules, 1976

November 1, 1976 1048 Views 0 comment Print

The final process of manufacture of the goods described in this invoice has been performed within…..(name of the exporting Member State) in accordance with the requirements of paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Determination of Origin of Goods under the Bangkok Agreement) Rules, 1976.

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