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Notification No.81 /2011-Customs, Whereas, the designated authority vide notification No. 15/08/2010-DGAD, dated the 26th July 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 26th July 2010, had initiated review in terms of sub-section (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Customs Tariff Act) and in pursuance of rule 23 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in the matter of continuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods)
Notification No.80/2011-Customs in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with sub-section (5) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, 1975 read with rules 18 and 23 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, the Central Government, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes anti- dumping duty on the goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under sub- heading of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2),originating in the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), and exported from the country specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) and produced by the producer specified in the corresponding entry in column (6) and exported by the exporter specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate equal to the amount indicated in the corresponding entry in column (8), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10) and per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) of the said Table.
Circular No.38/2011-Customs Representations have been received in the Board to grant reasonable opportunities to persons qualified under Regulation 9 of the erstwhile CHALR, 1984 but not granted CHA Licence at par with that currently available to applicants for passing examination under CHALR, 2004. The matter has been examined in the Board. In this regard, it is felt that the intention of allowing these applicants to appear in the examination for additional subjects such as (a) The Patents Act, 1970 and Copyright Act; 1957 (b) Central Excise Act, 1944 (c) Export promotion schemes, (d) Procedure on appeal and revision petition, (e) Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, (f) Online filing of electronic Customs declarations, (g) Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and (h) Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 was to ensure that they have working knowledge in these subjects as prescribed under CHALR, 2004. However, restriction on providing one time opportunity to qualify the examination for additional subjects for grant of CHA licence does not appear to be justified and needs re-consideration.
Notification No. 60/2011 – Customs (N.T.) In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (aa) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 12/97-Customs (N.T.), dated the 2nd April, 1997, published in the Gazette of India, vide number G.S.R. 193(E), dated the 2nd April, 1997, namely:-
Notification No.59/2011- Customs (N.T.) In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 and sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby appoints the Joint Commissioner or Additional Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Near Balaji Temple, Kandla, to act as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on- (i) Joint Commissioner or Additional Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Kandla;
Circular No.37/2011-Customs, In view of growing concern amongst Customs administrations about the threat posed through misuse of channels of import and export, there is a need to ensure security in global supply chain in international movement of goods. Keeping this in view, CBEC has finalized the ‘Authorized Economic Operators’ (AEO) programme for implementation to secure supply chain of imported and export goods.
Notification No. 79 /2011-Customs G.S.R. (E). – Whereas in the matter of imports of Caustic Soda (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under Chapter 28 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, Thailand, Chinese Taipei and Norway (hereinafter referred as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No. 14/1/2010-DGAD, dated the 30th June, 2011, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 30th June, 2011, has come to the conclusion that –
Notification No. 78 /2011 – Customs In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 21/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 118(E) dated the 1st March, 2002, namely :-
Notification No. 58/2011-CUSTOMS (N. T.) In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 61/1994-Customs (N. T.), dated the 21st November, 1994, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, part II, Section 3, Sub-section (II), vide number S.O. 828(E), dated the 21st November, 1994, namely:
F. No.450/81/2011-Cus.IV Attention is invited to para 5 of the ‘Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009’ which requires certain conditions to be fulfilled by Customs Cargo Service provider (CCSP) for custody and handling of imported or export goods in a customs area to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Customs like infrastructure, equipment and adequate manpower for handling of imported or export cargo in a Customs area.
