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Notification No. 41/2011-Customs, Whereas, in the matter of import of Vitrified Porcelain Tiles, (hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject goods’), falling under Chapter 69 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Customs Tariff Act’) and originating in, or exported from the People’s Republic of China (China PR) and United Arab Emirates (hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject countries’), the designated authority, vide its final findings in notification No.37/1/2001-DGAD dated 4th February, 2003 in the original anti-dumping case published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 4th February, 2003 had come to the conclusion that—
Notification No. 40 /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, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby directs that each of the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), specified in column (2) of the Table below, shall be amended or further amended, as the case may be, in the manner specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table,
Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap and Poppy Seeds Notified- Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), Department of Revenue has issued a Notification No.34/2011-Customs (N.T.) dated May 13, 2011 and thereby notifying tariff values of edible oils, brass scrap (all grades) and Poppy seeds as shown in the table below.
The Board has taken a serious note of the cases of misuse detected on account of manual documentation as well as of casual manner in which this facility is being extended, which is prone to be detrimental to revenue. Accordingly, to redress the issue it has been decided that manual processing and clearance of import/export goods shall be allowed only in exceptional and genuine cases when it is not feasible to process the import/export documents through EDI. Further, in accordance with Sections 46 and 50 of the Customs Act, 1962, this authority shall be exercised only by the Commissioner of Customs. It is reiterated that the facility of manual processing of import/exports documents shall be provided as an exception to the rule of EDI processing and whenever granted it shall be withdrawn no sooner EDI processing is feasible
Notification No. 39/2011-Customs, G.S.R. 377(E). – 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 which was published in the Gazette of India,
Notification No.38 / 2011 – Customs – In the matter of continuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of Viscose Filament Yarn, falling under tariff item 5403 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, the People Republic of China, imposed vide notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 45/2006-Customs, dated the 24th May, 2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R.308(E), dated the 24th May, 2006, and has requested for extension of anti-dumping duty, in terms of sub-section (5) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act;
Based on intelligence from Narcotics Control Bureau, Chennai, the Officers of the Air Intelligence Unit, Cochin International Airport, Nedumbassery had effected a seizure of 06.050 kgs of Ketamine Hydrochloride valued at Rs.60 lakhs(international market value) from two passengers namely Abdul AzeezBabu of Ooty and Randra Palli Muhammed Shafi of Kannur. The item was concealed in a trolley bag making false bottom and was kept in a polythene cover, which was sandwiched in between two mica sheets wrapped with adhesive tape and covered with blue colour carbon paper and black colour packing paper. The 06.050 kgs of Ketamine Hydrochloride, two trolley bags containing foodstuffs and other items which were used for concealing the contraband and travel documents were seized under NDPS Act, 1985. The persons were arrested and remanded for judicial custody for 02 weeks. Further investigation is in progress.
Recent past DRI has detected several cases in which bills of entry/shipping bills were processed manually or manual clearance was allowed on EDI documents. Such cases have indicated the possibility of illegal import / export of restricted / prohibited goods and substantial loss of revenue to the Government exchequer. These cases highlight the high propensity to commit fraud and duty evasion that is associated with the manual processing of documents at any stage in the clearance process. It also needs to be noted that neither Directorate of Systems nor Directorate of Valuation are capturing the data relating to exports in respect of non-EDI locations. Most Customs locations have devised their own list of cases for which manual processing is allowed on a regular basis according to public notices and standing orders issued in this regard.
Circular No.22/2011-Customs The Comptroller & Auditor General of India (C&AG) had conducted a review of the working of ‘Project Imports’ scheme with a view to ascertaining the level of compliance, effectiveness of internal control and whether finalization has been done by field formations within a reasonable time frame. The audit review has revealed some systemic as well as compliance weaknesses relating to grant of project imports benefits and finalization of project imports cases. The C&AG has taken a serious view on the weak monitoring of the Project Imports and on the substantial delay in finalization of Project Imports as detailed in their Performance Audit Report No. PA 24 of 2009-10. In the light of various shortcomings pointed out in their report, the C&AG has recommended for a comprehensive review of the working of the scheme including the internal control and monitoring mechanism in vogue which govern the project imports, and to further strengthen this mechanism.
Notification No. 33/2011 – Customs (N. T.) , New Delhi, 29th April, 2011. S. O… (E) – 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: –
