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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 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 circular permits unloading of returned export cargo and cancellation of Shipping Bills under special conditions. Export incent...
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 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 : Government initiatives, including PLI schemes and export missions, support resilience and growth in textile and apparel exports de...
Custom Duty : Notification 45/2025 merges 31 previous customs notifications into a single reference, continuing most exemptions and simplifying ...
Custom Duty : CAAR Mumbai refused to entertain an advance ruling application on roasted areca nuts after noting that the classification issue ha...
Custom Duty : CAAR Mumbai rejected an advance ruling application after holding that the classification issue relating to roasted areca nuts had ...
Custom Duty : The Customs Authority for Advance Ruling held that the classification dispute concerning roasted betel and areca nuts had already ...
Custom Duty : CAAR Mumbai held that imported elevator parts lacking guide rails, structural supports, and enclosure systems could not be classif...
Custom Duty : The Customs Authority for Advance Rulings held that classification of roasted areca nuts under Heading 2008 had already been concl...
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...
Custom Duty : CBIC has updated customs tariff values for gold, silver, palm oil, soybean oil, and brass scrap through Notification No. 46/2026-C...
Custom Duty : CBIC extended the validity of multiple customs circulars issued under Section 143AA until 30 June 2026 because of ongoing maritime...
Attention is drawn to Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) Policy Circular No. 21/2007, dated 14/12/2007, on applicability of Licensing Note No.1 and 2, of Chapter 87 of ITC (HS) classification on import of special purpose vehicles used in off-highway operations such as mining, industrial undertakings, irrigation, general construction etc. Doubts have been raised by field formations whether licensing Note 1 and 2 of Chapter 87 of ITC (HS) will apply to goods which though classifibale under Chapter 84 of the ITC (HS) are falling within the definition of vehicle as explained in the policy. Accordingly, matter was refered to DGFT for suitable clarification.
CBEC has taken note of the difficulties faced by the field formations in establishing identity of the goods imported for CWG-2010 Games since many of the imported items are reportedly generic in nature and do not bear any marks and numbers. In these circumstances Board has examined the issue and it is hereby clarified that normally a certificate from the Joint Director General (Coordination) or Director (Coordination) or Chief Executive Officer of the Organizing Committee (CWG)-2010, duly supported by a reconciliation statement corroborating the goods with the import documents as well as the shipping Bill under which the goods are exported may be accepted as the proof of identity, if otherwise found in order. However, in cases where imported goods under the said notification have undergone a change in form while being used for the intended purpose and where the condition regarding proof of identity is not satisfied, the benefit of the exemption will not be available.
Notification No.32/2011 – Customs (N.T.),- Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currency into Indian currency or vice versa with effect from 1st May, 2011 relating to imported and export goods.
Import of Beef in any form and import of products containing beef in any form is prohibited; (b) All consignments of edible oils and processed food products, imported in bulk, shall carry a declaration from the concerned exporter on the shipping documents that the consignment does not contain beef in any form; (c) All consignments of edible products, imported in consumer packs, shall carry a declaration on the label of the package that the product does not contain beef in any form.
Notification No. 36 /2011-Customs Whereas in the matter of imports of Acetone [hereinafter referred to as the subject goods], falling under sub- heading 2914 11 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, Thailand and Japan (hereinafter referred as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority in its preliminary findings vide notification No. 14/31/2009-DGAD, dated the 16th February, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, section 1, dated the 16th February, 2010, had come to the conclusion that –
Circular No.21 / 2011-Customs, The Central Board of Excise and Customs has made declaration of IEC branch code and AD code as non-mandatory in case low value dutiable import consignments (i.e. consignment other than documents, gifts and samples of an invoice value upto Rs. one lakh) under Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing) Regulations, 2010. The disclosure of IEC code will continue to be mandatory.
Circular No. 20 /2011-Customs – It is clarified that import of trim cutting waste or fabric trims of continuous length with maximum width restriction of ten inches (10”) falling under heading 6310, required for manufacture of Chindi rugs shall not be subjected to restrictions imposed by the present policy of ITC (HS) Code 6310 and shall be cleared without an import licence.
Circular No. 19 /2011-Customs – DGFT Notification No.44 (RE-2000)/1997-2002 dated 24.11.2000 provides for labeling of the goods imported into India which are covered by the provisions of ‘Standards of Weights & Measures (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 1977’. This Notification mandates that compliance of labeling conditions have to be ensured before the import consignment of such commodities are cleared by Customs for home consumption.
Notification No.35/2011-Customs – Central Government hereby exempts all goods, other than those which are clearly not to be used as fertilisers, falling under chapter 31 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), when imported into India, from so much of the additional duty of customs leviable thereon under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act as is in excess of 1% ad valorem.
Notification No. 34 /2011 – Customs – Central Government 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,
