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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 165 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 4497 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 594 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 819 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 1455 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 2400 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 4563 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 213 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 387 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 165 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 381 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 417 Views 0 comment Print


Notification No. 164/2009-Customs Duty (N.T.), Dated: 30.10.2009

October 30, 2009 457 Views 0 comment Print

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 Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad to act as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Raigad, Maharashtra for the purpose of adjudicating the matters relating to Show Cause Notice issued vide F.No. DRI/AZU/INV-14/2006 dated 13th August, 2007, pertaining to M/s. Nalin @ Bakul Zaverilal Mehta and others issued by the Additional Director General, Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence, Ahmedabad Zonal Unit, Ahmedabad.

Notification No. 163/2009-Customs Duty (N.T.), Dated: 30.10.2009

October 30, 2009 478 Views 0 comment Print

for the purpose of adjudicating the matters relating to Show Cause Notices pertaining to M/s. Vuppalamritha Magnetic Components Limited, 7013, Emerald House, S.D.Road, Secundrabad – 500 003 and others issued vide, F.No. VIII/26/34 & 35/2008-HRU, dated the 30th July, 2009, by the Additional Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Zonal Unit, Chennai.

Notification No. 162/2009-Customs Duty (N.T.), Dated: 30.10.2009

October 30, 2009 577 Views 0 comment Print

(i) the Commissioner of Customs (Export Promotion), Ballard Estate, New Custom House, Mumbai; (ii) the Commissioner of Customs (Export), 60, Rajaji Salai, Custom House, Chennai; and (iii) the Commissioner of Customs, Central Revenue Building, The Mall, Amritsar,

Notification No. 161/2009-Customs Duty (N.T.), Dated: 30.10.2009

October 30, 2009 424 Views 0 comment Print

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 Commissioner of Customs, Visakhapatnam to act as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on the Commissioner of Customs, Kolkata for the purpose of adjudicating the matters relating to Show Cause Notices issued vide F.No. S2-09/2009-SIIB and S-2/10/2009 both dated 25.5.2009 and F.No. S-22/20/2008-SIIB and F.No. S-22/18/2008-SVC both dated 14.0.2008 vide, No. 45/2008 pertaining to M/s. Jai Balaji Industries Limited, 5, Bentinck Street, 1st Floor, Kolkata – 700 00 issued by the Commissioner of Customs, Visakhapatnam and the Commissioner of Customs, Kolkata.

Amends Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable Goods) Rules,1996

October 30, 2009 502 Views 0 comment Print

The principal rules were published vide Notification No.36/96-Customs (N.T.) dated 23rd July, 1996, [G.S.R. 305 (E), dated the 23rd July, 1996] and were last amended vide Notification No.12/2002-Customs (N.T.) dated the 1st March, 2002, G.S.R. (E), dated the 1st March, 2002.

Amends Notification No. 36/2001-Custom Duty (N. T.), Dated: 03.08.2001

October 30, 2009 376 Views 0 comment Print

The Principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide Notification No. 36/2001 – Customs (N.T.), dated, the 3rd August, 2001 (S. O. 748 (E), dated, the 3rd August, 2001) and was last amended vide Notification No. 156/2009-Customs (N.T.), dated, the 15th October, 2009 (S. O. 2622 (E) dated 15th October, 2009).

Regarding anti dumping duty on Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric, originating in, or exported from, Belarus

October 30, 2009 526 Views 0 comment Print

whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the Central Government had imposed provisional anti-dumping duty on the subject goods vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 39/2009-Customs, dated 29th April, 2009, published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 289(E), dated the 29th April, 2009.

Exchange Rate notification for Import / Export of goods wef 1st November, 2009

October 28, 2009 637 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 146/2009-CUSTOMS (N.T.), dated the 25 th September, 2009 vide number S.O. 2460 (E), dated the 25 th September 2009, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currency specified in column (2) of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto into Indian currency or vice versa shall, with effect from 1 st November, 2009 be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in column (3) thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods.

Amends Notification No. 146/2009-CUSTOMS Duty (N.T.) dated 25th September, 2009

October 22, 2009 544 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Board hereby makes the following amendments in the Notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 146/2009-CUSTOMS (N.T.) dated the 25th September, 2009 [S. O. 2460 (E)], namely.

Customs Circular on Procedure for import of diamonds for certification and grading and re-export

October 22, 2009 1668 Views 0 comment Print

A new scheme under paragraph 4A.2 has been introduced in the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-2014 (FTP) for import of diamonds for certification and grading and re-export thereof. Procedure in this regard has also been specified under paragraph 4A.14 of Handbook of Procedure Volume I (HBP). To avoid dichotomy in following the procedure by the field formations for allowing import of diamonds for the specified purpose and re-export thereof, the salient feature of this scheme and procedure in this regard are laid down.

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