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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 135 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 4422 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 813 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 2391 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 363 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 360 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 561 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 405 Views 0 comment Print


Notification No. 111/2003-Customs (N.T.), dated: 19.12.2003

December 19, 2003 1855 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 30 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby specifies that any person other than carrier, who is authorized to issue delivery orders in favour of an importer on the basis of which goods are permitted to be delivered to such importer by the custodian of the goods, as any other person for the purposes of the said section.

Circular No. 108/2003-Custom Duty, dated; 17.12.2003

December 17, 2003 3019 Views 0 comment Print

It is clarified that Rule 3(2)(d) inter- alia provides for the incorporation of average amount of duties paid, on materials wasted in the process of manufacture. In terms of proviso to this Rule, if any waste is sold, the average amount of duties on the waste so sold shall be deducted.

Notification No. 178/2003-Customs, dated; 17.12.2003

December 17, 2003 1462 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) read with sub-section (6) of section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), the Central Government being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do hereby exempts the beer of Nepalese origin falling under heading 2203 of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act from the whole of the additional duty leviable on such beer under the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, No. 32/2003-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2003, published in the Gazette of India vide G.S.R. 167(E), dated the 1st March, 2003.

Classification of software protection locks whether as software under CTH 8524 or as hardware under 8473-reg

December 16, 2003 700 Views 0 comment Print

The Board has accepted the recommendation of the Conference and it is accordingly clarified that classification of software protection lock shall be done as discussed at para 5 above.

Classification of Thermal Camera capable of infrared imaging and measuring temperature

December 16, 2003 2683 Views 0 comment Print

I am directed to say that divergence of practice regarding the classification of Thermal Camera capable of infrared imaging and measuring temperature has been brought to the notice of the Board. This item is being assessed under Customs Tariff Headings 9006.59, CTH 9027.30 or 9027.50 in different Commissionerates.

Classification of high capacity disc arrays used in Storage Area Networks(SAN”S)

December 16, 2003 430 Views 0 comment Print

I am directed to say that divergence of practice regarding the classification of high capacity disc arrays has been brought to the notice of the Board. This item is being assessed under CTH 8471.70 as “Storage Unit” or under CTH 84715000 as a “Digital Processing unit” by different Commissionerates.

Notification No. 177/2003-Customs, dated; 15.12.2003

December 15, 2003 490 Views 0 comment Print

(a) Chloroquine phosphate, originating in, or exported from the People’s Republic of China, have been exported to India below its normal value; (b) the domestic industry has suffered material injury; (c) the injury has been caused to the domestic industry by dumping of Chloroquine phosphate , originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China,

Notification No. 176/2003-Customs, dated; 10.12.2003

December 10, 2003 469 Views 0 comment Print

The principal notification No. 23/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002 was published in the Gazette of India vide number G.S.R. 120(E), dated the 1st March, 2002 and was last amended vide notification No. 156/ 2003-Customs, dated the 20th October, 2003.

Notification No. 175/2003-Customs, dated; 10.12.2003

December 10, 2003 604 Views 0 comment Print

The principal notification No. 21/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002 was published in the Gazette of India vide number G.S.R. 118(E), dated the 1st March, 2002 and was last amended vide notification No. 164 /2003-Customs, dated the 11th November, 2003

Classification of Uninterrupted Power Supply System (UPSS) under the Customs & Central Excise Tariff-reg

December 9, 2003 1594 Views 0 comment Print

I am directed to refer to Board’s Circular No. 10/2002-Customs dated 4th February, 2002 on the above mentioned subject, which advised provisional assessment of import of UPSS under heading 85.04 by taking a simple bond.

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