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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 4509 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 1497 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 216 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 168 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


General permission for release of imported currency through post – reg

March 5, 2002 1300 Views 0 comment Print

Import of Indian currency notes and coins by post is not permitted. However, whenever such notes, received by post, are detected by the Customs, the impounded currency

Seeks to prescribe a scheme of exemption for temporary import of leased machinery

March 1, 2002 3376 Views 0 comment Print

(i) in the case of goods which are re-exported within six months of the date of importation, so much of the duty of customs as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate of fifteen per cent. of the aggregate of the duties of customs, which would be leviable under the said Customs Act, 1962 or under any other law for the time being in force, read with any notification for the time being in force in respect of the duty so chargeable

Amendments in notification No. 25/99-Customs, dated: 28.02.1999

March 1, 2002 8764 Views 0 comment Print

The principal notification No.25/99-Customs, dated the 28th February, 1999 was published vide number G.S.R.161(E), dated the 28th February,1999 and was last amended vide notification No.20/2001-Customs,dated the 1st March,2001, G.S.R. 119(E), dated the 1st March,2001.

Seeks to prescribe a duty of 15% on capital goods used by the IT/Electronics industry, subject to actual user condition

March 1, 2002 3439 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), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the goods specified in column(2) of the Table below, and falling under Chapters 82,84,85 or 90 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act,1975(51 of 1975), when imported into India for use in the manufacture of the finished goods specified in the corresponding column(3) of the said Table, from so much of that portion of the duty of customs leviable thereon which is specified in the said First Schedule, as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate of 15% ad valorem.

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

March 1, 2002 424 Views 0 comment Print

The principal rules were published vide notification No. 36/96-Customs (N. T.), dated the 23rd July, 1996, [G.S.R. 305 (E), dated the 23rd July, 1996] and were last amended vide notification No. 33/98-Customs (N. T.) dated the 2nd June, 1998, G. S. R. 299 (E), dated the 2nd June, 1998.

Amends the Baggage Rules, 1998

March 1, 2002 637 Views 0 comment Print

The principal rules were published vide notification No.30/98-Customs (N.T) dated the 2nd June, 1998,[G.S.R. 296 (E), dated the 2nd June , 1998] and were last amended vide notification No. 50/2000-Customs (N.T), dated the 9th August, 2000, G.S.R. 658(E), dated the 9th August, 2000.

Notification No. 24/2002-Customs, dated: 01.03.2002

March 1, 2002 4990 Views 0 comment Print

Notification 54/2001-Customs, dated the 11th May, 2001 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R.353 (E), dated the 11th May, 2001.

Supercession of the notification No.19/2001-Customs, dated: 01.03.2001

March 1, 2002 811 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), and in supercession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance ( Department of Revenue), No.19/2001-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2001.

Seeks to prescribe effective rates of duty for goods where the tariff rate is sought to be reduced in the Finance Bill, 2002

March 1, 2002 679 Views 0 comment Print

In the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 22/2002-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.119(E), dated the 1st March,2002,at pages 103 to 118.

Notification No. 21/2002-Customs, dated: 01.03.2002

March 1, 2002 50362 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) and in supercession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance ( Department of Revenue), No.17/2001-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2001[ G.S.R. 116(E) dated the 1st March, 2001], the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the goods of the description specified in column (3) of the Table below or column (3) of the said Table read with the relevant List appended hereto, as the case may be, and falling within the Chapter, heading or sub-heading of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) as are specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, when imported into India.

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