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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 4515 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 219 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


Declaration under Rule 12(1)(a)(ii)of Drawback Rule for availing AIR of Drawback.

April 18, 2001 760 Views 0 comment Print

it is clarified that, as a matter of rule, no evidence of actual duties suffered or imported or indigenous nature of inputs, even if the All Industry Rate has customs portion, should be insisted upon by the field formations alongwith declaration filed by exporters under Rule 12(1) (a) (ii) of the Customs & Central Excise Duties Drawback Rules, 1995.

Consolidation of cargo at the gateway port-procedure-regarding

April 17, 2001 1408 Views 0 comment Print

Custodians may, thereafter, use the same containers to bring back LCL imports to various ICDs/CFSs. As regards consolidation of imported LCL cargo at the gateway port (or a CFS near gateway port) and subsequent transhipment to inland ICDs/CFSs, following procedure

Monitoring the pendency of Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills-Regarding

April 16, 2001 634 Views 0 comment Print

The large scale pendency of Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills at most of the Custom Houses is a cause of serious concern. Apart from the fact that the pendency of Bills of Entry has a direct bearing on revenue collection, this has also given rise to a number of complaints, and puts the department in a poor light.

Reg. Anti-dumping Duty on import of Partially Oriented Yarn (POY) of polyesters

April 12, 2001 436 Views 0 comment Print

For the purposes of this notification, “rate of exchange” applicable for the purposes of calculation of anti-dumping duty shall be the rate which is specified in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), issued from time to time, in exercise of the powers under sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962).

Reg. Anti-dumping Duty on import of lead acid batteries

April 9, 2001 487 Views 0 comment Print

Therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 13 and 20 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995.

Reg. Anti-dumping Duty on import of Zinc Oxide

April 9, 2001 628 Views 0 comment Print

in the matter of import of Zinc Oxide, falling under heading No. 28.17 or sub-heading No. 3812.30 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from the People’s Republic of China, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 7th March, 2001.

Reg. Anti-dumping Duty on import of all forms and grades of High Styrene Butadiene Copolymer

April 9, 2001 697 Views 0 comment Print

the injury has been caused to the domestic industry by dumping of the subject goods originating in, or exported from, the subject country/ territory; and has considered it necessary to impose anti-dumping duty, provisionally, pending final determination, on all imports of the subject goods, originating in or exported from Poland and the European Union

Notification No. 38/2001-Customs, Dated: 09.04.2001

April 9, 2001 400 Views 0 comment Print

In the matter of import of Analgin, falling under Chapter 29 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 7th March, 2001 has come to the conclusion.

Inland container depots for loading & unloading of goods- Notification No. 15/2001-Cus. (N.T.)

April 9, 2001 406 Views 0 comment Print

The principal Notification No.12/97-Customs(N.T.), dated the 2nd April,1997 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part-II, section 3, sub-section(i), vide G.S.R.193(E) dated the 2nd April,1997 and subsequently amended by Notification No.7/98-Customs(N.T.), dated the 4th February,1998, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part-II, section 3, sub-section(i), vide G.S.R.67(E) dated the 4th February,1998.

Reg. excise duties for the time being leviable on like alcoholic liquors produced or manufactured in different states

March 31, 2001 388 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by proviso to sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975(51 of 1975) which has been inserted by sub-clause (a) of clause 110 of the Finance Bill, 2001, which clause has, by virtue of the declaration made in the said Finance Bill under the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1931 (16 of 1931), the force of law, the Central Government, having regard to the excise duties for the time being leviable on like alcoholic liquors produced or manufactured in different states, or the excise duties which would be leviable for the time being in different states on the class or description of alcoholic liquor.

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