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Custom Duty : Anti-dumping duty protects local manufacturers from unfairly cheap imports that can damage domestic markets. The article explains ...
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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...
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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...
I am directed to invite your attention to Notification No. 30/99- Customs (NT) dated 12.5.99 providing for a graded scale of interest in case the goods warehoused under sub-clause (b) of clause (1) of Section 61 of the Customs Act, 1962 are not removed after the expiry of six months from the date of warehousing
Attention of all concerned is drawn to SS No. 09.021 of the Drawback Table, 1999-2000, wherein drawback @ Rs. 2/- per kg. has been allowed on tea (to the extent of ir digenous proportion). The said rate is incumbent upon the condition of non-availment of Modvat facility
It has been brought to the notice of the Board by the Ministry of Commerce that EOU/EPZ/EHTP/STP units are facing difficulties in sending replacement of goods exported and found defective, damaged or otherwise unfit for use and in getting replacement of goods imported & found defective / damaged or unfit for use
After issued of the said circular, References have been received, both from trade and the Ministry of Commerce, on the issue of furnishing of Bank Guarantee / Cash Deposit. It has been stated that the requirement of cash deposit or Bank Guarantee equal to 50% of the duty liability along with the Bond as security is not conductive to export growth of the Indian diamond industry
It has come to the notice of the Board that capital goods imported & cleared under EPCG Scheme at concessional / zero rate of duty were later on permitted re-export by Customs without recovery of duty on merits. Such re-export was inter-alia allowed on the ground that the imported machinery wa defective/damaged & needed replacement
On perusal of DEPB-cum-Drawback shipping bills, it has been noticed that in certain shipping bills the exporters had made a declaration that they would be claiming drawback against such exports in the main body of that shipping bill, and on the other side they/their agents inadvertently signed the shipping bills with the shipping bill that exporter shall not claim duty drawback in respect
In terms of the proviso to General Note 11 of the Drawback Table, the Exporters of Handicrafts of Brass/Iron under the Duty Drawback Scheme are not required to produce a certificate regarding non-availment of MODVAT facility as Handicrafts are unconditionally exempted from Central Excise duty. However, in gases of export the exporters are required to produce a certificate
Some doubts have been raised by the field formations and certain sections of the Trade as regards the applicability of All Industry Rate of Drawback under S.S. No 62.01 of the Drawback Table to the Woollen Garments not specified in S.S. No. 62.09 ibid
References have been received from the field on the subject issue, seeking clarifications on the scope of Board”s Circular Nos. 6/99-Cus. dated 17.2.99 and 10/99-Cus. dated 10.3.99 vis-a-vis DGFT”s Policy Circular No. 67 (RE-98)/98-99 dated 19.2.99
It has been brought to the notice of Board by the Directorate General of Shipping, Ministry of Surface Transport, Mumbai that foreign flag sips are plying on the Indian Coast without obtaining licences from the D.G.Shipping, Mumbai under Sections 406 / 407 of the Marine Shipping Act, 1958. Attention has been drawn to Section 410 of the said Act, which states that “no Customs Collector
