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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 4485 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 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


Customs Valuation Rule 10A – Rejection of Declared Value

March 9, 1998 3235 Views 0 comment Print

A new rule, Rule 10A has been added to the existing Customs Valuation Rules, 1988 to give effect to the decision taken by the Ministers of the Countries which the signatories to GATT, 1994, (copy enclosed). The rule 10A reads as follows

Circular No. 12/98-Custom Duty Dated 5/3/1998

March 5, 1998 1333 Views 0 comment Print

Section 61 of the Customs Act, 1962 lays down the period for which the imported goods can be warehoused. The first proviso to this Section provides that the period of warehousing prescribed, on sufficient cause being shown, can be extended for period not exceeding 6 months by Commissioner of Customs. Further extension in the period can be granted by the Chief Commissioner of Customs

Customs Notification/ Circular etc. to contain – Running Serial Numbers

February 23, 1998 841 Views 0 comment Print

It has been brought to the notice of the Board that many a times the instructions/ clarification issued by the Board are not received by the field formations. A number of complaints have also been received in this regard

Assessing Officers to Sign in Full with Rubber Stamp

February 11, 1998 979 Views 0 comment Print

It has come to notice of the Board that the assessing officers do not put their full signatures on the shipping bills. They merely put their initials on the shipping bills with a rubber stamp inducting the name of the office and in some cases, just an initial. It makes easier to forge such signatures. In the latter cases, there is no way of knowing at a future data the name of officer who had put the

Disposal of unclaimed/uncleared cargo-Procedure Announced

February 11, 1998 6244 Views 2 comments Print

I am directed to refer to board’s letter F.No.446/44/92-Cus. IV dated the 20th Sept., 1997 on the above subject. The said procedure was applicable for goods landed upto 31st March, 1997 and lying unclaimed/ uncleared in the air cargo complexes

Exhibits Re-import from Abroad – Only One Examination for Customs Clearance

February 11, 1998 826 Views 0 comment Print

References have been received from India Trade Promotion Organization, which organises export of Indian goods for exhibitions abroad and their subsequent re-import into the country, that during re-import a considerable time is taken at the Ports for examination of such goods

Ship Stores/Ship Spares Clearance from Bonded Warehouse and Despatch to Shipping Corpn. -Strict Escort Instructions

February 11, 1998 1771 Views 0 comment Print

It has come to the notice of the Board that many parties had fraudulently cleared imported cargo from Bonded warehouses under Sec. 90 of the Customs Act, 1962 duty free for delivery to Naval Ships. Similar clearances were also noticed duty free under Notfn. No. 211/ 83 for use as ship spares. The modus-operandi in both cases were to clear the goods from the bonds and divert them to the local

Duty Exemption to Software for Data Processing Machines Only – software for Telecom, Medical, etc. Applications Not Eligible

February 10, 1998 865 Views 0 comment Print

I am directed to state that references have been received from the assessees and the field formations regarding the scope of “Computer software” for the purposes of exemption under S.No. 173 of notification No. 11/97-Cus. dated 1.3.97. References have also been received from the field formations whether the benefit of exemption is applicable to software used in telecom equipment or

This notification levies anti dumping duty on specified Catalyst imported from Denmark

February 2, 1998 502 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by suD-section (1) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act/1975 (51 of 1975), read with rule 18 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, the Central Government, on the basis of the final findings of the designated authority, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part 1, Section 1, dated the 5th January, 1998.

Duty free import of goods be accredited journalists

January 23, 1998 592 Views 0 comment Print

It has been represented to the Board that the goods imported by the accredited journalists through Post are being denied exemption under Sl. No. 200 of the notification No. 11/97 dated 1.3.97 even if they had satisfied the conditions stipulated thereunder on the ground that an accredited journalist could import the goods only while returning from abroad as a personal baggage

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