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Custom Duty : CAAR held that exported resultant goods qualify for proportionate duty remission under the MOOWR framework despite domestic sale o...
Custom Duty : CAAR ruled complete filtration assemblies with integrated components are classifiable as parts of filtering machinery under CTH 84...
Custom Duty : CBIC has introduced a uniform Deficiency Memo format for Section 74 drawback claims, standardizing document requirements and claim...
Custom Duty : CBIC has directed provisional assessment of imports of Glufosinate and its salt from China pending the anti-absorption review. Imp...
Custom Duty : CBIC has directed provisional assessment of Insoluble Sulphur imports from China while the anti-absorption review remains pending....
Custom Duty : CBIC has clarified that drawback under Section 74 and refund under Section 27 cannot be paid in cash where import duty was dischar...
Custom Duty : CBIC notifies India-UK trade agreement origin rules from 15 July 2026, prescribing origin criteria, QVC tests and preferential tar...
The Board has reconsidered the matter and it has been decided that the powers of Appraisers to sanction drawback under section 75 of the Customs Act, 1962 in the Major Custom Houses in Bombay, Calcutta, Madras and Delhi shall be enhanced to Rupees One Lakh.
The Public Accounts Committee in their 91st Report on paragraph 1.22(i) relating to fraudulent drawback on Zinc Oxide have expressed unhappiness over delay in issuance of instruction for taking remedial/ corrective action. In that case two consignments declared to be Zinc Oxide were exported under claim for Drawback through Customs House, Delhi in 1989. No sample was drawn for
I am directed to say that the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce has brought to the notice this Ministry that some of the customs authorities particularly at Calcutta, Madras and Imphal are permitting import of Arecanut assuming it to be falling under the category of dry fruits
I am directed to say that the Board has examined the matter of sealing of containerised cargo with a view to determine the appropriate sealing mechanism which will ensure security of the cargo and the same time prevent the possibility of its tampering
I am directed to say that in the context of a reference from the Department of Economic Affairs the Board has examined the customs duty exemptions available to the United Nations and its agencies in terms of the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947
I am directed to say that notification No. 114/95-Cus. Dated 8.6.1995 has been issued with a view to harmonise the respective customs customs exemptions notification for 100% EOU units and for similar units located in the Export Processing Zones (EPZs)
It may also be noted that as regards the movement of cargo from and to the ICDs and CFSs, the policy of the Department has so far been to prefer such movement by the medium of rail transport wherever such link in provided
The undersigned is directed to say that some instances have come to the notice of the Board where proposals were sent to the Board for filing SLP with stay application against the judgement/ order of the High Court directing release of goods / refund of duty or
A reference has been received from some of the Commissioners of Customs pointing out that the procedure laid down in Para 2.4 of Ministry’s Customs House is to accept the Bond/ Bank Guarantee which is to be executed by the importer for goods imported under the Exemption Notification Nos. 79/95 and 80/95 dated 31.3.95. Different Custom Houses are reported to be following different
The undersigned is directed to refer to Ministry’s letter of even number dated 31st August, 1994, on the above subject, and to say that the Department of Economic Affairs have now informed that they have re-examined the matter in consultation with the Reserve Bank
