Circular No. 908/28/2009-CX, New Delhi dated the December 23, 2009. Subject: Clarification regarding peripheral activities for Area Based Exemption notification Nos. 49 & 50/2003-CE, both dated 10.06.2003 as amended by notification No. 01/2008-CE dated 18.01.2008.
In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5, read alongwith Section 3(2) of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, also read alongwith paragraph 2.1 of Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, the Central Government hereby further extends the prohibition on import of milk and milk products including chocolates and chocolate products and candies/ confectionary/ food preparations with milk or milk solids as an ingredient, from China, imposed vide Notification No. 67(RE-2008)/2004-2009 dated 1st December, 2008.
In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-2014, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendment in Handbook of Procedure.
Notification No. 185 / 2009-Customs (N.T.) -Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby appoints the Deputy / Assistant Commissioner of Customs (Air Cargo Complex), New Delhi to act as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on,- the Deputy / Assistant Commissioner of Customs (Air Cargo Complex), Kolkata; the Deputy / Assistant Commissioner of Customs (Air Cargo Complex), Mumbai; the Deputy / Assistant Commissioner of Customs (ICD CONCOR), Jaipur; and the Deputy / Assistant Commissioner of Customs, JNCH, Nhava Sheva,
Notification No. 184 / 2008-Customs (N.T.) tral Board of Excise and Customs hereby appoints the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Goa to act as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on:- the Commissioner of Customs, Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, Raigad, Maharashtra, the Commissioner of Customs, Kandla; and the Commissioner of Customs (Export), New Custom House, Ballard Estate, Mumbai,
Notification No. 183 / 2009-Customs (N.T.) In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 and sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby appoints the Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container depot, Tughlakabad, New Delhi to act as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on,-
Based on feedback received from Exchanges, it has been decided to allow Exchanges to set any period of time during the delivery month as the delivery period for the deliverable grade securities.
In the context of refund of service tax paid on foreign agency commission, Notification 18/2009 dated 07/07/2009 (in the table, sl.no.2 , condition no. 2) says “exemption shall be limited to one percent of the free on board value of export goods for which the said service has been used”. This means that amount of service tax paid, which can be refunded to the exporter, is restricted to one percent of the FOB value of export goods in relation to which the taxable service of the foreign agent was used.
CIRCULAR NO 119/13/2009-ST- Customs House Agent’s (CHA) Services are taxable since 15th June 1997. As per the definition (section 65 (105) (h) of the Finance Act, 1994) the ‘taxable service’ means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by a custom house agent in relation to the entry or departure of conveyance or the import or the export of goods and the term ‘service provider’ shall be construed accordingly.
Whereas in the matter of import of Sodium Nitrite (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under sub- heading 2834 1010 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the subject country or China PR), the designated authority in its preliminary findings vide notification No. 39/1/99-DGAD dated the 6th April, 2000, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 6th April, 2000 had come to the conclusion that
