Integrated tax and compensation cess substitution clarifies tax treatment for temporary vehicle imports going forward.
Amends notification No. 296/76 by adding the Customs Tariff Act as a statutory authority and substituting the phrase "additional duty" with "integrated tax and goods and services compensation cess" to align exemption provisions for temporary importation of private road vehicles with current tax terminology; the amendment is effective from 1 January 2019 and is noted as having retrospective effect by later finance legislation.

Concessional customs duty rate under IJCEPA for specified motor vehicle gearbox imports deepened, effective for future imports.
Substitutes the previously notified concessional basic customs duty rate for gear boxes and parts of specified motor vehicles under the India-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement by amending the tariff table entry in Notification No.69/2011-Customs, thereby applying a deeper concessional rate to such imports under the agreement, effective from the commencement date specified in the amending notification.

Tariff concessions under IMCECA increased for specified Malaysian imports, applying deeper preferential customs rates under amended notification.
Amendment revises concessional tariff entries in the Table of notification No. 53/2011 Customs by substituting new column (4) values for Sl. Nos. 84, 85, 87, 129, 130, 134, 135 and 136 to provide deeper tariff concessions for specified imports from Malaysia under IMCECA. The Central Government exercises statutory power under the Customs Act and declares the amendment effective from 1 January 2019 as a further amendment to the principal notification.

Deeper tariff concessions for Korea CEPA imports increase preferential duty rates for listed goods under amended notification.
Amends Notification No.152/2009-Customs to substitute entries in column (4) of its Table for numerous listed serial numbers, thereby granting deeper tariff concessions for specified goods imported from Korea RP under the India-Korea CEPA; the Central Government exercises Customs Act powers and declares the substitutions effective from 1st January, 2019.

Tariff concessions expanded under India ASEAN Free Trade Agreement by substituting the concessional tariff schedule, effective implementation date set.
Amendment to Notification No.46/2011 Customs substitutes the tariff Table to provide deeper concessional import tariff rates for specified goods originating from ASEAN under the India ASEAN Free Trade Agreement. The Central Government, invoking its power under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, replaces the existing schedule with a revised Table setting out HS classifications, descriptive qualifiers and the applicable concessional tariff rates; the notification takes effect from 1 January 2019.

Notification of Foreign Post Offices expands list to include additional state foreign post offices under the customs notification.
The Central Board has amended Notification No. 31/2017-Customs (N.T.) by inserting additional table entries to list Foreign Post Offices in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Goa, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha and Puducherry, thereby extending the original notification's coverage to include those post offices.

Fixation of tariff values: updated commodity-specific import values announced for edible oils, metals, and agricultural commodities.
The notification substitutes TABLE-1, TABLE-2 and TABLE-3 of the principal tariff-value notification, replacing prior entries with updated commodity-specific tariff values for edible oils (various palm and soybean oil grades), brass scrap, poppy seeds, areca nut, and specified gold and silver imports where benefit entries are availed.

Customs notification amendment: Unloading of imported coal permitted to M/s Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited under revised entry.
The notification amends the principal customs notification by substituting, against serial number 8 for Maharashtra item (8) in column (4), the entry authorising Unloading of imported coal by M/s Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited, effected under powers conferred by the Customs Act.

Amendment to Customs notifications reallocates designated adjudicatory and administrative entries, altering tableed authorities effective January.
Amendments modify notifications by omitting specified table items and by inserting a new entry adding the Chief Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai Zone-II, the Commissioner of Customs (Audit), Nhava Sheva, with an all-India territorial note; similar omissions are directed in other notifications. The changes reallocate designated administrative and adjudicatory entries and take effect from 1 January 2019.

Exchange rate determination sets specific rupee conversion rates for listed foreign currencies affecting import and export valuation.
Determination of exchange rates for customs purposes under the Customs Act prescribes fixed rupee conversion rates for specified foreign currencies to be used in valuing imported and exported goods. The notification supersedes the prior exchange rate notification and provides separate import and export rates in Schedule I (per unit) and Schedule II (per 100 units), effective from the stated implementation date for customs assessments and proceedings except for prior actions.

Customs exemption extension: temporal scope for NTRO import exemptions relating to BCD and IGST is extended.
The amendment substitutes later expiry figures in column (3) of the Table in Notification No. 37/2017 Customs for serial numbers 6 and 7, extending the period during which the listed exemptions for imports by NTRO remain operative; no other provisions of the principal notification are changed.

Customs duty postponement extends implementation date for increased tariffs on specified imports from the USA.
The amendment substitutes the date in the third proviso of Notification No.50/2017 Customs, replacing the earlier operative date with a later date to defer the implementation of increased customs duty on specified imports originating in the United States; the change is effected under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 and section 3(12) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 on public interest grounds.

Fixation of tariff values updated for specified imports, prescribing revised values for customs assessment and import valuation.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs amends the principal tariff value notification to substitute three tables establishing revised tariff values to be applied for customs assessment of specified imports, including edible oils, brass scrap, poppy seeds, areca nuts, and unit values for gold and silver when certain notification benefits are availed.

Anti-dumping duty on Zeolite grade A imports from China PR to offset dumping and protect domestic industry.
Definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on Zeolite 4A (detergent grade) imports from China PR based on findings of positive dumping margins and material injury; specific duty rates are prescribed by producer and exporter in the schedule, duties are effective for five years from publication unless earlier revoked or superseded, payable in Indian currency, and the applicable exchange rate for conversion is the rate notified under section 14 of the Customs Act with the bill-of-entry date as the relevant date.

Port designation: Port Meadow authorised for unloading of imports and loading of exports under customs powers.
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs inserts Port Meadow in the TABLE for the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in Notification No.62/1994 Customs (N.T.), authorising Port Meadow for the unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods or any class of such goods under the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub section (1) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962.

Exchange rate determination under Customs Act sets notified conversion rates for imports and exports effective 7 December.
Determination of exchange rates under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, effective 7 December 2018, prescribing distinct notified conversion rates for imported and exported goods in Schedule I (per unit for listed currencies) and Schedule II (rate per 100 units for Japanese Yen), superseding the earlier CBIC notification and applying prospectively except for prior actions.

Revised all-industry duty drawback rates and caps published for exports, subject to classification, exclusions and procedural compliance.
The Central Government determines revised all-industry rates of duty drawback in the annexed Schedule, aligning tariff items at four-digit level with the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975; rates (column 4) and maximum caps (column 5) apply subject to definitions, classification rules, specified exclusions (warehouses, export-authorisation schemes, EOUs, FTZs/EPZs/SEZs), procedural compliance under the Drawback Rules, 2017, composite-article self-declarations with verification, and claim-filing mechanics; provisional drawback under rule 7(3) is set equivalent to the Schedule rate and cap. Effective 19 December 2018.

Customs exemption amendment updates GST registration, wastage rules for jewellery, re import conditions, and adds specified machinery list.
Amendment updates Notification No. 52/2003-Customs to reflect GST registration in place of Central Excise Rules, revises cross references to contemporary customs notifications and the Foreign Trade Policy, removes Central Excise designations, modifies duty payment language to reflect exemption viability, prescribes allowable wastage for jewellery manufacture per the Handbook of Procedures, restates re importation time limits for repair/reconditioning with a one year re export requirement, adds Annexure VII enumerating specified machinery and apparatus, and includes integrated tax and compensation cess among leviable duties where applicable.

Anti-dumping duty on uncoated copier paper imports imposes margins based on landed value differences to regulate trade.
Imposes a definitive anti-dumping duty on uncoated copier paper (heading 4802) from Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore, calculated as the difference between the landed value and specified reference amounts in the notification table. Duty applies to specified origins, exports, producers and exporters, is payable in Indian currency, and is effective for three years unless earlier amended, with a specified extension for certain entries. "Landed value" is the assessable value under the Customs Act excluding certain duties, and exchange rates are those notified with the bill of entry date as the relevant date.

Tariff value fixation updates benchmark import values for edible oils, metals, and agricultural commodities under customs rules.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs, under section 14(2) of the Customs Act, substitutes TABLE-1, TABLE-2 and TABLE-3 of the principal notification to prescribe specific tariff values in US dollars for listed imported goods, including edible oils, crude soybean oil, brass scrap, poppy seeds, areca nuts, and per-unit values for gold and silver when certain notification benefits are availed, thereby updating the benchmark tariff values used for customs valuation and import administration.