Customs exemption validity is extended by replacing the prior terminal date while leaving substantive conditions unchanged.
Validity under Notification No. 30/2026-Customs is extended by replacing the terminal date of 31 October 2026 with 31 December 2026. Made under the customs-exemption power in section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, the amendment is confined to paragraph 2 and operates on public-interest grounds. No revised exemption conditions or procedural requirements are specified.

Common customs adjudication centralises determination of multiple show cause notices concerning one noticee before a designated officer.
Under the Customs Act, 1962, the Principal Commissioner/Commissioner of Customs (Nhava Seva-I), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Mumbai Zone-II is appointed as the Common Adjudicating Authority for Amway India Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. The authority is authorised to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the listed original adjudicating officers for adjudication of seven specified show cause notices issued by customs formations at Delhi, Nhava Sheva, Mumbai and Chennai.

Preferential customs treatment for qualifying originating imports applies through scheduled duty, cess, and tariff quota concessions.
Preferential tariff concessions apply to specified goods imported from New Zealand, subject to tariff classification, product description and proof of origin. Listed entries receive exemption from basic customs duty, AIDC and, where applicable, Health Cess to the extent those levies exceed the prescribed rates. Separate treatment applies to value-linked goods, Ma nuka honey and kiwi fruit, and annual tariff rate quotas for Ma nuka honey and albumins. Tariff quota imports require electronic authorisation, transmission to the Indian Customs EDI System and electronic quota debit. Ma nuka honey additionally requires prescribed product certification.

Tariff value revision for edible oils, metals and areca nuts establishes revised customs valuation from the stated effective date.
Tariff values are revised for edible oils, brass scrap, gold, silver and areca nuts under section 14(2) of the Customs Act, 1962. Edible-oil and brass-scrap values are fixed per metric tonne, while gold and silver values apply per 10 grams and per kilogram respectively for specified forms and concessional categories, subject to stated product and import-mode exclusions. Areca nuts receive a tariff value per metric tonne. The revised values take effect on 16 October 2026.

All Industry Duty Drawback rates for specified tariff items are revised through substitutions in the applicable schedule.
All Industry Rates of Duty Drawback for specified Chapter 71 tariff items are revised by substituting figures in column (4) of the applicable Schedule. Tariff item 711301 is changed from 1851.99 to 1794.11, while tariff items 711302 and 711401 are each changed from 29501.09 to 26859.02. The amendments are made under the Customs Act, Central Excise Act, and Customs and Central Excise Duties Drawback Rules.

Common adjudicating authority appointment centralises adjudication of specified customs show-cause notices under the Customs Act.
Commissioner of Customs (Adjudication), Mumbai is appointed as the Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Customs, NS-I Commissionerate, Mumbai Customs Zone-II, for adjudicating and disposing of specified customs show-cause notices. The appointment covers identified importers and exporters, with notice particulars and applicable order-in-original deadlines, including extensions where specified. It takes effect upon publication in the Official Gazette.

Inland container depot designation permits import unloading and export loading at an additional designated customs place.
Customs designation is extended to Mandalgarh, Bhilwara, Rajasthan, as item (xiii) in the Rajasthan entry under serial number 10. The location may be used for unloading imported goods and loading export goods, including any class of such goods, under the statutory framework for appointing customs places within inland container depot arrangements.

Rules of origin determine preferential tariff eligibility through product-specific transformation, value content, certification, and verification requirements.
Preferential tariff treatment under the India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement is available only for originating goods that are wholly obtained or satisfy applicable product-specific origin requirements. Origin may be supported through bilateral cumulation, tariff-classification changes, qualifying value content, or prescribed production processes, while minimal operations do not confer origin. Importers must hold a valid Proof of Origin, comprising a Certificate of Origin or authorised Origin Declaration, and retain supporting records. Customs may verify origin through information requests and verification visits, and may deny preference where origin or compliance cannot be established.

Customs port appointment at Dabhol Port expands authorised import, export and unloading operations for power and shipyard activities.
The revised customs port appointment for Dabhol Port covers unloading machinery and equipment for the Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited Power Project, unloading liquefied natural gas and naptha, and loading imported project machinery and equipment for export. It also permits Square Port Shipyard Private Limited to unload goods for manufacturing and repairing ships, barges, similar vessels and rigs; import them for repair; and export them.

Customs tariff valuation revises import values for edible oils, brass scrap, gold and silver, while retaining areca nut valuation.
Customs tariff values under section 14(2) of the Customs Act, 1962 are revised through substitution of Tables 1, 2 and 3 in the tariff-value framework. The revised values apply from 1 October 2026 and cover specified edible oils, brass scrap, gold, silver and areca nuts. Areca nuts retain a tariff value of US$ 11,574 per metric tonne without change.

Common adjudicating authority centralises customs adjudication for two show-cause notices concerning R&M India Pvt. Ltd.
A common adjudicating authority is appointed for R&M India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, to adjudicate identified customs show cause notices. The Principal Commissioner/Commissioner of Customs, Airport and Air Cargo Commissionerate, Bengaluru, is designated to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the specified Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Assistant Commissioner of Customs in relation to those proceedings.

Anti-dumping duty re-quantification establishes producer-specific jute product rates and conditional end-use exemption for Jute Sacking Cloth imports.
Anti-dumping duty on specified Jute Yarn/Twine, Hessian Fabric and Jute Sacking Bags from Bangladesh and Nepal is re-quantified through a producer-, origin-, export-country- and product-specific duty matrix. Individual producer rates require a valid commercial invoice containing a signed producer-origin declaration; otherwise, the all-other-producer rate applies. The duty on Jute Sacking Bags from Bangladesh also applies to Jute Sacking Cloth, subject to named producer exclusions and a conditional end-use exemption for eligible manufacturers complying with prescribed import procedures and undertaking not to convert the cloth into bags.

Common adjudicating authority appointment centralizes adjudication of the specified customs show-cause notice concerning Tirupati Udyog Limited.
A common adjudicating authority is appointed to exercise the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Hyderabad-IV Commissionerate, for adjudicating a specified customs show-cause notice concerning Tirupati Udyog Limited, Kotur. The appointment operates under the Customs Act, 1962, and takes effect upon publication in the Official Gazette.

Common adjudicating authority: designated customs officer will adjudicate show-cause notices concerning Meenakshi Trading Corporation and others.
Common adjudication of specified customs show-cause notices concerning Meenakshi Trading Corporation and others is assigned to the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner of Customs (Import-I), Mumbai Customs Zone-I. The appointed officer may exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Nhava Sheva-V, exclusively for adjudicating the identified matters. The appointment covers two notices issued under the same investigation reference and takes effect upon publication in the Official Gazette.

Customs port authorisation expands designated locations for unloading imported goods and loading export goods at additional ports.
Customs-port designations for the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands are expanded by adding Campbell Bay and Car Nicobar to the prescribed table. Each location is authorised for the unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods, including any class of such goods. The additions supplement existing listed locations and specify import-unloading and export-loading functions for both newly inserted entries.

Basic Customs Duty on crude and refined edible oils is reduced through revised customs tariff exemption entries.
Basic Customs Duty on crude and refined edible oils is revised through substitutions in specified Table I entries. The amended rates reduce two entries from 10% to 5%, two from 32.5% to 27.5%, one from 10% to Nil, and one from 32.5% to 22.5%. The revised rates apply from 24 September 2026.

Countervailing duty on subsidised calcium carbonate filler masterbatch imports addresses material injury through producer-specific rates and invoice conditions.
Definitive countervailing duty applies to Calcium Carbonate Filler Masterbatch originating in or exported from Vietnam following findings of subsidised imports and material injury to the domestic industry. Producer-specific rates apply where a prescribed commercial invoice declaration is furnished; otherwise, the residual rate for all other producers applies. Collection is limited where the combined countervailing and anti-dumping duties would exceed the applicable injury margin. The duty remains effective for five years unless earlier revoked, superseded, or amended.

Anti-dumping duty on Chinese decor paper remains effective until its expiry date, subject to earlier revocation, supersession or amendment.
Anti-dumping duty on "Decor Paper" originating in or exported from China PR shall remain in force up to and including 26 March 2027, unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier. A new overriding paragraph is inserted into the existing anti-dumping duty framework to extend the duty's validity notwithstanding paragraph 2.

Customs tariff valuation for edible oils, metals and areca nuts is revised, with specified gold and silver import conditions retained.
Customs tariff values are revised for specified edible oils, brass scrap, gold and silver through substituted valuation tables. The revised framework covers designated palm oils, palmolein, crude soybean oil and brass scrap, while prescribing values for eligible gold imports, specified gold bars and coins, gold findings, and specified forms of silver. Gold and silver entries remain subject to stated purity, form and import-mode exclusions. Areca nut tariff value remains unchanged. The substituted tariff-value tables take effect from 16 September 2026.

Anti-dumping duty on Calcined Gypsum Powder imports continues for specified exporting countries until the prescribed expiry date.
Anti-dumping duty on imports of Calcined Gypsum Powder originating in or exported from Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates remains in force up to and including 16 March 2027, unless earlier revoked, superseded or amended. The extension operates within the existing anti-dumping duty framework under the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and the Anti-dumping Duty Rules, 1995.