Anti-dumping duty extension keeps measures on barium carbonate imports from specified origin in force until further amendment or revocation.
The Central Government, acting under powers in the Customs Tariff Act and anti-dumping rules after initiation of a continuation review, amends the principal notification imposing anti-dumping duty on barium carbonate from the specified origin by inserting a paragraph stating that the anti-dumping duty shall remain in force up to and inclusive of the newly specified terminal date, unless revoked, superseded or earlier amended.

Anti-dumping duty on Normal Butanol imports continues for five years amid findings of continued dumping and injury risk.
Anti-dumping duty was continued on imports of Normal Butanol or N-Butyl alcohol under tariff item 29051300 from the European Union, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and the United States of America after a review found continued dumping, likelihood of injury, and the likelihood of continuation and recurrence of dumping and injury. The notification imposes varying duty rates by origin, export country and producer, and provides that the duty will remain effective for five years from publication, subject to earlier revocation, supersession or amendment.

Customs notification amendment revises adjudicating authority reference and substitutes port designation affecting procedural assignment under customs framework.
Amendment substitutes the reference string and the port name in the Table entry for serial number six of Notification No. 10/2018-Customs (N.T./CAA/DRI), replacing the existing document reference with an updated reference that includes a corrigendum and changing the port designation correspondingly, thereby modifying the specified port assignment for that entry under the notification.

Reference substitution under Finance Act clarifies replacement of draft bill clause with enacted section in customs exemption notifications.
Amendment updates statutory references in multiple customs miscellaneous exemption notifications by substituting references to the draft clause of the Finance Bill with the corresponding enacted section of the Finance Act, aligning the listed notifications with the final statutory text; where prior notifications referred to the provisional force of the Finance Bill under the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, those textual references are likewise replaced.

Verification of identity requires document, Aadhaar and PAN checks with potential suspension of customs benefits pending compliance.
These Regulations require selected importers, exporters and customs brokers to submit incorporation and identity documents, authorised signatory proof, PAN, GSTIN and financial evidence on the Common Portal and to undergo Aadhaar authentication and PAN verification. Proper officers must conduct physical verification of the principal place of business and assess financial standing, prepare verification reports on the Customs Automated System within prescribed time limits, and the Commissioner must determine and notify the verification outcome. Non-compliance can result in suspension or denial of customs benefits, restoration upon compliance, appeal to the Tribunal, and a penalty up to fifty thousand rupees.

Anti-dumping duty imposed on flexible slabstock polyol, varying by producer and origin to address injurious dumped imports.
Imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on Flexible Slabstock Polyol (molecular weight 3000-4000) imported from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, based on findings of dumping, material injury to domestic industry, and causation. The notification prescribes producer- and origin-specific duty rates in foreign currency per metric unit, directs use of government exchange-rate notifications with the bill of entry date as the relevant date, and levies the duty for a five-year statutory period subject to earlier revocation, with a specified terminal date provided by amendment.

Regulatory date extension: correction substitutes the operative period to run till 15th April, 2021 in the customs regulation.
Corrigendum corrects the wording of regulation 15, sub regulation (2) by substituting the earlier words with the words "till 15th April, 2021", thereby amending the operative period specified in the original notification.

Customs exchange rates updated for specified foreign currencies, determining conversion rates for import and export effective from early April.
Determines official exchange rates for specified foreign currencies for customs valuation and conversion purposes, effective 2 April 2021, superseding the earlier notification; Schedule I lists per-unit rupee conversion rates for various currencies with separate import and export rates, and Schedule II lists rupee conversion rates for 100 units of specified currencies for import and export use.

Sea cargo manifest compliance period extended under regulation 15, with corrigendum clarifying the correct prior date reference.
Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment compliance under regulation 15(2) is amended by extending the specified period from 31 March 2021 to 15 April 2021. The amendment took effect upon publication in the Official Gazette on 31 March 2021. A corrigendum clarified the correct prior date reference for this extension.

Rules of origin determine preferential tariff eligibility under India-Mauritius CECPA; proof, verification and penalties govern claims.
These Rules define origin criteria for preferential tariff treatment under the India-Mauritius CECPA: a product is originating if wholly obtained in a Party or if it satisfies Product Specific Rules (CTC, value addition tests, or other PSR conditions) with final manufacture in the exporting Party. They set de minimis provisions, list minimal operations that do not confer origin, permit bilateral cumulation, and regulate proof of origin (approved exporter self certification or Certificates of Origin), documentation retention, verification procedures including on site visits, and measures for denial, suspension and penalties under national laws.

Tariff value fixation establishes declared customs values for edible oils, brass scrap, areca nut, and specified gold and silver imports.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs, under section 14(2) of the Customs Act, 1962, substitutes TABLE-1, TABLE-2 and TABLE-3 of Notification No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.) to fix declared tariff values for specified imports. The revised tables specify tariff values in US dollars for edible oils (various palm and soybean oil categories), brass scrap (all grades), areca nut, and specified forms of gold and silver, with explanatory notes clarifying included and excluded forms.

Customs duty concessions under the India-Mauritius CECPA extend to specified goods, tariff quotas and origin-based import conditions.
Customs duty exemption and tariff concession framework is prescribed for goods imported into India from Mauritius under the India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement. The notification exempts specified goods listed in Table 1 from customs duty to the extent of the rates stated, grants partial tariff concessions for goods in Table 2 as a percentage of the applied rate of duty, and allows duty-free import of goods covered by Table 3 up to an annual tariff rate quota of 7.5 million pieces, subject to annexed conditions. Table 4 provides separate tariff rate quota quantities, in-quota tariff rates and in-quota AIDC rates for specified goods.

Tariff amendment: revised customs duty treatment for petroleum crude and related goods under substituted notification entries.
Amendment substitutes entries in the Table of Notification No. 52/2017 Customs to provide a specific tariff heading for petroleum crude with a nominal duty per tonne and a separate entry for other goods under the related heading with nil duty, thereby modifying the exemption and levy positions under the principal notification.

Exemption from Integrated Tax and Compensation Cess extended for goods imported under AA/EPCG authorizations, notifications amended.
Extension of the exemption from Integrated Tax and Compensation Cess for goods imported under AA/EPCG authorizations by substituting the earlier cut off date with a later cut off date in the opening paragraph provisos and specified conditions of notifications 16/2015, 18/2015, 20/2015, 22/2015 and 45/2016, thereby continuing the exemption under the stated authorization schemes.

Health cess exemption for specified x ray machine parts continued by amended customs notification, adding tariff entries and maintaining exemption.
Amendment continues the health cess exemption for specified x ray machine parts by inserting ", 564A, 564B, 564C," after "564" in column (2) against Sl. No. 3 of the TABLE in Notification No. 08/2020 Customs, with effect from the first day of April.

Customs duty changes raise BCD and create conditional exclusions for vehicle parts and X ray machine components.
Amendments to Notification No.50/2017 modify tariff entries by substituting descriptions to exclude goods suitable for specified motor vehicle categories, substituting tariff codes, omitting and inserting serial entries, and setting revised Basic Customs Duty rates for targeted items including battery chargers for use in manufacture of electrically operated or hybrid vehicles and specified components used in manufacture of X ray machines.

Anti-dumping duty extension on melamine maintains import restrictions following the designated authority's review request.
The Central Government has amended the principal notification imposing Anti-Dumping duty on melamine from China PR by substituting the earlier terminal date in paragraph 3 with a new terminal date, thereby extending the period during which the duty continues. The amendment follows a review initiation and successive requests from the designated authority for extension under the Customs Tariff statutory framework and implements the continuation mechanism while the review process proceeds.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment centralises customs adjudication powers for specified show cause notices and noticees.
The Principal Director General, Revenue Intelligence appoints the officers specified in the Table as a Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the originally named adjudicating officers for the listed noticees and corresponding show cause notices, thereby centralising adjudication responsibility for those matters as specified in the Table.

Customs duty exemption: substituted tariff Table mostly sets zero duty for listed goods, with specified carve-outs and limited non-zero entries.
Substitutes the tariff exemption Table in Notification No. 69/2011-Customs to prescribe concessional customs duty treatment for specified tariff items, predominantly showing a zero percent customs duty for the enumerated goods while retaining specified carve-outs and limited non-zero duty entries; enacted under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 and effective from 1 April 2021.

Extension of exemption notification effective date to 1st April 2022, amending proviso under section 25.
An amendment substitutes the opening paragraph's proviso in the principal customs exemption notification by replacing the previously specified effective date with a date one year later, effected under the Central Government's powers in sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, thereby deferring the cutoff date for the existing exemption regime without changing substantive eligibility or conditions.