Exchange rate notification sets official foreign currency conversion rates for import valuation and stamp duty application.
Prescribes official conversion rates for specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees for calculating stamp duty under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 and for Customs valuation of imported goods under Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, superseding the earlier notification; rates in Schedule I (per unit) and Schedule II (per 100 units) apply from the stated commencement date and are to be used by customs and stamp authorities for import valuation and stamp duty assessment.

Safeguard duty on Gamma Ferric Oxide imposed with phased ad valorem rates and limited duration, subject to licence exemptions.
Imposition of Safeguard duty on Gamma Ferric Oxide imports is prescribed in phased ad valorem rates for a limited period to remedy injury to domestic producers, with exemptions for specified Advance Licence imports subject to restricted use and for imports from countries notified as developing, and contingent on the Director General (Safeguards) final findings under the Customs Tariff safeguard rules.

Appointment of Customs Port: Ennore authorised for unloading imported goods and loading export goods under amended notification.
Amendment modifies Notification No. 62/94-Customs (NT) to substitute the Ennore entry, expressly authorising the port for unloading of imported goods and loading of export goods, or any class of such goods, thereby clarifying the operational scope of the Ennore customs port under the Customs Act powers.

Rescission of anti-dumping duty after finding imports caused no injury, duty on specified chemical revoked.
The designated authority found that imports of 8-Hydroxy Quinoline from the subject country did not cause injury or material injury to the domestic industry and that cessation of the anti-dumping duty would not likely cause continuation or recurrence of injury; accordingly, the Central Government rescinds the earlier notification imposing anti-dumping duty, without affecting actions taken prior to rescission.

Rescission of anti-dumping notification under Customs Tariff Act withdraws prior exemption while preserving past actions.
The Central Government, invoking section 9A(1) of the Customs Tariff Act and Rules 18 and 20 of the anti dumping Rules, rescinds the earlier customs notification that had operated as a miscellaneous exemption, with the rescission not affecting things done or omitted before the rescission.

Anti-dumping duty imposed on Theophylline and Caffeine from China, maintaining trade remedy to prevent material injury.
The Central Government, acting under the Customs Tariff Act and anti dumping rules, imposes anti dumping duties on Theophylline and Caffeine originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China, following findings of dumped exports and material injury to the domestic industry. The notification fixes duty rates in US dollars per kilogramme (Theophylline 5.71; Caffeine 6.86) and provides that the applicable rate of exchange for converting these amounts shall be the rate published by the Ministry of Finance, with the relevant date being the bill of entry presentation date.

Customs exemption for nuclear power project imports subject to Department of Atomic Energy certification and specified state regulatory conditions.
A new customs exemption (entry 338A) covers goods for setting up nuclear power projects listed in List 34 with capacity of 440 MW or more, certified by a Department of Atomic Energy officer not below Joint Secretary. Condition 80A requires certification, that the power purchasing State has a tariff fixing Regulatory Commission, undertakes privatization of large city distribution as directed by the Ministry of Power, and provides recourse to Central Plan allocations for outstanding power payments; CPSU imports require CMD certification of quantity, value, description and specifications. List 34 names the qualifying projects.

Anti-dumping duty withdrawal on Bisphenol-A follows final finding of no causal link to domestic industry injury.
Withdrawal of the provisional anti-dumping duty on Bisphenol-A is directed because the designated authority's final finding, while confirming dumping and injury, did not establish a causal link between the dumped imports from the European Union and Taiwan and the injury suffered by the domestic industry; the Central Government, relying on those final findings and the statutory anti-dumping rules, withdraws the levy of the provisional anti-dumping duty on Bisphenol-A.