Proper officer designation under the Customs Act assigning officer ranks to exercise specified statutory customs functions.
The Central Board assigns officer ranks as proper officers under section 2(34) of the Customs Act, 1962, mapping specified statutory powers and duties to Commissioners, Additional/Joint Commissioners, Deputy/Assistant Commissioners, DRI/CEI officers, Superintendents/Appraisers, Intelligence Officers, Inspectors and related senior directors, with section by section delegations and subsequent amendments set out in the notification; the instrument was later superseded by a later notification.

Anti-dumping duty on Partially Oriented Yarn continued; duty prescribed per metric tonne, payable in Indian currency.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty is continued on Partially Oriented Yarn (Heading 5402) originating in, or exported from, the People's Republic of China; the notification fixes the duty amount per metric tonne in US dollars for goods produced and/or exported from the subject country. The duty is levied for five years from publication, payable in Indian currency, with conversion based on the notified rate of exchange determined as of the bill of entry date.

Common Adjudicating Authority assignment of show cause notice to Commissioner of Customs (Export) for adjudication.
Assignment of the show cause notice dated 29 February 2012 issued by the Additional Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit in the case of Ajit Bapu Satam and others to the Commissioner of Customs (Export), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, for the purpose of adjudication under the Customs non tariff notification framework.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment directs adjudication of DRI show cause notice by Port Commissioner for customs proceedings.
The Board assigns a Show Cause Notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in the matter of M/s Agarwal Traders and others to the Commissioner of Customs (Port) as the Common Adjudicating Authority for adjudication, pursuant to the notification issued under the Customs Act, thereby delegating adjudicatory responsibility from the investigative authority to the designated customs adjudicating officer and directing circulation of the order to relevant customs formations.

Fixation of tariff values: Notification substitutes tariff value tables for specified oils, brass scrap, gold and silver imports.
Amendment substitutes TABLE 1 and TABLE 2 of Notification No. 36/2001 Customs (N.T.), fixing tariff values in US dollars for specified imported goods including various palm oil and palmolein categories, crude soybean oil, brass scrap, poppy seeds, and unit values for gold and silver in forms eligible under specified notification entries, to standardize import valuation for customs assessment.

Customs notification amendment: proviso date shifted forward, altering the commencement reference under existing customs powers.
The Central Government amends Notification No.21/2012-Customs by substituting the proviso's date: replacing the first day of May with the first day of June, the change being made under powers conferred by the Customs Act and limited to the temporal provision of the principal notification published on 17th March, 2012.

Tariff schedule amendment: substituted table sets the customs rates applicable to specified imports from Japan.
Amendment of Notification No.69/2011-Customs by substituting its Table with a new comprehensive tariff Table setting out chapters, headings, sub-headings and tariff items and the corresponding rates to be applied to specified goods imported from Japan, issued under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 and published as Notification No.28/2012-Customs.

Exchange rate determination under Customs Act sets new import and export currency conversion rates for notified currencies.
Determination of rate of exchange for specified foreign currencies under section 14 of the Customs Act, superseding the earlier notification and fixing conversion rates effective 1st May, 2012. Schedule I sets per-unit rupee equivalents for listed currencies with separate rates for imported and export goods; Schedule II sets the rupee equivalent for one hundred units of Japanese Yen, likewise for import and export. The notification records later substitutions affecting certain currency entries and preserves prior actions taken under the superseded instrument.

Baggage allowance increase raises duty free value for certain returning passengers by amending Appendix A of the Baggage Rules.
The amendment substitutes a higher monetary limit for the figure specified at item (c) of Appendix A to the Baggage Rules, 1998, increasing the duty free baggage value for passengers returning from countries other than Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar or China; it is made under section 79 of the Customs Act, 1962 as the Baggage (Second Amendment) Rules, 2012, and takes effect on publication in the Official Gazette.

Common adjudicating authority centralises customs adjudication for specified show cause notices against named traders.
A single Common Adjudicating Authority is appointed by the Central Board to centralise and exercise the adjudicatory powers of multiple Joint or Additional Commissioners of Customs at specified ports and customs houses for the sole purpose of adjudicating show cause notices issued to two named traders arising from a revenue intelligence investigation.

Notification amendment: Wardha designated as ICD for unloading imports and loading exports under Customs rules.
Amendment inserts item (xv) in the Table against serial number 9 for Maharashtra in Notification No. 12/97 Customs (N.T.), designating Wardha as an Inland Container Depot authorised for the unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods under the Customs regulatory framework enacted via section 7(1)(aa) of the Customs Act, 1962.

Inland container depot amendment expands permitted unloading and loading operations to include new Kalinganagar location.
Amends Notification No.12/97 Customs (N.T.) by adding an entry for Kalinganagar in the Table for the State of Orissa, renumbering the Balasore entry and specifying that Kalinganagar is authorised for the unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods.

Duty-free re-import tolerances for certified diamonds allow limited size and weight variances under amended notification.
The notification amends the Explanation to the duty-free re-import exemption for cut and polished diamonds by expressly permitting small positive or negative variances in height, circumference and weight for stones certified/graded under the Foreign Trade Policy. It also defines "Foreign Trade Policy" as the policy published by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and its subsequent amendments, and substitutes the prior Explanation in notification No.9/2012-Customs.

Customs duty on electrical energy from SEZ to DTA revised; gold and silver allowances per passenger specified.
Substitutes the Table entry for electrical energy removed from SEZs into the Domestic Tariff Area or non processing areas by categorising removals by project capacity and fuel type and prescribing corresponding duty rates; and replaces clause (b) of para 1 in condition no. 35 of the Annexure to limit gold to one kilogram and silver to ten kilograms per eligible passenger.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to transfer revenue intelligence show cause notices to the Commissioner for customs adjudication.
The Board, invoking powers under Customs (N.T.) notifications and the Act, assigns show cause notices issued by the revenue intelligence wing in respect of M/s M.K. Retail Pvt. Ltd., M/s M.C. Retail Pvt. Ltd. and others to the Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication)-I, New Custom House, New Delhi as the Common Adjudicating Authority for adjudication.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment transfers a revenue intelligence show cause notice to the seaport customs adjudicator for adjudication.
A Show Cause Notice issued by a revenue intelligence unit was assigned to the Commissioner of Customs (Seaport-Export) at the seaport customs house for the purpose of adjudication under the statutory customs notification, with administrative circulation to relevant port and intelligence offices and a subsequent corrigendum correcting the designated recipient office title.

Assignment of Show Cause Notice: DRI-issued notice reassigned to Commissioner of Central Excise for adjudication under Customs delegation.
Under Notifications No. 01/2003-Customs (N.T.) and No. 37/2003-Customs (N.T.) read with section 4(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, the Board assigns Show Cause Notice F.No. 50D/11/2011-CI (Pt.I) dated 24.01.2012 issued by the Additional Director General, DRI, New Delhi in the matter of M/s Chimes Aviation Pvt. Ltd. & Others to the Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication), New Custom House, New Delhi for adjudication.

Tariff value fixation updates notification to set tariff values for edible oils, brass scrap, poppy seeds and bullion.
The Central Board of Excise & Customs amends Notification No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.) by substituting TABLE-1 and TABLE-2 to fix or confirm tariff values for specified imports. TABLE-1 specifies tariff values for edible oils (various palm and soyabean oil items), Brass Scrap (all grades) and Poppy seeds in US dollars per metric tonne; TABLE-2 specifies values for gold and silver where certain notification benefits are availed. The substituted tables are to be used in customs valuation and the amendment is published in the Gazette.

Corrigendum to customs tariff notification updates parts description and corrects cross references in exemption table.
Corrigendum to Customs notification No. 12/2012 amends the exemption table: it replaces the column (3) description for S. No. 405 to clarify wording about parts for manufacture of printers, and corrects the column (3) cross references for S. Nos. 439 and 440 by substituting the cited serial numbers with the correct ones.

Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority assigns a DRI show-cause notice to the Import Customs Commissioner for adjudication.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs assigns the Show Cause Notice issued by the investigative zonal unit against M/s Hari Krishna International to the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Air Cargo Complex, Sahar, Mumbai, as the Common Adjudicating Authority for adjudication under the Customs Act, with copies circulated to the issuing unit, the local customs commissioner's office, and departmental web administration.