Customs corrigendum updates tariff exemption entries and expands eligible made-ups to include cotton made ups under notification corrections.
Corrigendum to Notification No. 12/2012 Customs corrects Table entries and an Annexure condition: S. No. 386, column (5) replaces "Nil" with "-"; S. No. 413, column (6) replaces "52 or 53 or 55, and 62" with "52 or 53 or 54, and 62." In Annexure, Condition No. 28(a) the wording "handloom made ups or polyester made ups" is amended to "handloom made ups or cotton made ups or polyester made ups," thereby including cotton made ups within the specified exemption condition.

Anti-dumping duty extension on Vitamin A Palmitate continued under statutory review, renewing import restrictions for specified origins.
An amendment extends the anti-dumping duty on Vitamin A Palmitate originating in or exported from China PR and Switzerland by one year. The amendment, made pursuant to the statutory continuation and review provisions and the implementing rules, adds that the original notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of 27th March, 2013, unless revoked earlier.

Corrigendum to customs notification corrects identification of addressees in two show cause notices, altering one respondent.
The Board amends Order F.No.437/138/2009 Cus.IV to correct the recital identifying parties to two show cause notices: the notice dated 30.01.2009 is in respect of M/s Fasttrac Impex Pvt. Ltd. and others, and the notice dated 29.04.2009 is in respect of M/s Satyam Overseas, thereby distinguishing the addressees of the two notices.

Corrigendum to customs notification corrects the departmental reference to include an earlier file entry and its corrigendum.
Correction to a customs notification expands the cited departmental reference so that the original words and figures are read as including both the initial departmental file entry and the later corrigendum, amending the Gazette citation for accuracy without altering the notification's substantive provisions.

Inland Container Depot designation expands to include Kannur, permitting unloading of imports and loading of exports.
Amends Notification No.12/97-Customs (N.T.) by inserting item (iv) Kannur in the Kerala table to authorize the unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods at that location under the powers conferred by the Customs Act.

Custodianship obligations require bonded insurance, EDI connectivity and liability for pilferage, with strict outsourcing limits and performance ties.
Appointment of M/s. Central Warehousing Corporation as custodian at the Container Freight Station is made under Section 45(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, with obligations to comply with Section 45(3) and Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009. The custodian must insure goods, execute bonds and bank guarantees for duty and export transhipments, bear liability for loss or pilferage and pay duty on lost goods, provide specified infrastructure and EDI connectivity, maintain records and demarcated storage, ensure safe transit and verify transporters, restrict outsourcing to limited non-core tasks, and submit compliance reports while remaining subject to termination and performance-linked cost recovery conditions.

Prohibition on transboundary movement of hazardous waste: imports and exports barred unless authorized under implementing environmental regulations.
The notification invokes customs regulatory power to prohibit import into India and export out of India of hazardous wastes specified in Scheduled VI to the Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008, as a measure to protect human, animal and plant life and health, subject to exceptions provided under the Environment (Protection) Act and its rules, and suppresses an earlier customs notification while preserving prior actions under it.

Anti-dumping duty extension preserves measures on peroxosulphates imports from specified origins under statutory continuation procedures.
The Central Government, exercising powers under sub sections (1) and (5) of Section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act and rule 23 of the relevant anti dumping rules, amends Notification No. 96/2007 Customs so that the anti dumping duty on imports of Peroxosulphates originating in or exported from China PR and Japan shall remain in force up to and inclusive of the 18th day of March, 2013, unless revoked earlier.

Anti-dumping duty on phosphoric acid imports from Israel and Taiwan to address dumped imports causing material injury.
Definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of phosphoric acid (excluding agriculture/fertiliser grade) from Israel and Taiwan after findings of export below normal value, material injury to domestic industry, and causal link; rates vary by producer, exporter and trade route as set in the notification, duties are payable in Indian currency with exchange rate determined by the notified Customs Act rate, and the levy remains effective for five years from the provisional duty imposition date unless earlier changed.

Rescission of Anti-dumping Duty on phosphoric acid imports from specified origins revokes earlier notification while preserving prior actions.
Rescission of Notification No. 04/2012 Customs (ADD) concerning anti-dumping duty on imports of phosphoric acid (excluding agriculture/fertilizer grade) originating in or exported from Israel and Taiwan, effected under section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act and applicable anti-dumping rules, with the rescission not affecting things done or omitted to be done prior to its operation.

Tariff value fixation updated for specified edible oils, brass scrap, poppy seeds, and precious metals under Customs Act.
Fixation of tariff values under sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 by substituting revised Tables in Notification No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.), specifying US dollar per metric tonne values for listed edible oils, brass scrap and poppy seeds, and prescribing unit tariff values for gold and silver where specified notification concessions are availed, thereby providing operative valuation benchmarks for customs assessment.

Rules of origin updated to add a compression refrigerator freezer origin criterion and permit third country invoicing with certificate details.
The amendment prescribes an origin criterion for specified compression-type combined refrigerator freezers requiring a change at the six digit HS level and a minimum local value added content, and it permits customs to accept certificates of origin when sales invoices are issued by third country entities provided the product meets the rules of origin; exporters must indicate third country invoicing and the issuer's name, address and country on the certificate.

Effective date amendment to customs duty notification extends the implementation date, postponing earlier commencement by government.
The Central Government, acting under sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 12/2012-Customs by substituting the figures and words in the proviso, clause (b), to change the operative commencement date for the prescribed rate of duty on import of goods.

Anti-dumping duty continuation on bias tyres from specified origins extended pending sunset review until further notification.
The Central Government, under sub-sections (1) and (5) of Section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act and rule 23 of the relevant rules, amends the earlier notification to continue anti-dumping duty on new/unused pneumatic non-radial bias tyres, tubes and flaps originating in or exported from China PR and Thailand, by providing that the notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of 07th October, 2012 unless revoked earlier.

Common adjudicating authority assignment: show cause notices transferred for consolidated adjudication under customs adjudicatory powers.
The Board, invoking powers under the Customs Act and Notification No.15/2002 (NT), assigns a list of show cause notices issued by the DRI Zonal Unit, Bangalore concerning M/s. SAP India Systems and various other parties to the Commissioner (Adjudication), New Customs House, for consolidated adjudication; an annexed Table lists each notice with file reference and issuing authority, and administrative copies are circulated to relevant offices.

Tariff amendment updates classification exceptions, increases an item column entry, and corrects cross references in condition provisions.
Corrigendum amends Notification No. 12/2012-Customs by altering Table entries-expanding an exclusion in S. No. 236 and changing the column (6) entry for item (b) in S. No. 516-and by correcting Condition No. 74 cross references, replacing item (ii)/(iii) references with item (b)/(c) respectively.

Customs port appointment: Dabhol Port authorised for specified unloading, loading and shipbuilding export activities.
Revises the Table entry for Dabhol Port in Notification No.62/94-Customs (N.T.) to specify permitted customs operations: unloading of machinery and equipment for Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited power project; unloading of fuel; loading of such imported machinery for export; unloading of goods for manufacture and repairs of cargo ships, barges and similar vessels by M/s. Bharati Shipyard Limited; and export by M/s. Bharati Shipyard Limited of cargo ships, barges and similar vessels.

Prohibition on import of acetate tow and filter rod limited to manufacture of specified products.
Amends Notification No.16/2011-Cus (N.T.) by substituting, against S.No.2 in the Table, the column (4) entry with "Filter cigarettes, bidis or Pharmaceutical products of Chapter 30", thereby restricting import of the specified inputs to use in manufacture of those goods and clarifying the permissible end-uses under the principal notification.

Exchange rate determination for specified foreign currencies governs conversion into Indian rupees for import and export goods.
Central Board of Excise and Customs, under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, prescribes rates of exchange for conversion between specified foreign currencies and Indian rupees for imported and export goods, superseding the earlier notification except for actions already taken. Two schedules are published: Schedule I lists per unit rupee equivalents for major currencies with separate import and export rates, and Schedule II lists the rupee equivalent for one hundred units of Japanese Yen with distinct rates.

Customs duty rate amended to specify a revised effective rate on certain imported goods under existing notification.
The Central Government, invoking section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 12/2012-Customs by substituting in the Table at S. No. 200, column (5), against item (i) the entry "1%", thereby revising the effective rate of duty for that item under the principal miscellaneous exemption notification.