Exchange rate determination sets specified foreign currency-to-rupee conversion rates for export goods, effective from March first.
The Central Government determines exchange rates for conversion between specified foreign currencies and the Indian rupee for export goods under the Customs Act, setting fixed conversion rates listed in two appended schedules and making those rates applicable with effect from the stated effective date, and superseding the prior exchange rate notification.

Exchange rate determination: prescribed conversion rates for specified foreign currencies into Indian rupee for customs and stamp duty purposes.
Prescribes the rate of exchange for specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees to be used for calculating stamp duty under the Indian Stamp Act and for determinations under section 14 of the Customs Act relating to imported goods; details conversion rates in two schedules (rates per unit and per one hundred units) and supersedes the earlier notification, making the listed rates operative from the stated effective date.

Amendment to customs notification revises the specified localities list by adding Goa to the existing entries.
The Central Government, invoking the statutory powers cited in the notification, directs that in Explanation (i) of the earlier customs notification the words "and Trivandrum" be substituted with the words "Trivandrum and Goa," thereby revising the list of specified localities in that explanatory clause.

Customs amendment expands covered goods by adding wood based products to an existing notified goods description.
The Central Government, exercising the statutory power under clause (a) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 44/89 Customs (N.T.), dated 20 July 1989, by substituting in item (a) the words "fish and other marine products" with "fish, other marine products and wood based products", thereby adding wood based products to the notification's described goods.

Customs port appointment: Muldwarka designated for loading clinker and cement for export under Customs Act authority.
Appointment of a Customs port at Muldwarka designates that location as an authorized port for the loading of clinker and cement for export under the Customs Act authority, authorizing customs administration and regulatory control for those export loading operations.

Import licence requirement tightened: components must be imported under authorised licences and capital goods redefined.
The notification amends eligibility by requiring components to be imported under a licence or release order issued in terms of the Export and Import Policy. It revises the Explanation by redefining "capital goods" to include specified plant, machinery and equipment for manufacture, testing and primary activities; adds "as amended from time to time" to clause (ii); and redefines "Licensing authority" to include authorities under the Import (Control) Order, the Director General of Foreign Trade, or officers authorised by him.

Customs House Agents licensing: examination pass rules and single firm engagement with mandatory notification requirement.
Clarifies that candidates who pass the written examination but fail the oral test are treated as having failed that chance yet need not reappear in the written paper subsequently. Permits persons qualified in the examination to work for a licensed firm or company in customs clearance but only for one licencee at a time; requires licencees to notify the Assistant Collector of Customs of any changes in qualified persons and bars unauthorised persons from working as duly authorised employees.

Exchange rate determination for export goods sets official conversion rates, superseding prior notification and governing customs valuation.
The central government fixes official exchange rate conversions for specified foreign currencies for customs purposes relating to export goods, superseding a prior notification; rates in Schedule I (per one unit) and Schedule II (per 100 units) are prescribed for use in export-related customs valuation and processing from the stated effective date.

Exchange rate determination for imported goods set for conversion into Indian currency affecting stamp duty and customs calculations.
Notification prescribes the rate of exchange for specified foreign currencies to be used in converting those currencies into Indian rupees for calculating stamp duty under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 and for provisions of the Customs Act, 1962 relating to imported goods, effective 1 February 1994, and superseding the prior notification of 28 December 1993; two schedules list the currencies and corresponding rates per one unit or per one hundred units.

Exchange rate for export goods revised: Malaysian dollar rate substituted under customs notification, effective from the notified date.
Amendment to the customs exchange-rate schedule substitutes serial No. 9 in Schedule I of Notification No. 66/93-Cus. (N.T.) with a revised entry for the Malaysian dollar, thereby updating the exchange rate applied to export goods; the substitution takes effect from the notified effective date under the statutory powers of the Indian Stamp Act and the Customs Act.

Exchange rate determination: Malaysian Dollar prescribed for import valuation, amending prior customs notification and specifying implementation timing.
Amendment prescribes a revised exchange rate entry for the Malaysian Dollar in Schedule-I to Notification No. 65/93-Cus. (N.T.), substituting the prior serial No. 9 entry and declaring the revised rate effective from the specified implementation date, thereby altering customs import valuation for goods denominated in that currency.

Exemption from additional duty where goods imported into export oriented units are wholly exempted from customs duty by notification.
Exemption from additional duty applies to goods under the First Schedule when imported into a hundred per cent. export oriented unit and wholly exempted from customs duty by notification, relieving them from additional duty under section 9A. The exemption does not apply where such goods are cleared as imported into the Domestic Tariff Area, nor where they are used to manufacture finished goods that are subsequently cleared into the Domestic Tariff Area. Definitions of the export oriented unit and Domestic Tariff Area are provided by reference to existing law.

Additional duty on imports of polyvinyl chloride resin imposed after anti dumping finding, with country specific duty rates.
An additional duty is imposed on imports of Polyvinyl Chloride Resin (white free flowing powder, excluding paste, battery or emulsion grades) under the Customs Tariff Act and related anti dumping rules following a designated authority finding of dumping; the notification prescribes country specific per tonne additional duty rates for the countries listed in the Schedule, payable at import.

Customs effective rate amendment: ad valorem duty imposed on goods of Chapter 27 by notification amendment.
An amendment to the customs tariff notification adds a table entry prescribing an ad valorem effective rate for all goods under Chapter 27. Exercising powers under Section 25 of the Customs Act, the Central Government inserted a new row in the annexed table of Notification No. 35/90-Customs identifying the tariff heading, scope ("All goods") and the ad valorem duty basis, thereby fixing the effective rate for the cited goods.

Customs tariff amendment sets revised duty treatments and exemptions for specified imports from Bangladesh under statutory powers.
Amendment substitutes a revised tariff Table in Notification No. 290/90-Cus under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, prescribing specific duty treatments for identified tariff headings for imports from Bangladesh: certain headings receive nil duty while defined leather, paper and jute carpet headings attract specified ad valorem duties as listed in the substituted Table.

Tariff amendments for Bangkok Agreement imports impose specified customs duty rates on listed goods from designated partner countries.
Central Government amends Notification No. 252/90-Customs by substituting the Table to prescribe customs duty treatment for imports from Bangladesh, Korea and Sri Lanka under the Bangkok Agreement. The new Table lists tariff headings and corresponding duty treatment: some entries are nil while others are subject to specified ad valorem duty rates, with certain subheadings and product-specific distinctions noted (including particular transformer categories and parts).