Customs facility designation: Ajivali Village authorised for unloading imported goods and loading export consignments under notification.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs amends the schedule to Notification No. 12/1997 Customs (N.T.) by inserting item (xi) to designate Ajivali Village, Panvel taluka, District Raigad, as a notified location, authorising the unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods at that site under the board's powers conferred by section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962.

Tariff value fixation amended under Customs Act section 14(2) replacing the tariff value table for specified imported commodities.
Amends Notification No.36/2001-Cus (N.T.) by substituting the Table of tariff values under the exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (2) of Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962; the replacement Table lists US$ per metric tonne tariff values for specified goods including crude palm oil, RBD palm oil, other palm oils, crude palmolein, RBD palmolein, other palmoleins, crude soybean oil and brass scrap, with parenthetical notes indicating where values remain unchanged.

Anti-dumping duty extension on primary R6 AA batteries maintained pending review, via amendment to the notification.
Extension of anti-dumping duty on primary pencil cells and primary batteries of R6 (AA) size, excluding rechargeable batteries, originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China. The Central Government amended the principal notification to insert provision that the anti-dumping duty shall remain in force up to the 5th February, 2007, maintaining existing payment and currency terms pending completion of review investigations under the anti-dumping rules.

Upper Limit on Drawback: cap on drawback and tightened procedures for rebate claims and export realisation verification.
The amendment inserts rule 8A capping drawback so it does not exceed one third of the export product's market price; prohibits separate rebate claims under the Central Excise Rules, 2002 for duties on containers, packing and materials used in manufacture when drawback is claimed; and revises rule 16A(2) to require the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs to act if the exporter fails to produce evidence of realisation within the FEMA-prescribed period or any Reserve Bank extension, including a clarified reference to the thirty day administrative period.

Tariff value substitution fixes administrative import valuation rates for specified edible oils and brass scrap under Customs authority.
Amends the existing Customs notification under sub section (2) of Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 by substituting the Table that fixes Tariff value entries in US dollars per metric tonne for specified goods. The new Table lists edible oils (including crude palm oil, RBD palm oil, palmolein variants, and crude soyabean oil) and brass scrap (all grades) as affected items and records their administrative tariff values for import valuation purposes.

Customs amendment adds Trombay unloading of coal to the specified entries in the non tariff notification.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising powers under the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 62/94 (N.T.) by inserting (13) Trombay Unloading of coal after item (12) in the Table at serial number 8, thereby expanding the specified entries in the principal non tariff customs notification.

Provisional assessment of anti dumping duty on imported CFLs ensures security and retrospective liability pending new shipper review.
Provisional assessment is ordered for imports of compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) exported by M/s Osram China Lighting Limited from the People's Republic of China pending a new shipper review; such imports shall be provisionally assessed and may be subject to security or guarantee to cover any deficiency if a definitive anti dumping duty is later imposed, and importers will be liable to pay any anti dumping duty recommended on review and applied retrospectively from the review's initiation.

Anti-dumping exemption: targeted exporters cleared after review; their imports are not subject to duty.
Following a new shipper review that found the export price of vitrified and porcelain tiles produced by M/s Southern Building Materials and Sanitary Co. Ltd. and exported by M/s New Zhong Yuan Ceramics Import & Export Co. Ltd. was above normal value, the Central Government amended the principal anti-dumping notification to provide that no anti-dumping duty shall be imposed on imports of those subject goods produced and exported by the named entities, with effect from the date provisional assessment had been ordered for that exporter-producer combination.

Approval of wharves and berths permits loading and unloading of export, import, coastal goods and passengers at designated port facilities.
Approval under Section 8(a) designates specific government-owned wharves, berths and jetties at New Mangalore Port as proper places for loading and unloading export, import and coastal goods and for passenger movement, superseding earlier notifications. The Annexure lists each berth's boundaries, measurements and permitted activities, distinguishing facilities authorised for general cargo, liquid cargo and LPG and providing jetty structural dimensions where relevant.

Tariff value fixation replaces table setting tariff benchmarks for specified palm and soyabean oils and brass scrap.
The Board, exercising powers under the Customs Act, substitutes the Table in Notification No.36/2001-Cus (N.T.) with a new Table prescribing tariff values per metric tonne for specified goods, including various grades of palm oil and palmolein, RBD products, crude soyabean oil, and brass scrap, thereby updating the non-tariff import valuation benchmarks set by the principal notification.

Exchange rate determination for exported goods effective, prescribing statutory foreign-currency conversion rates and superseding earlier notification.
The Board, invoking powers under the Customs statute, supersedes the prior notification and prescribes specific conversion rates for various foreign currencies in two schedules for the purposes of exported goods, fixing those rates as the operative exchange conversions from 1 February 2006.

Exchange Rate Determination sets conversion rates for specified foreign currencies for imported goods, effective from notified date.
The Board, exercising statutory power under section 14(3)(a)(i), prescribes conversion rates for specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees and vice versa for imported goods, superseding the prior notification; the appended two schedules list the applicable currency rates to be used for customs valuation and conversion from the notified effective date.

Customs exemption extension for defence procurement program extends prior notification validity under Customs Act authority.
The Central Government, exercising powers under the Customs Act and for public interest, amends the principal notification by substituting a later expiry date in the Explanation to S. No. 17 in the Table, thereby extending the validity of the Customs exemption for the Defence Ministry's SAMYUKTA programme; the amendment forms part of the sequence of modifications to the 1996 principal notification published in the Gazette.

Rescission of customs exemption notification removes prior exemption under tariff law, preserving actions taken before rescission.
Rescission of a prior customs exemption notification under the Customs Tariff Act withdraws the earlier grant of exemption and terminates its operative effect going forward, while a savings clause preserves actions done or omissions made before the rescission.

Customs amendment: loading and unloading of crew baggage added to Panaji port notification, changing port handling scope.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising powers under clause (a) of section 7 of the Customs Act, amends Notification No. 62/94 Customs (N.T.) by inserting at serial number 4, column (4) a new item (c) specifying loading and unloading of crew baggage at Panaji port, effected by Notification No. 4/2006 Customs (N.T.).

Anti-dumping duty on sodium nitrite continues; imports subject to duty equal to specified margin over landed value.
A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on Sodium Nitrite from China PR after a Sunset Review found continued dumping, substantial dumping margins and material injury to domestic industry. The duty equals the difference between a specified benchmark amount per unit and the landed value of imports, applies to all grades and specified country/producer/exporter combinations, is effective for five years unless earlier changed, must be paid in Indian currency, and uses the assessable value definition and notified exchange rate as the basis for calculation.

Customs exemption for goods imported under bilateral bus service agreements allows specified imports on India Pakistan and India Bangladesh bus routes.
Amends Notification No.4/99-CUSTOMS by substituting clause (a) in the Table (column (3)) to state that goods specified in column (2) are imported for the notification's purposes when brought in under the India-Pakistan bus service agreements (New Delhi-Lahore; Amritsar-Lahore; Amritsar-Nankana Sahib) or under the India-Bangladesh bus service agreement (Calcutta-Dhaka).

Customs notification amendment expands designated locations for unloading imported goods and loading export goods at specified depots.
Amendment to a customs notification adds two specific locations-the Village Palaspe site in Panvel, Raigad, Maharashtra, and an Inland Container Depot within the Export Promotion Industrial Park in Durgapur-to the schedule of authorized points for Unloading of imported goods and loading of export goods, thereby formally authorizing customs-regulated import unloading and export loading operations at those sites.

Tariff value revision for edible oils and brass scrap updates import valuation and compliance under customs powers.
Administrative notification replaces the Table in the principal customs non-tariff notification, specifying dollar-denominated tariff values per metric tonne for defined tariff headings of crude and refined palm and soyabean oils and brass scrap, issued under the powers of Section 14(2) of the Customs Act, 1962, to set valuation benchmarks for customs assessment and compliance.

Anti-dumping duty imposed on pyrazolone imports from China PR after findings of dumping and material injury.
Anti-dumping duty is imposed on 1-Phenyl-3-Methyl-5-Pyrazolone originating in or exported from China PR after findings that the goods were dumped at less than normal value, causing material injury to the domestic industry through volume and price effects. The duty is imposed under section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act read with the Anti-dumping Rules, specified in a table by tariff sub-headings, origin, export patterns, and per-unit duty; payment is in Indian currency and exchange rate is determined by the notified rate applicable on bill of entry presentation.