Appointment of common adjudicating authority: Commissioner of Customs tasked to adjudicate DRI show-cause notices for specified parties.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs, The Mall, Amritsar, as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad, for adjudication of show cause notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence concerning M/s. Maya Enterprises and another.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to centralise adjudication of specified customs show cause notices.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Hyderabad-II, as a common adjudicating authority under Sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Joint Commissioner of Customs, Nhava Sheva, solely for adjudicating specified show cause notices relating to M/s Subishi Traders and associated parties.

Appointment of common adjudicating authority to adjudicate a show cause notice concerning M/s PTC Industries' customs matter.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise at 117/7, Sarvodya Nagar, Kanpur as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of specified Commissioners of Customs for the sole purpose of adjudicating a show cause notice issued to M/s. PTC Industries by the investigative unit.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to adjudicate show cause notices related to M/s Mateshwari Textiles under Customs Act powers.
Appointment of a Common Adjudicating Authority under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, designating the Commissioner of Customs, C.R. Building, Statue Circle, Jaipur to exercise powers and duties of specified Commissioners for adjudicating show cause notices relating to M/s. Mateshwari Textiles and others.

Common adjudicating authority appointments: substitutions of specified Customs commissioner titles and port addresses altering jurisdictional designations.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs amends a prior notification appointing common adjudicating authorities by substituting specified Commissioner designations and office descriptors: replacing the Preamble Commissioner with Commissioner of Customs (Export) at Chennai Custom House; inserting port and district details for Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva; and substituting Commissioner of Customs (Import) at New Custom House, Mumbai with Commissioner of Customs (Export Promotion).

Duty free tariff preference extended to the Republic of The Sudan by amendment under powers of the Customs Act.
Amendment inserts the Republic of The Sudan as Sl. No. 16 in the Schedule to Notification No. 96/2008 Customs, thereby extending duty free tariff preference to imports from that country, made under the powers of sub section (1) of Section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 and issued as Notification No. 45/2009 Customs.

Anti-dumping duty on cable ties imposed based on difference between reference price and landed value, affecting specified origins.
Definitive anti-dumping duty on cable ties is imposed as the difference between a specified reference price and the landed value of imported goods; the notification lists tariff heading, specification, country of origin and export, producer and exporter details, unit and currency for each entry. The duty is effective from the date provisional duty was imposed and is payable in Indian currency, with landed value defined under the Customs Act and exchange rate determined by the notified rate on the bill of entry date.

Rescission of anti-dumping duty: prior notification on nylon tyre cord fabrics withdrawn under Customs Tariff Act powers.
The Central Government, exercising powers under section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act and the Rules on identification, assessment and collection of anti-dumping duty, rescinds Notification No. 72/2008-Customs concerning anti-dumping duty on imports of nylon tyre cord fabrics, except as regards things done or omitted to be done before such rescission.

Rescission of anti-dumping duty notification withdraws the standing levy while preserving prior actions under the law.
The Central Government rescinds the earlier notification imposing anti-dumping duty on Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric (tariff item 590210) under powers of the Customs Tariff Act and the anti-dumping rules, while preserving actions done or omitted before the rescission.

Anti-dumping duty continuation on nylon tyre cord fabric from China sustains tariffs to counter dumping and protect domestic industry.
The Central Government continued definitive anti-dumping duties on Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric (NTCF) originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China after the designated authority found dumping, material injury, and likelihood of recurrence; the notification prescribes producer- and exporter-specific duty rates per kilogram in US dollars, requires payment in Indian currency, and fixes the exchange rate determination method and relevant date for bill of entry.

Anti-dumping duty on Thionyl Chloride imposed with producer-specific and country-specific rates, payable in Indian currency.
Anti-dumping duty is imposed on Thionyl Chloride (tariff item 2812 10 47) after a finding of dumped exports from the European Union causing material injury; duties are differentiated by producer and exporter (with a specific lower rate for Lanxess entities and higher rates for other combinations and for non-EU movements), expressed per metric tonne in US dollars but payable in Indian currency, with exchange rate for conversion specified by Government notification and determined as of the bill of entry date.

Anti-dumping duty on nylon tyre cord fabric imposed, with producer- and exporter-specific rates and domestic-currency payment requirement.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric (sub-heading 5902 10) from Belarus, applied at producer- and exporter-specific rates per unit for specified origin/export combinations; duties are effective until 28 October 2009, payable in Indian currency, with the rate of exchange for conversion to rupees determined by separate Government notifications and assessed on the date of presentation of the bill of entry.

Exchange rate determination for customs valuation; specified differing import and export currency rates apply under Customs Act.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under the Customs Act, prescribes rates of exchange for conversion of specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees (and vice versa) for imported and export goods. The notification supersedes the prior notification and fixes the rates set out in the annexed Schedule I (per unit rates for listed currencies) and Schedule II (rate for 100 units of Japanese Yen) to operate with effect from 1st May, 2009 for customs valuation purposes.

Special measures for specified goods: Ephedrine and Pseudo Ephedrine designated to prevent illegal export across Indo Myanmar border.
The Central Government designates Ephedrine and Pseudo Ephedrine as specified goods subject to special measures under customs powers to check and facilitate detection of their illegal export, targeting the India-Myanmar land border stretches within Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh.

Anti-dumping duty on cold-rolled stainless steel imports imposed with country- and exporter-specific rates and exclusions.
Provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of cold-rolled flat products of stainless steel (width 600 mm or more; thickness up to 4 mm) from specified countries, with duties assigned by country of origin, country of export and by named producers/exporters at unit rates specified in the schedule. The duty applies under section 9A(2) and relevant rules, is payable in Indian currency, effective up to 21 October 2009, and uses the government-specified rate of exchange on the bill of entry date for conversion.

Jurisdiction modification replaces Chandigarh and Jalandhar with Chandigarh I and Chandigarh II for specified Customs table entries.
Amendment exercises powers under sub-section (1B) of section 129A of the Customs Act, 1962 to substitute in the principal notification's Table, against Sl. Nos. 15, 23, 33 and 40 in Columns (2) and (3), every occurrence of the words "Chandigarh" and "Jalandhar" with the words and figures "Chandigarh-I" and "Chandigarh-II", thereby amending territorial entries used for Customs jurisdiction and committees of two Commissioners of Central Excise.

Customs notification amendment replaces Chandigarh and Jalandhar entries with Chandigarh-I and Chandigarh-II in table.
In the Table, against Sl. No. 2 in Column (3), for the words "Chandigarh" and "Jalandhar" wherever they occur, the words and figures "Chandigarh-I" and "Chandigarh-II" shall respectively be substituted.

Provisional safeguard duty on soda ash imports from China imposes temporary additional tariff to address market disruption.
The Central Government, invoking sub-section (2) of section 8C of the Customs Tariff Act and rules 10 and 14 of the Customs Tariff (Transitional Product Specific Safeguard Duty) Rules, 2002, imposes a provisional safeguard duty at an ad valorem rate on Soda Ash under sub heading 2836 20 when imported from the People's Republic of China, effective until a specified terminal date unless revoked, superseded, or amended earlier.

Customs exemption for raw and refined sugar expanded, defining eligible importers and imposing specified import conditions.
Amendment inserts two entries exempting raw sugar and refined or white sugar from standard and additional duties, conditioned respectively on importation by a sugar factory or sugar refinery, and on importation by specified trading or cooperative entities subject to aggregate import limits and a concluding period; a preamble proviso fixes the date from which these entries apply.

Anti-dumping duty continued on sodium hydrosulphite, imposing differential duties to offset dumped imports from specified countries.
Definitive anti-dumping duty on sodium hydrosulphite from Germany and Korea RP is continued; duties are set as the difference between specified reference amounts and the landed value of imports, with duty entries identifying tariff item, origin, export country, producer and exporter combinations and amounts per metric tonne in US dollars. The measure is effective for five years from notification and payable in Indian currency; "landed value" is ascertained under the Customs Act and exchange rate is the notified rate on bill of entry presentation.