Common adjudicating authority appointed to adjudicate a specified show cause notice under the Customs Act.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Additional Commissioner of Customs (Import), New Custom House, Mumbai, as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Additional Commissioner of Customs (Port), New Custom House, Kolkata, solely for adjudicating proceedings arising from the specified Show Cause Notice issued against M/s M. R. International.

Customs jurisdiction scope expanded to include ports, airports, inland container depots, land customs stations and approved customs areas.
The corrigendum replaces the phrase "customs areas as specified under Section 8" with an explicit list covering ports, airports, inland container depots, land customs stations and customs areas approved or specified under Section 8, thereby clarifying and broadening the territorial scope of the notification.

Tariff value fixation: substituted table sets tariff values for specified palm oils, soybean oil, brass scrap and poppy seeds.
The Board, invoking sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, substituted the Table in Notification No. 36/2001 Cus (N. T.) to prescribe tariff values in US$ per metric tonne for specified imports, listing crude and refined palm oils, palmolein variants, crude soybean oil, brass scrap (all grades) and poppy seeds, with most edible oil entries unchanged and explicit values specified for brass scrap and poppy seeds.

Anti-dumping duty amendment replaces a named exporter entry, altering the listed entities subject to the measure.
The Central Government amended Notification No. 45/2006 Customs on anti dumping duty for viscose rayon filament yarn by substituting, in the notification table, the entry in column (7) against serial number 2 with "M/s Yibin Hiest Fibre Limited Corporation," thereby modifying the specific named entity listed under the anti dumping measures without changing other substantive provisions.

Exchange rate determination for customs: new separate import and export currency conversion rates now govern valuation.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs has superseded a prior notification and determined separate conversion rates for specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees for import and export goods; the annexed Schedules set per unit rates (and a per 100 unit convention for Japanese Yen) with distinct columns for imported and exported goods, the new rates applying prospectively except as to past actions under the earlier notification.

Anti-dumping duty on imported Vitamin E from China continued to address dumped pricing and protect domestic industry.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on imports of synthetic Vitamin E (excluding natural forms) from the People's Republic of China is continued after a review finding dumped imports with substantial margins and likely injury to a fragile domestic industry. The duty is calculated as the difference between a specified reference amount and the landed value of imports, applies to defined tariff sub headings and specifications (with pro rata treatment for other concentrations), and is payable in Indian currency for a prescribed period, with exchange rate and valuation rules set by reference to the Customs Act.

Anti-dumping duty on hexamine imports from Iran continued to counter dumped imports and protect domestic industry for five years.
The Central Government, acting on the designated authority's review findings that imports of Hexa Methylene Tetramine from Iran are dumped and cause substantial injury to the domestic industry, imposes continued anti dumping duty on Hexamine originating in or exported from Iran. The duty is specified per metric tonne in US dollars for calculation, applies irrespective of specification or exporter/producer, is effective for five years from publication unless earlier modified, and must be paid in Indian currency with exchange rate conversion governed by the Government's Customs Act notifications and the bill of entry date.

Anti-dumping duty on cathode ray colour television picture tubes from Indonesia imposed; margins specified by tube size and exporter.
Provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed on cathode ray colour television picture tubes originating in or exported from Indonesia, calculated as the difference between specified per-piece benchmark amounts and the landed value. Duties apply under sub-heading 8540 11 and are differentiated by tube size, by specified producer or other exporters, and by country of export as listed in the Table. "Landed value" is the assessable value under the Customs Act excluding certain duties, and the notified rate of exchange on bill of entry date governs currency conversion.

Provisional anti-dumping duty on flax fabric imports imposed, defined as the difference between reference amount and landed value.
Provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed on Flax fabric imports under tariff heading 5309 from the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong, with rates equal to the difference between prescribed reference amounts and the landed value of imported goods as set out in the notification table. The duty is payable in Indian currency, effective up to and inclusive of 25th September, 2009, and "landed value" means assessable value under the Customs Act excluding specified customs duties.

Provisional anti-dumping duty imposed on fully drawn polyester yarn imports, with producer-specific duty rates and temporary applicability.
Provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed on fully drawn or fully oriented polyester yarn (tariff item 5402 47 00) from China, Vietnam and Thailand based on preliminary findings of dumping and material injury. The notification sets producer- and exporter-specific duty rates per metric tonne in US dollars, provides fallback rates for other combinations and non-subject-country movements, prescribes use of government exchange rate notifications for calculation, and makes the duties effective until 25 September 2009.

Customs notification amendment postpones effective date for duty exemptions and rates, extending prior deferment in public interest.
Amendment to Notification No. 21/2002-Customs substitutes the effective date in the proviso to clause (f), deferring the applicability of exemptions and effective rates of basic and additional customs duty across Chapters 1 to 99; the Central Government exercised its powers under sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, citing public interest and published the change by Notification No. 28/2009-Customs as a further amendment to the principal notification.

Exchange rate amendment for Australian dollar and Swedish kroner takes effect, updating import and export rates.
Amendment to the customs exchange rate schedule substitutes the entries for specified foreign currencies in Schedule I of Notification No. 21/2009 CUSTOMS (N. T.) under Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, replacing Serial Nos. 1 and 8 to prescribe distinct import and export rates for the Australian dollar and the Swedish kroner, effective on the stated date.

Customs duty amendment substitutes Nil rate for a specific tariff entry, changing the effective duty treatment under notification.
Amendment substitutes Nil for the entry in column (4) against S.No. 29A of notification No. 21/2002-Customs, modifying the effective basic and additional duty treatment for that tariff entry; the change is effected under the authority of sub section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 and published as Notification No. 27/2009-Cus dated 24 March 2009.

Provisional safeguard duty on aluminium imports from China imposed temporarily to address market disruption to domestic industry.
Imposition of provisional safeguard duty on imports of Aluminium Flat Rolled Products and Aluminium Foil from the People's Republic of China, based on preliminary findings that increased imports had caused and threatened market disruption to domestic industry; duties are set as ad valorem rates by tariff heading under the Customs Tariff transitional product-specific safeguard rules and the statutory safeguard provision, with a specified temporal scope subject to earlier revocation, supersession or amendment.

Safeguard duty on Dimethoate Technical imposed provisionally with exclusions for developing countries and limited duration.
Imposition of a provisional safeguard duty on imports of Dimethoate Technical, tariff item 3808 91 23, based on preliminary findings that increased imports caused or threatened serious injury to domestic producers; the Central Government imposed an ad valorem safeguard duty, exempted imports from notified developing countries except the People's Republic of China, and limited the duty's effectiveness to a specified temporary period unless earlier revoked or amended.

Warehousing station designation enables limited establishment of Export Oriented Units under customs law via delegated notification authority.
Declaration that Kambadahalli Village, Basaralu Hobli, Mandya Taluk, Mandya District, Karnataka, is designated as a warehousing station under Section 9 of the Customs Act, 1962 for the limited purpose of setting up an Export Oriented Unit, effected by a delegated notification from the Commissioner of Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax.

Duty free tariff preference extended to Burkina Faso and Republic of The Gambia under least developed countries list.
The Central Government, under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, amends the Schedule to Notification No. 96/2008 Customs concerning duty free tariff preference for Least Developed Countries, substituting the specified serial entry with Burkina Faso and inserting Republic of The Gambia after the fourteenth entry, thereby expanding the list of beneficiary countries.

Warehousing station declaration enables designation of Mettubavi Village for an export oriented unit under customs law.
Designation declares "Mettubavi Village, Pollachi Taluk, Coimbatore District" a warehousing station under Section 9 of the Customs Act, 1962 to facilitate an export oriented unit approved by the Ministry of Commerce, effected by the Commissioner of Customs exercising delegated authority under clause (a) of Section 152 pursuant to Notification No. 33/94-Cus. (NT).

Corrigendum to customs notification updates explanatory phrasing, renumbers subparagraphs and replaces the Note for clarity.
Corrigendum amends a specified customs notification by deleting a designated line, substituting another line to read "(a) in the Explanation,-", renumbering subparagraphs from "(a)" to "(b)" and "(b)" to "(c)", and replacing the 'Note' with a new Note that identifies the principal notification and its last amendment.

Appointment of Adjudication Authorities: notification designates vigilance officers as Customs adjudicating authorities and specifies rank and territorial jurisdiction.
The notification appoints specified officers of the Directorate General of Vigilance as officers of Customs for adjudication, assigning each vigilance post a corresponding Customs rank and territorial remit, with the Director General (Vigilance) ranked as Chief Commissioner with all-India jurisdiction; the Table mapping posts to ranks is substituted by a later notification and the instrument supersedes an earlier notification.