Common Adjudicating Authority appointment designates a Customs Commissioner to adjudicate specified DRI show cause proceedings.
Appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Export), JNCH, Nhava Sheva as a Common Adjudicating Authority under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 to exercise powers and discharge duties of specified customs and excise commissioners for the purpose of adjudicating matters arising from Show Cause Notice F.No. DRI/BZU/F/05/2005 dated 7th August, 2008 concerning M/s Jai Enterprise and others.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to consolidate customs adjudication for specified DRI show cause notices.
A common adjudicating authority is appointed: the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, Raigad, Maharashtra, is empowered under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 to exercise the powers and duties of the Commissioners of Customs (Export) at Nhava Sheva, Kandla, and Inland Container Depot Tughlakabad specifically for adjudicating show cause notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit, concerning M/s Sai Shradha Exim Private Limited and others.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to adjudicate show cause notices against Jaiprakash Associates under Customs Act.
Appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Export), New Custom House, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi as a common adjudicating authority under sub section (1) of section 4 and sub section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962 to exercise powers and discharge duties of specified Commissioners of Customs for adjudicating the Show Cause Notice issued to M/s Jaiprakash Associates Limited and others by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Delhi Zonal Unit.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to exercise customs adjudication powers for show cause notices against M/s Parin Enterprises.
Appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, Raigad, Maharashtra as a common adjudicating authority under sub section (1) of section 4 and sub section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962 to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Additional Commissioner of Customs (Import), New Custom House, Ballard Estate, Mumbai for adjudicating Show Cause Notices issued to Shri Parin Doshi, Proprietor of M/s Parin Enterprises, as notified in the Gazette.

Duty free tariff preference extended to additional Least Developed Countries, adding Benin, Myanmar, Malawi and Eritrea.
The Central Government, under Section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 96/2008 Customs to insert Republic of Benin, Union of Myanmar, Malawi and State of Eritrea into the Schedule, thereby extending the duty free tariff preference to those Least Developed Countries.

Customs port designation expands to include Silambimangalam shipyard permitting import, export and repair-related cargo handling operations.
Designates Silambimangalam (Shipyard) as a specified customs port and authorises unloading of machinery and equipment for construction and maintenance of the shipyard; unloading of goods imported for manufacture and repair of cargo ships, barges and similar vessels; import of such vessels for repair; and export of such vessels and of machinery and equipment imported for the shipyard, by amendment to the principal customs ports notification under statutory authority.

Anti-dumping duty continuation on Melamine extended under Customs Tariff Act until October 1, 2009, preserving prior measures.
The Central Government amended the principal notification imposing anti-dumping duty on Melamine imports from the People's Republic of China to extend the duration of the existing duty. Acting under the Customs Tariff Act and the anti-dumping rules following a review request by the designated authority, the amendment appends a temporal clause preserving the anti-dumping duty in force for an additional specified period unless revoked earlier.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to adjudicate show cause notice against M/s Skipper Electricals under Customs Act provisions.
Appoints common adjudicating authority in the Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad, New Delhi, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of specified Commissioners of Customs under sub section (1) of sections 4 and 5 of the Customs Act, 1962, for adjudication of the Show Cause Notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence concerning M/s Skipper Electricals India Limited and others.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to consolidate adjudication of specified Customs show cause notices under Customs Act provisions.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under sub section (1) of section 4 and sub section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Export), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge duties of specified Customs and Central Excise Commissioners for adjudicating show cause notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in relation to M/s Bagsons International and others.

Appointment of common adjudicating authority assigns Inland Container Depot Tughlakabad Commissioner to adjudicate specified DRI show cause matters.
Appoints the Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad, New Delhi as a common adjudicating authority under sub section (1) of section 4 and sub section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Nhava Sheva, solely for adjudicating show cause notice matters arising from the specified revenue intelligence investigation concerning M/s Victory International and others.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to centralize adjudication of show cause notices for M/s Haldex India Limited under the Customs Act.
Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Export), Nhava Sheva, as Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge duties of the adjudicating authorities named in the notification in respect of specified show cause notices concerning M/s Haldex India Limited.

Anti-dumping duty on Mulberry raw silk 2A grade and below imposed, continuing measures and prescribing duty calculation.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on Mulberry raw silk (not thrown), 2A grade and below, under tariff item 5002 00 10, originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China (and specified permutations of origin/export), measured as the difference between a specified per-kilogram amount in US dollars and the landed value of the imported goods; duty effective for five years and payable in Indian currency with landed value, rate of exchange and grading defined for calculation purposes.

Anti-dumping duty on float glass maintained, imposing specific rates on imports from China PR and Indonesia with one exporter exception.
Continuation of anti-dumping duty on float glass (2-12 mm, clear and tinted, subject exclusions) from China PR and Indonesia after a sunset review, based on findings of dumped imports, substantial dumping margins and likely injury to domestic industry; specific per-metric-tonne duty rates are imposed, a special lower rate applies to a named Indonesian exporter, duties payable in Indian currency and calculated using government-prescribed exchange rates with the bill of entry date as the relevant date.

Designation of ICDs: Pithampur and Ratlam authorised for unloading of imports and loading of exports under customs amendment.
The notification amends the customs Table for Madhya Pradesh by inserting entries designating Pithampur (Indore) and Ratlam as inland container depots authorised for the unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods under the Customs Act.

Customs appointment amendment designates Shamshabad Hyderabad as specified customs airport and removes a previously listed airport entry.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs substitutes, in the Table against serial No.2 column (3), item (a) with "(a) Shamshabad, Hyderabad" and omits the existing item (d) and its corresponding entries in column (4), thereby modifying the list of designated customs airports appointed for specified purposes under the principal notification.

Duty Entitlement Pass Book Scrip requirement clarified for import exemptions, aligning issuance with Foreign Trade Policy and SEZ rules.
The amendment to Notification No. 89/2005 substitutes condition (i) to require that the importer "has been issued a Duty Entitlement Passbook scrip by the Licensing Authority in terms of paragraph 4.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy or rule 24 or rule 30 of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006," and replaces the phrase "Duty Entitlement Pass Book" with "Duty Entitlement Pass Book Scrip" in conditions (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi) and (viii).

Customs exemption for naphtha revised; nil duty where used by generating companies, with exclusion for captive plants.
Amendment to Notification No. 21/2002 Customs substitutes table entries to: (i) change column (5) entry for S. No. 60A to "-"; (ii) insert S. No. 74B granting nil duty on naphtha for generation of electrical energy when used by a generating company under the Electricity Act, 2003, while excluding captive generating plants; (iii) substitute S. No. 198 to levy five percent on goods under tariff heading 7202; and (iv) omit S. Nos. 198A, 202A and 579A and their entries.

Customs tariff amendments revise rates and substitute tariff entries, altering drawback and excise classifications under amended notification.
The Central Government, under statutory powers and Drawback Rules, substitutes and revises tariff item entries, descriptive headings and columnar duty/drawback figures in the Schedule to Notification No.103/2008-Customs (N.T.), effecting replacements across Chapters 52, 54, 60, 82 and 87, including specific polyester yarn classifications with an explanatory definition of "manufacture of filament yarns", with effect from the first day of September, 2008.

Customs tariff amendment revises footwear classifications and prescribes new duty and drawback parameters under delegated authority.
Amendment revises Schedule entries in Chapter 64 by substituting tariff items and related entries for specified footwear categories, redefining their descriptive scope and prescribing new duty and drawback parameters under the authority granted by customs, central excise and finance statute provisions and the Drawback Rules.

Anti dumping duty on Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber continues for imports from Korea RP, imposing per unit US dollar duty.
The Central Government, relying on the designated authority's sunset review finding of likelihood of recurrence of injury from dumped NBR imports from Korea RP, continues anti dumping duty on NBR originating in, or exported from, Korea RP. The notification prescribes producer and exporter specific application and a residual per metric ton duty expressed in US dollars payable in Indian currency, with exchange rate and bill of entry rules governing calculation, and remains in force for a specified multi year period unless earlier revoked or amended.