Certification authority expansion broadens approving bodies for customs exemption notifications to include state and union territory directorates.
The Central Government amends Notification No. 41/85 Cus, inserting after the words "Ministry of Industry" the phrase "of the Government of India or Directorate of Industries of a State or a Union Territory" under the powers of sub section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, thereby adding State and Union Territory Directorates of Industries as authorised certifying authorities in the notification's proviso.

Exchange rates amendment substitutes official foreign currency conversion rates for application in customs and stamp assessments.
Amendment substituting official exchange rates for French Francs, Italian Lire and Japanese Yen in a prior customs/stamp notification, prescribing the listed conversion rates and declaring those substituted rates effective from 3-12-1987 for application in customs and stamp assessments.

Customs exemption expanded to include Operation Flood II and Flood III projects under Heading 98.01 via notification amendment.
Under powers conferred by sub-item (6) of Heading No. 98.01 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, the Government substitutes Serial No. 8 in Notification No. 110/86-Cus., expressly covering the Operation Flood II and Flood III Project of Indian Dairy Corporation and thereby extending miscellaneous customs exemption treatment to those projects.

Warehousing station designation permits establishment of export-oriented undertakings under customs law via statutory notification.
Declaration designates Thummukunta in Hindupur Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh as a warehousing station under the Customs Act, by statutory notification, to enable setting up of export-oriented undertakings and to apply customs warehousing treatment and associated exemption measures within the specified locality.

Warehousing station declaration: Village Sanaswadi designated under Customs Act, enabling customs controlled storage operations.
Declaration under statutory customs power designates Village Sanaswadi in Pune district as a warehousing station, bringing that location within the regulatory framework governing bonded storage and enabling goods to be held under customs supervision in accordance with the Customs Act.

Exchange rate amendment: Belgium franc rate specified by notification and declared operative from the substitution.
Amendment to customs notification replaces Serial No. 3 in the Schedule to set a revised Belgium franc exchange rate, under powers conferred by the Indian Stamp Act and the Customs Act, and declares the operative date for application of the new rate.

Exchange rate notification revises Danish kroner conversion rate under Customs and Stamp Act authority, effective on specified future date.
Amendment substitutes the Schedule entry in Notification No. 329-Cus to fix the exchange rate for the Danish Kroner for customs and stamp purposes, replacing the earlier Serial No. 5 entry with a new conversion rate and declaring it effective from the stated future date.

Customs amendment: deletion of Mica Capacitors or Mica Capacitor Plates from exemption schedule under central government powers.
Amendment removes the words "Mica Capacitors or Mica Capacitor Plates" from column (4) against Sl. No. 94 in the Table to Notification No. 345/86-Customs, effected by the Central Government under statutory power in the Customs Act as necessary in the public interest.

Exchange rate revision for specified currencies made effective under Stamp Act and Customs Act, replacing earlier tariff entries.
Amendment substitutes revised exchange rates for specified currencies in the Schedule to Notification No. 329-Cus, effected by the Central Government under the Indian Stamp Act and the Customs Act; the new Schedule entries replace the prior Serial Nos. entries for the listed currencies and take effect on the indicated effective date, thereby modifying the tariff schedule.

Definition of moulds clarified for customs exemption notifications, specifying processes by which plastic acquires shape.
The Central Government amends a customs exemption notification by inserting an Explanation defining MOULDS as moulds into which plastic material in molten, semi molten, powder, granular or flake form is fed by gravity, by injection or by a suitable process so that the material acquires the resultant shape from the moulds, thereby clarifying which moulding processes and feedstock forms fall within the notification's scope.

Rate of exchange update: Deutsche Marks assigned revised official exchange rate, effective mid-November, under Customs and Stamp Act authority.
The Central Government amends Notification No. 329-Cus. by substituting the Serial No. 6 schedule entry to set the rate of exchange for Deutsche Marks at 12.790; this substitution is effective from 16-11-1987 and is made under the Indian Stamp Act and the Customs Act.

Customs airport appointment: Visakhapatnam Airport designated for unloading imported goods for ship repair and maintenance.
The notification designates Visakhapatnam Airport as a customs airport for the unloading of imported goods required for the repair and maintenance of ships, effected under the government's statutory appointment powers under the customs statute.

Customs exemption expands life-saving drugs and equipment under Customs Act by adding specified pharmaceuticals and diagnostic items.
The notification amends the tariff exemption schedule by inserting specified pharmaceuticals and medical products into the list of life-saving drugs under heading A and adding certain implantable wires, anti-HLA sera and diagnostic kits under heading B, thereby expanding the items eligible for customs relief under the existing notification framework.

Rate of exchange revised for Australian Dollars, updating customs conversion rate and substituting the prior schedule entry.
Amendment to Notification No. 329-Cus substitutes the Schedule entry at Serial No. 2 to revise the rate of exchange for the Australian Dollar, specifying a new conversion figure for customs purposes and providing an operative effective date from which the substituted schedule entry applies.

Customs exemption amendment expands covered goods to include moulds, dies and instruments under the relevant notification.
Amendment expands the Annexure entry for Sl. No. 9, column 2 by inserting the words "Moulds, Dies, Instruments" after the word "Fixtures", thereby including those items within the specified customs exemption under the notification.

Customs exemption amendment adds moulds, dies, instruments to exempted fixtures list under Customs Act by executive notification
The Central Government, under sub section (1) of Section 25 of the Customs Act, amends the Annexure to Notification No. 340 Customs/86 by inserting the words "Moulds, Dies, Instruments" after the word "Fixtures" against Sl. No. 9, thereby expanding the listed goods covered by that exemption.

Customs exemption amendment adds moulds, dies and instruments to the annexure entry under statutory powers.
The Central Government amends the Annexure to Notification No. 262-Customs/85 by inserting the words "Moulds, Dies, Instruments" after "Fixtures" against Sl. No. 9, column 2, expanding the items covered under the miscellaneous customs exemption notification, enacted under the Government's statutory powers and public interest declaration.

Customs exemption amendment adds moulds, dies and instruments to fixtures, expanding coverage under the existing exemption.
Amendment inserts the words "Moulds, Dies, Instruments" after "Fixtures" against Sl. No. 9 in the Annexure to Notification No. 263 Customs/85, enacted under the authority of sub section (1) of Section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, to extend the exemption coverage to these additional goods.

Rate of exchange determination for conversion between Russian rouble and Indian currency, effective and superseding prior notification.
Determination under the Customs Act fixes the rate of exchange for conversion of one Russian rouble into Indian currency and vice versa, superseding the earlier customs notification and effective from the specified date noted in the instrument.

Auxiliary duty insertion: notification added to customs exemption schedule under statutory powers, updating tariff entries.
Central Government, invoking section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 read with section 93(4) of the Finance Act, 1987, amends Notification No. 207/87 Customs by inserting S. No. 306 in its Schedule. The new entry incorporates Notification No. 346/87 Customs dated 29 10 1987 into the Schedule immediately after S. No. 305, thereby modifying the Miscellaneous Exemption Notifications with respect to auxiliary duty and related tariff entries.