Warehousing station designation under Section 9 enables Urse village to operate as a customs warehousing station.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising powers under Section 9 of the Customs Act, has declared the village of Urse in Taluka Vadgaon Maval, District Pune, Maharashtra, to be a warehousing station, thereby subjecting it to the customs warehousing regulatory regime.

Customs document fees updated: uniform fee imposed for specified document amendments and certified copies procedures.
The 1991 notification amends paragraph 3 of the 1970 Levy of Fees (Customs Documents) Regulations by substituting a Table that prescribes a uniform fee for a defined list of services: amendment or supplementation of import/export manifests; certified copies of bills of entry, shipping bills and other customs documents (with timing distinctions); amendment of vessel names and other Shipping Bill particulars; amendments to port clearance and outward entry applications; supplementation of short-shipment notices; and cancellation of documents.

Right to appeal administrative decisions: license applicants and agents may represent and appeal adverse licensing orders.
Amendments require an employee seeking recognition to hold a permanent pass in Form G and at least one year's experience as a pass holder; they create a 30 day right to represent to the Central Board against Collector rejections of temporary licence applications and Collector orders under Regulation 10(3); and they add an express right for customs house agents to appeal decisions under Regulation 21 or Regulation 23(7) to the Customs and Central Excise Appellate Tribunal.

Customs exemption amendment adds Chapter 82 to covered tariff headings, expanding tools and implements relief.
Amendment adds Chapter 82 to the tariff headings covered by Notification No. 317/87-Customs, substituting the original enumeration so the exemption applies to goods under Chapter 39, 69, 82, 84, 85 or 90 and thereby expanding the scope of the tools and implements miscellaneous exemption.

Appointment of Collector to exercise statutory powers under Section 4(1) to adjudicate Cheminor Drugs' import case.
The Central Government appointed the Collector of Customs and Central Excise, Hyderabad to exercise the powers of a Collector of Customs in the jurisdictions of Bombay and Madras for the specific purpose of adjudicating import transactions by M/s. Cheminor Drugs Ltd., invoking sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 to delegate that adjudicatory authority.

Transfer of Residence amendment raises prescribed monetary thresholds under Rule 2, altering customs transfer-of-residence allowances.
The Second Amendment to the Transfer of Residence Rules, 1978 substitutes higher monetary figures in the Explanation to Rule 2, thereby raising the financial thresholds that determine the Rule's applicability. The amendment is made under sub section (2) of Section 79 of the Customs Act, 1962 and comes into force on publication in the Official Gazette.

Customs baggage amendment raises specified monetary thresholds in Rule six under the Customs Act, effective on Gazette publication.
The Baggage (Second Amendment) Rules, 1991 amend Rule 6 of the Baggage Rules, 1978 by substituting the existing lower rupee amounts with higher rupee amounts; the amendment is made under the Customs Act's delegated power and comes into force on publication in the Official Gazette.

Exemption for gold imports extended to authorised suppliers, subject to Collector-prescribed procedures and export undertaking conditions.
The notification amends paragraph 1 to limit the exemption to inputs imported for use in manufacture of jewellery for export by a hundred per cent export oriented undertaking and inserts paragraph 2 extending that exemption to gold imported under Heading No. 71.08 by designated suppliers for supply to hundred per cent export oriented undertakings in Special Export Oriented Complexes and Export Processing Zones under the stated export scheme, subject to Collector-specified procedures and compliance with paragraph 1 conditions.

Exemption for gold imports extended to designated agency imports for supply to export-zone jewellery units, subject to procedural compliance.
Amendment restricts the exemption to goods "when imported into India by the gem and jewellery units" and adds that the exemption also applies to gold under Heading No. 71.08 imported by designated trading and banking agencies for supply to gem and jewellery units in Export Processing Zones and specified export-oriented undertakings, provided that where gold is imported on behalf of a jewellery unit the unit follows procedures specified by the Collector of Customs and complies with the conditions in paragraph 1 of the notification.

Customs exemption for gold imports extends to supplier imports for gem and jewellery units, subject to Collector procedures and compliance.
Amendment narrows the customs exemption to apply to goods "when imported into India by the gem and jewellery units" and adds that the exemption also applies to gold under Heading No. 71.08 imported by specified suppliers for supply to gem and jewellery units in designated export-oriented zones and complexes. If gold is imported on behalf of a jewellery unit, the exemption applies only if the jewellery unit follows procedures specified by the Collector of Customs and complies with the conditions in paragraph 1 of the notification.

Customs exemption for gem and jewellery units extended to gold imports via designated supply agencies, subject to procedural and compliance conditions.
Amendment substitutes wording to restrict import entitlement to gem and jewellery units and adds paragraph extending the customs exemption to gold imported by designated supply agencies for supply to gem and jewellery units in the Export Processing Zone and export oriented undertakings, subject to the jewellery unit following procedures specified by the Collector of Customs and complying with the conditions in paragraph 1 of the original notification.

Customs exemption for gold imports extended to designated suppliers for gem units, subject to Collector-specified procedures and conditions.
Amendment substitutes the beneficiary wording to require importation "by the gem and jewellery units" and adds a paragraph extending the exemption to gold under Heading 71.08 imported by designated agencies for supply to gem and jewellery units under the Export Processing Zone/EOU/SEZ export scheme, provided that where gold is imported on behalf of a jewellery unit the exemption applies only if Collector-specified procedures are followed and the jewellery unit complies with the conditions in paragraph 2 of the notification.

Exemption for imported gold extended to authorised suppliers for gem and jewellery units, subject to procedural and compliance conditions.
The amendment narrows paragraph 1 wording to apply the exemption when goods are imported "by the gem and jewellery units" and inserts a paragraph extending the exemption to gold imported under the customs tariff heading for gold by authorised suppliers for supply to gem and jewellery units under specified export schemes, subject to Collector of Customs procedures and compliance with paragraph 1 conditions where gold is imported on behalf of a jewellery unit.

Amendment to customs notification updates listed bulk drug entries, revising the exemption schedule under delegated customs authority.
Government amends a customs exemption notification by substituting three specified bulk drug entries in the Table annexed to the principal notification, updating the nomenclature of pharmaceutical items covered by the miscellaneous exemption while maintaining the existing exemption framework.

Tariff classification change: substitution of a tariff heading in customs notification affecting chemical item classification.
The Central Government, under Section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 39/90-Customs by substituting the figures in the Table annexed to that notification: against Sl. No. 08, column (2), the previously stated figures are replaced with the substituted figures specified in this amendment, effecting a technical correction to the tariff entry for the referenced chemical heading.

Exemption of Chapter 26 goods from additional customs duty restores duty relief for specified tariff items under executive authority.
Exemption from additional Customs duty is granted for goods classified under Chapter 26, removing the whole of the additional duty leviable under Section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act by exercise of the Central Government's powers under the Customs Act in the public interest.

Warehousing station designation enables establishment of export oriented units under customs law via statutory declaration.
The notification declares the village of Thavalakuppam in Ariyankuppam commune, Pondicherry, to be a warehousing station under the powers conferred by Section 9 of the Customs Act, 1962, to permit establishment of export oriented units and to give the named location the corresponding customs warehousing status.

Warehousing station designation enables customs warehousing benefits for export oriented units in the declared locality.
Under Section 9 of the Customs Act, 1962 the Central Board of Excise and Customs declares village Chembarakkam in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, to be a warehousing station to facilitate the setting up of export oriented units, enabling warehousing-related customs procedures and related regulatory facilitation within that locality.

Exchange rate determination for specified foreign currencies to compute stamp duty and customs valuation, effective from November 1991.
Notification No. 68/91 prescribes fixed conversion rates for specified foreign currencies as the equivalent of Rs.100 for use in calculating stamp duty under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 and for purposes under Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, effective 1 November 1991, and supersedes the earlier notification No.66/91 N.T.

Drawback determination barred where export value is below imported materials value or a notified percentage.
The Amendment inserts a provision that no drawback rate or amount shall be determined for goods if the export value of each such good in the bill of export or shipping bill is less than the value of the imported materials used in its manufacture, or is not more than such percentage of that imported-materials value as the Central Government may specify by notification; "export value" is defined by reference to customs valuation provisions.