Authorised courier misconduct may trigger action when it demonstrates unfitness to transact business at a Customs Station.
Authorised courier misconduct, whether committed within the Commissioner's jurisdiction or elsewhere, is made a ground for action where the Commissioner considers the courier unfit to transact business at a Customs Station. The Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Third Amendment Regulations, 1999 take effect upon publication in the Official Gazette.

Exchange rate determination fixes prescribed currency to rupee conversion rates for export goods, replacing prior notification and guiding customs valuation.
The Central Government, under its Customs Act authority, prescribes fixed conversion rates for specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees and vice versa for export goods, superseding the prior notification; rates are set out in two schedules (per unit and per 100 unit listings) and are to be applied for customs valuation and export procedures from the notified commencement.

Exchange rate determination for imported goods prescribed, affecting stamp duty and customs valuation for currency conversion.
Prescribes fixed exchange rates for specified foreign currencies to be used for converting between foreign currency and Indian currency for calculating stamp duty under the Indian Stamp Act and for the application of section 14 of the Customs Act in relation to imported goods, superseding an earlier notification and providing two schedules of rates to standardise conversion for statutory assessment purposes.

Appointment of Customs Port: Padubidri authorised for unloading of imported coal under amended customs notification.
The Central Government amends Notification No. 62/94-Customs (N.T.) to insert Padubidri as a designated customs port and to authorize the specific activity of Unloading of imported Coal at that port.

Reference applications and cross-objections require prescribed forms, quadruplicate filing, verified signatures, and supporting documents for questions of law.
Applications seeking a direction to refer questions of law and memoranda of cross-objections must be filed in prescribed Forms C.A.-6 and C.A.-7, respectively, in quadruplicate. The forms require particulars of the originating appeal, parties, service addresses, Tribunal decision, relevant facts, questions of law, supporting documents, translations where necessary, signatures and verification. Filings by persons other than the Commissioner of Customs must be signed by the person authorised under rule 3.

Anti-dumping duty on barium carbonate imports: differential duty imposed against exporters to offset dumped imports originating abroad.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on barium carbonate imports from China PR is prescribed as the difference between a specified amount per metric ton and the assessable landed value per metric ton; the notification lists an exporter-specific entry and a residual entry for other exporters at the same duty amount and defines "landed value" as the assessable value under the Customs Act inclusive of customs duties except specified tariff duties.

Anti-dumping duty on acrylic fibre from Turkey imposed as a provisional exporter-specific difference against landed value.
Provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed on acrylic fibre under sub-headings 5501.30 and 5503.30 originating in or exported from Turkey, applied exporter-wise as the difference between a specified amount and the landed value per kg. The measure follows preliminary findings of dumping, material injury and causation and is issued under section 9A(2) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 read with rule 13 and rule 20 of the 1995 Anti-dumping Rules. "Landed value" means assessable value under the Customs Act, 1962, excluding certain specified tariff duties.

Anti-dumping duty on Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric imposed for dumped imports causing cumulative injury from specified exporter countries.
Preliminary findings concluded that imports of Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric (NTCF) under sub-heading 5902.10 from South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan were exported to India below normal value, resulting in dumping, and that the Indian industry suffered material injury caused cumulatively by those imports. On that basis, the Central Government provisionally imposed anti-dumping duty on NTCF from the specified countries, set on a country- and exporter-specific basis, with the notification effective up to and inclusive of 8 May 2000.

Lining and inter-lining materials exemption requires AEPC certification and restricts domestic use for garment exporters.
An exemption was added granting nil customs duty on lining and inter-lining materials imported by manufacturers registered with the Apparel Export Promotion Council for use in manufacturing textile garments for export, subject to an AEPC certificate certifying export value and prior imports and a representation that the goods will not be used or sold domestically; the Commissioner may order sample drawal at export where doubt exists about useability.

EPCG scheme eligibility expanded to include textile and chemical manufacturing with specified machinery and environmental equipment allowed.
Amendment to the EPCG notification adds "textile and chemical sectors" to eligibility conditions and inserts Annexures III and IV listing eligible capital goods: textile machinery for spinning, weaving, processing, composite and worsted operations, associated testing and effluent-control equipment, and chemical/process capital goods including effluent treatment plants, process instrumentation, quality control, safety equipment, incinerators, scientific instruments and computer software systems.

Import ports for Advance/Value Based Advance Licence expanded to include additional seaports and a land customs station.
The Government amends multiple miscellaneous exemption notifications under the Customs Act by substituting port and station names in specified conditions to broaden authorised entry points for imports under Advance/Value Based Advance Licence. Amendments add "Dehej/Dahej" to Tuticorin and Visakhapatnam entries; add Nagpur and Cochin to Trivandrum and Varanasi entries; and expand listings for Surat, Tirupur and Varanasi to include numerous additional ports and localities, expressly permitting entry also through the Land Customs Station at Ranaghat.

Anti-dumping duty on Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber from Taiwan; provisional duties applied to imports pending final determination.
Provisional imposition of anti-dumping duty on Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR) under customs sub-heading 4002.59 originating in or exported from Taiwan, based on preliminary findings that the product was dumped at prices below normal value causing material injury to the Indian industry; exporter-specific per-metric-tonne duties are prescribed in the notification and apply pending final determination, effective until and including 1 May 2000.

Imports exemption for international organisation projects now requires specified certificates confirming project necessity and Government approval.
The notification amends the customs exemption proviso to require, where goods are imported by or for projects financed by organisations listed in the Annexure, either a certificate from the importing Annexure organisation confirming necessity and Government approval or a certificate from a Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) confirming necessity and Government approval; it also amends two provisos to exclude Annexure listed organisations from references to "any other international organisation."

Customs amendment replaces the operative date in a defence imports exemption notification, altering the exemption's temporal scope.
The Central Government, under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 39/96-Customs by substituting the operative date in the Explanation to the Table entry for S. No. 15, column (3), thereby changing the temporal scope of the exemption for imports relating to defence and internal security forces for that specific entry.

Anti-dumping duty imposed on Low Carbon Ferro Chrome imports from specified countries to address below-normal value exports.
Imposition of Anti-dumping duty on Low Carbon Ferro Chrome (LCFC) imports from China PR and Macedonia follows the designated authority's finding that LCFC imports from China PR, South Africa and Macedonia were dumped and caused material injury to domestic industry; duties are applied to LCFC originating in or exported from China PR and Macedonia at country specific per tonne rates under the Customs Tariff Act and applicable anti dumping rules.

Exchange rate determination for export goods sets prescribed foreign currency conversion rates effective from the stated notification.
Determination under sub clause (a) of sub section (3) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 prescribing rate of exchange for conversion of specified foreign currencies in relation to export goods, superseding Notification No. 57/99-NT-Customs and effective from 1st November, 1999, with operative rates set out in Schedule I (per unit rates) and Schedule II (per 100 unit rates).

Exchange rate determination for imported goods prescribes conversion rates for stamp duty and customs valuation effective November.
Prescribes the rate of exchange for specified foreign currencies for converting into Indian currency or vice versa, to be used in calculating stamp duty and for the purposes of section 14 of the Customs Act in relation to imported goods; supersedes the earlier notification and fixes the rates in Schedules I and II effective 1st November, 1999.

Settlement procedure for customs cases: application, disclosure to commissioners, provisional attachment and copying fees.
Rules prescribe that settlement applications be submitted in Form SC(C)-1 in quintuplicate, verified and signed by authorised persons per applicant type and accompanied by a prescribed filing fee. The Settlement Commission may forward the application (excluding annexures) when seeking a report and, if it proceeds, must send annexures and supporting documents to the Commissioner. If provisional attachment is ordered, the Commission sends the order to the relevant Commissioner, who may authorise an officer to attach property, prepare and serve an inventory and provide copies to the Commissioner and the Commission. Copies of reports attract a per page fee.

Anti-dumping duty on imported polystyrene imposed, excluding de minimis China PR, with country specific duties and expiry.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on imports of High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) and General Purpose Polystyrene (GPPS) from Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand under section 9A(2) of the Customs Tariff Act, based on findings of dumping and material injury; imports from China PR were treated as de-minimis and excluded from the duty recommendation, with country and product specific duty rates and a defined expiry date for the notification.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to adjudicate customs proceedings arising from a specified show cause notice.
Under section 4(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 the central government, by superseding a prior notification, appoints the Commissioner of Customs, ICD Tughlakabad, New Delhi (and, as applicable, the Commissioners for Air Cargo/Port at Chennai and Air Cargo at Calcutta) as the Common Adjudicating Authority to adjudicate customs proceedings arising from a specified show cause notice addressed to the named importer.