Anti-dumping duty on sodium hydrosulphite imposed, definitive rates tied to benchmark minus landed value and payable in national currency.
Definitive anti-dumping duties are imposed on imports of Sodium Hydrosulphite originating in or exported from Germany and Republic of Korea, and on specified export-origin permutations, at rates equal to the difference between a stated benchmark amount per metric tonne (in US dollars) and the landed value of the imported goods. Duties apply from the provisional duty imposition date, must be paid in Indian currency, remain in force until 31 March 2009 unless revoked, and use the assessable value under the Customs Act and government-specified exchange rates for calculation.

Customs exemption for shooting sports equipment enabled when associations supply prescribed certification and training justification.
Amendment substitutes S. No. 8 to list shooting sports goods eligible for customs exemption when imported by a State Rifle Association or a District Rifle Association controlled by it, provided the importer produces at clearance a certificate from an officer not below Deputy Secretary in the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports recommending exemption and specifying description, quantity and value, that the Sports Authority of India recommends exemption, and that the goods are essential for training purposes.

Customs notification amendment postpones commencement date to January 2004 under section 25(1) authority.
Amendment substitutes the date in paragraph 2 of Notification No. 115/2003 CUSTOMS: the words "1st day of December, 2003" are replaced by "1st day of January, 2004" under the power conferred by sub section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, effected by Notification No. 171/2003 Customs dated 29 November 2003.

Extension to SEZ exemptions shifts implementation date, delaying application of earlier Customs notification under Customs Tariff Act authority
Exercising powers under sub-section (1) of section 3A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, the Central Government amends Notification No. 114/2003-CUSTOMS by substituting the operative date specified in paragraph 2 of the principal notification with a later date, thereby deferring the commencement of the SEZ-related customs exemptions prescribed in that notification.

Customs notification amendment postpones the operative commencement date for a specified tariff exemption.
Amendment to Notification No. 113/2003-CUSTOMS substitutes the figures, letters and words in paragraph 2 specifying the commencement date with a later commencement date; the Central Government acts under powers conferred by the Customs Act and the Customs Tariff Act and records the change as a further amendment to the principal notification published as G.S.R. 572(E).

Special Economic Zones customs amendment postpones commencement by substituting the originally notified commencement date with a later date.
Amendment substitutes the previously specified commencement date in the Special Economic Zones (Customs Procedures) Regulations with a later date, postponing the commencement of those customs procedures; it is titled the Special Economic Zones (Customs Procedures) (Amendment) Regulations, 2003 and takes effect upon publication in the Official Gazette.

Special Economic Zones commencement date amended, deferring the effective date by statutory amendment to the SEZ Rules.
Amendment to the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2003 substitutes the previously specified commencement date with a new commencement date, thereby deferring the Rules' entry into force; the change is effected by notification under the Customs Act and the Rules shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Extension of commencement date: specified customs notifications' effective date deferred to the following month by government direction.
The Central Government directs substitution in paragraph 2 of specified customs notifications, replacing the previously stated December commencement date with the corresponding date in the following month; the change applies uniformly to notifications 44/2003 through 51/2003 and 60/2003 and 61/2003 and is effected under the government's statutory amendment power.

SEZ regulations and exemptions commencement date postponed under customs notification by one month.
The Central Government amended the earlier customs notification governing the extension of SEZ regulations and exemptions by substituting the operative commencement date. The specified date of 1 December 2003 was replaced with 1 January 2004, thereby postponing the date from which the amended customs arrangement would take effect under the relevant notification issued under section 126 of the Finance Act, 2002. The amendment was made to the principal customs notification previously issued on 22 July 2003.

Exchange rate determination for export goods fixes currency conversion rates for customs valuation and export clearance.
The Board, under section 14(3)(a)(i) of the Customs Act, 1962, supersedes the prior notification and prescribes, effective 1st December, 2003, the rates of exchange for specified foreign currencies for export goods; rates are detailed in two schedules distinguishing unit rates and rates per one hundred units for use in export-related customs valuation and clearance.

Exchange rate determination sets official currency conversion rates for customs valuation, effective from specified date for trade.
The Board determines under section 14(3)(a)(i) of the Customs Act that the exchange rate for each foreign currency listed in the appended Schedules shall be the rate shown opposite it for conversion into Indian currency or vice versa, superseding the prior notification and fixing rates effective from the stated commencement date.

Anti-dumping duty on caustic soda imports imposed to counter dumping by exporters from specified foreign jurisdictions.
Anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of Sodium Hydroxide (Caustic Soda) under sub-heading 2815 11 and tariff item 2815 12 00 following designated authority findings of dumping, material injury and causal link. The duty equals the difference between a specified per Dry Metric Tonne amount in US Dollars and the landed value of the imported goods; the notification's Table identifies country of origin, country of export, producer, exporter, unit of measurement and currency for each entry. Duty is payable in Indian currency, landed value is defined by the Customs Act, and exchange rates for calculation are determined by the Central Government based on the bill of entry date.

Tariff value fixation updates for palm products, soyabean oil and brass scrap altering import valuation rules under Customs.
The Board, under section 14(2) of the Customs Act, 1962, substitutes the Table in Notification No.36/2001-Cus. (NT) to fix US$ per metric tonne tariff values for specified goods. The revised table lists tariff values for crude palm oil, RBD palm oil, other palm oil, crude palmolein, RBD palmolein, other palmolein, crude soyabean oil (no change) and brass scrap (all grades; no change), thereby updating benchmark import valuation for customs purposes.

Anti-dumping duty on metallurgical coke imposed on imports from Japan, payable in Indian currency during the provisional period.
The Central Government imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on low ash metallurgical coke (ash

Rescission of customs notification withdraws a prior exemption, while preserving actions completed before the rescission.
The Central Government rescinds the earlier customs exemption notification under section 9A(2) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 read with rules 13 and 20 of the 1995 Anti-dumping Rules, withdrawing the prior instrument issued in January 2003 and preserving acts or omissions completed before the rescission.

Anti-dumping duty on float glass targeting dumped imports from China and Indonesia, with exporter-specific rates and exchange rules.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on float glass 2 mm-12 mm (excluding green/reflective/processed varieties) from China and Indonesia, with exporter- and producer-specific rates per metric tonne set in US dollars. Duty applies under tariff heading 7005, is payable in Indian currency, effective from the provisional duty date, and calculated using the exchange rate specified by the Ministry of Finance with the bill of entry date as the relevant date. The notification remains in force until the specified expiry unless revoked earlier.

Customs exemption amendment updates qualifying description of printing machines, adding a minimum speed threshold for eligibility under the notification.
The notification substitutes the column (3) entry against S. No. 267A in Notification No. 21/2002-Customs with a precise description identifying high speed cold set web offset rotary double width four plate wide printing machines and prescribing a minimum speed threshold as the qualifying characteristic for that entry.

Market economy country status may rely on a World Trade Organisation Member's publicly documented anti-dumping evaluation.
The designated authority may treat a country as a market economy country where a World Trade Organisation Member has publicly determined it to be a market economy for anti-dumping investigations after a latest detailed evaluation of relevant criteria. This power applies notwithstanding the existing assessment provision and takes effect upon publication in the Official Gazette.

Customs notification amendment adds specified duty liability for an imported autoconer by a named mill.
Under section 28A of the Customs Act, 1962, Notification No. 100/2003 Customs (N.T.) dated 10 November 2003 amends the Annexure to Notification No. 12/99 Customs (NT) by inserting, after S. No. 14, a new serial entry identifying M/s. Indian Rayon & Industries Ltd., the import of one autoconer, and the differential duty payable for that import.

Anti-dumping duty on plastic ophthalmic lenses amended to revise country and producer specific provisional measures and rates.
Amendment substitutes the original notification table by incorporating a corrigendum that revises the schedule to specify tariff heading, description of plastic ophthalmic lenses, country of origin and export, named producers and exporters, and producer and country specific provisional anti dumping duty amounts per unit, thereby refining the scope and application of provisional measures imposed under the Customs Tariff rules.