Appointment of Adjudicating Authority: Commissioner designated to adjudicate Show Cause Notices relating to M/s Kartik Overseas Ltd.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs designates the Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication), Air Cargo Complex, New Delhi to act as Commissioner of Customs for specified ports and inland facilities solely to adjudicate Show Cause Notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence relating to M/s Kartik Overseas Ltd and others, thereby allocating adjudicatory responsibility under the Customs Act.

Appointment of Adjudicating Authority to adjudicate show cause notices concerning alleged customs violations by specified importers.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs designates the Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication), New Customs House, Air Cargo Complex, New Delhi, to act as specified Commissioners of Customs for the sole purpose of adjudicating show cause notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on 27 August 2004 concerning M/s Lokesh Garments Pvt. Ltd. and others.

Appointment of Adjudicating Authority: Commissioner designated to adjudicate show cause notices in specified customs export-import investigations.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs invokes the power under the Customs Act to appoint the Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication), New Customs House, New Delhi, to act as Commissioner(s) of Customs for specified ports/offices for the purpose of adjudicating show cause notices issued by the Joint Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Export (SIIB), New Custom House, in relation to identified import/export entities.

Customs amendment inserts Kelshi as designated loading point for export of bauxite ore under existing notification.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs amends Notification No.62/94-CUSTOMS (N.T.) by inserting, in the Table against serial number 8 for Maharashtra, a new item identifying Kelshi as a specified location for the loading of bauxite ore for export.

Customs corrigendum corrects tariff notification term, replacing an incorrect equipment acronym with the accurate designation.
The corrigendum amends the customs tariff notification No. 7/2004-Customs published in the Gazette by directing that the term "PEC-CT" in the specified line be read as "PET-CT," effecting a textual substitution in the notification's operative language.

Customs amendment removes specified tariff entries and adds Raw Wool to the notified Table under Customs authority.
The Central Government, invoking powers under the Customs Act, issues an amendment to the principal non-tariff notification to omit several specified serial entries in the notification's Table and to insert a new Table entry: "Raw Wool." The amendment is promulgated by a departmental notification signed by the Under Secretary and references prior Gazette publications of the principal notification and its earlier amendments.

Exemption of interest on customs duties: interest waived for capital goods cleared from bonded warehouses by export oriented and STP/EHTP units.
Exempts interest on customs duties payable at clearance from Customs Bonded Warehouses for capital goods, specified equipment and accessories (excluding raw materials, components and consumables) imported by export oriented undertakings, EHTP units or STP units and warehoused under the Customs warehousing regime, with beneficiary definitions tied to the respective scheme notifications and statutory meaning of export oriented undertaking.

Anti-dumping duty on BOPP film imposed with modified country-specific rates and defined currency and exchange rate rules.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on BOPP film from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Oman, Singapore and Thailand, following designated authority findings of dumping and material injury and a Tribunal-directed modification of definitive rates. The Government, under the Customs Tariff Act and anti-dumping rules, superseded the earlier notification and imposed country-specific duty rates applicable to all exporters from the subject countries, payable in Indian currency, with the rate of exchange for conversion determined by the Government notification and the bill of entry date as the relevant date.

Rules of Origin updated: new local value added requirement for threaded iron or steel fittings and deletion of interim list.
Annexure A is amended to add a product specific rule for subheading 730792 (threaded elbows, bends and sleeves): change at the 4 digit HS level to 730792 from any other heading is permitted provided Local Value Added Content is not less than 20%; this increases Annexure A to 25 items. The list of eighty two items under the "Interim Rules of Origin for Early Harvest Scheme (EHS)" is deleted.

Exchange rate determination for export goods sets specified foreign currency conversion rates, superseding earlier notification.
The Board, under the Customs Act, prescribes specified exchange rates for conversion between listed foreign currencies and Indian rupees for purposes relating to export goods, effective from the stated date and superseding the earlier notification; Schedule I lists per-unit rates for multiple currencies while Schedule II lists the rate per 100 units for the Japanese Yen.

Exchange Rate Determination sets official foreign currency conversion rates for imported goods, superseding the prior notice.
The Board determines official foreign currency conversion rates for customs purposes, effective 1st December, 2004, superseding the prior notification; Schedule I provides rupee equivalents per one unit of listed currencies and Schedule II provides rupee equivalents per one hundred units for the specified currency, with the rates shown in column (3) being operative for imported goods.

Publication of daily import-export lists: Commissioner must publish EDI consignments' particulars on customs website or noticeboard.
Mandates publication of daily lists for ports operating on the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system; the Commissioner of Customs must publish import and export lists, which may be exhibited on the customs house notice board or web-site. The EDI system is defined as the customs computer system through which electronic declarations or manifests are lodged by authorized persons via service centre data-entry facilities or NIC networking facilities. Required particulars for imports include port or country of origin, description, quantity, value and names of the steamers; for exports required particulars include destination, description, quantity, value and names of the steamers.

Adjudicating commissioner appointment for customs show cause proceedings reassigns adjudicatory jurisdiction to hear specified export cases.
Appointment under sub section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 designates the Commissioner of Customs (Exports), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva to act as Commissioner of Customs (Exports), New Custom House, Mumbai for adjudication of matters arising from a Show Cause Notice issued to M/s. Frost International Limited and others, thereby reassigning adjudicatory jurisdiction to hear the specified export-related proceedings.

Import duty exemption for hand-knotted carpet samples linked to export-based import limits and certification requirements.
Inserts a tariff entry exempting samples of hand knotted carpets from standard and additional customs duty, and amends annexure conditions to cap imports under the scheme by reference to preceding-year FOB export values: 3 percent for textile (non-handloom) or leather garments, 5 percent for handloom garments, with lining/inter-lining limited to 2 percent. Establishes condition 21C for carpets limiting imports to 1 percent of FOB carpet exports and requiring a Carpet Export Promotion Council Certificate verifying export values and prior imports.

Rescission of customs exemption notification under Customs Tariff Act removes the prior exemption from effect.
The Central Government, exercising powers under sub-section (2) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act read with rule 13 of the Customs Tariff Rules, 1995, hereby rescinds the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Notification No. 141/1999-Customs dated 30th December, 1999, removing that exemption notification from effect and recording the statutory basis and issuing authority for the rescission.

Anti-dumping duty on PTFE maintained to counter dumping and prevent continued injury to domestic industry.
Anti dumping duties were continued on all grades of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) originating in or exported from Russia after a sunset review found dumping below normal value and material injury to domestic industry; duties are imposed as the difference between a notified per kilogram dollar amount and the landed value of imports, with the applicable rate of exchange set by Treasury notification and determined as of the bill of entry date.

Anti-dumping duty on 6-Hexanelactam imposed as difference between benchmark amount and landed value, payable in local currency.
Definitive anti-dumping duty on 6-Hexanelactam is imposed where the duty equals the difference between the tabled benchmark amount (per exporter/producer and country entry) and the landed value of imports; duties vary by producer and exporter identity. Duty must be paid in Indian currency. "Landed value" is the assessable value under the Customs Act excluding specified duties, and the exchange rate is the Government-notified rate with the relevant date being the bill of entry presentation date. The notification included an expiry provision and was subsequently rescinded by a later notification.

Rescission of customs notification: prior Gazette notification withdrawn under Customs Tariff Act authority.
The Central Government, invoking authority under the Customs Tariff Act and the Rules for anti-dumping duty identification, assessment and collection, formally rescinds the earlier April 2004 notification published in the Gazette, thereby withdrawing that prior notification and annulling its legal effect.

Anti-dumping duty on melamine imposed, rates set against landed value and payable in Indian currency.
An anti-dumping duty on Melamine (tariff item 2933 61 00) is imposed for goods originating in or exported from specified countries following findings of dumping and injury; the duty equals the difference between prescribed reference amounts in US Dollars per metric tonne (varying by producer/exporter combinations) and the landed value of imports. The duty is effective from the provisional duty imposition date, payable in Indian currency, with "landed value" and the rate of exchange defined for calculation.

Tariff value fixation: substitution of the tariff-value table for edible oils and related imports, retaining listed values.
The Board, invoking powers under the Customs Act, substitutes the prior tariff-value table with a new table listing US$/metric tonne tariff values for specified import headings, mainly edible oils and brass scrap, and records that the listed values for those items remain unchanged; the notification cites its instrument number, file reference and the principal notification and prior amendment it replaces.