Common Adjudicating Authority assignment transfers a revenue intelligence Show Cause Notice to a Commissioner for customs adjudication.
A Show Cause Notice and corrigendum issued by a revenue intelligence unit have been assigned under the relevant customs notification to the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Delhi-IV, to act as the Common Adjudicating Authority and undertake adjudication of the matter; the order directs communication of the assignment to specified official recipients and electronic contacts for implementation.

Anti-dumping duty amendment removes specified table entries from an earlier customs notification, narrowing covered dumped articles.
Amendment removes four enumerated serial entries (Sl. Nos. 5-8) and their corresponding TABLE entries from an earlier customs notification concerning anti-dumping duty, effected under the powers conferred by the Customs Tariff Act and the implementing anti-dumping rules to identify, assess and collect anti-dumping duty and determine injury.

Anti-dumping duty continuation on Sodium Hydrosulphite extended under statutory continuation review for an additional period by government notification.
The central government amends the prior customs notification to extend the anti-dumping duty on Sodium Hydrosulphite originating in or exported from China PR, exercising powers under the Customs Tariff Act and applicable anti-dumping rules to add that the notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of a specified date unless revoked earlier.

Customs exemption effective date revised to postpone applicability for specified defence and related imports under notification.
The Central Government, under sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, substitutes in Notification No.39/96-Customs the phrase "on or after the 1st day of January, 2012" with "on or after the 5th day of April, 2014" in the Explanation to column (3) against S.No.31 of the TABLE, thereby altering the applicability date of that exemption entry.

Assignment of Show Cause Notice under Customs Act: notice assigned to Commissioner of Customs for adjudication proceedings.
The Board assigns the Show Cause Notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence to the Commissioner of Customs, Ahmedabad, for the purpose of adjudication under the notification issued under sub section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, thereby designating the Commissioner as the proper officer to conduct the adjudication; the order also records a clerical correction to the party name.

Fixation of tariff values: amends notified tariff values for specified imported goods under Customs Act, updating table entries.
Substitutes the Table in the principal customs notification to fix tariff values in US$ per metric tonne for specified imports, listing values for edible oils (crude palm oil, RBD palm oil, palmolein variants, crude soybean oil) and other commodities, and adding entries for brass scrap (all grades) and poppy seeds, while noting unchanged values for certain edible-oil items.

Provisional anti-dumping assessment imposed on certain imported ceramic glazed tiles from China pending new shipper review; security may be required.
Pending completion of a new shipper review, imports of specified ceramic glazed tiles originating in or exported from China PR by the named producer through the named exporter shall be subject to provisional assessment; customs may require security or guarantee to cover any deficiency if a definitive anti-dumping duty is later imposed, and importers will be liable to pay duty recommended on review from the date of review initiation.

Correction of corporate name: replaces Woongjin Chemicals co Ltd with Woongjin Chemical Co Ltd in customs notification.
The corrigendum to Notification No. 110/2010 Customs directs that the words and letters "Woongjin Chemicals co Ltd" wherever they occur in the notification shall be read as "Woongjin Chemical Co Ltd," amending the earlier text for identification and record purposes in the Official Gazette.

Rescission of Exemption Notification ends prior customs exemption; savings clause preserves actions taken before rescission.
Central Government rescinds the earlier customs exemption notification issued in 2006 by exercising statutory power, withdrawing the operative exemption going forward while preserving validity of acts done or omissions made before the rescission.

Exemption from Special Additional Duty: goods exempt under relevant notification remain SAD exempt when imported from Nepal, subject to original conditions.
Exempts from Special Additional Duty (SAD) all goods exempt under Notification No.104/2010 Customs when imported from Nepal by adding S. No.87 to Notification No.20/2006 Customs, with the exemption subject to any conditions specified in Notification No.104/2010 Customs and the duty rate recorded as nil.

Anti-dumping rule amendment: substitutes wording in Rule 2(b) to 'referring to the rest of the producers'.
The Second Amendment Rules, 2011 substitute the words "referring to the rest of the producers only" with "referring to the rest of the producers" in Rule 2(b) of the 1995 anti dumping Rules. The amendment is made under the enabling provisions of the Customs Tariff Act and comes into force upon publication in the Official Gazette, notified as Notification No.86/2011 dated 1 December 2011.

Customs Tariff Amendment: substitution of exemption table prescribing import duty rates for specified tariff items.
The Central Government, exercising its statutory power, substitutes the table in the principal customs exemption notification with a new consolidated table listing specified tariff items and the corresponding import duty or exemption rates for the listed goods, making that substituted schedule the operative tariff treatment under the exemption notification.

Tariff values updated for specified edible oils, brass scrap and poppy seeds, substituting the prior customs valuation table.
Amendment substitutes the valuation table in Notification No. 36/2001-Cus (N.T.) under powers of the Customs Act, prescribing tariff values in US$ per metric tonne for specified commodities, including categories of palm oils, palmoleins, crude soyabean oil, and updated entries for brass scrap and poppy seeds; several entries are noted as unchanged from the prior schedule.

Customs notification amendment extends the specified transitional date to first day of April, 2012 under section 25 authority.
Amendment substitutes the operative date in the proviso to the preamble of Notification No.21/2002-Customs: the figures and words "1st day of December, 2011" in clause (m) are replaced by the figures and words "1st day of April, 2012," made under sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 as necessary in the public interest.

Courier clearance regulations expand the specified location reference by including Calicut alongside Coimbatore for regulatory purposes.
Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Regulations, 1998 are amended to include Calicut alongside Coimbatore in the specified expression under the regulatory definitions. The amendment takes effect upon publication in the Official Gazette.

Appointment of common adjudicating authority to adjudicate a Customs show cause notice against two glass manufacturers.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Joint Commissioner or Additional Commissioner of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax, Hyderabad II Commissionerate, Hyderabad, as Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge duties of specified Additional Commissioners for the limited purpose of adjudicating a particular show cause notice issued to two named glass manufacturers at the Hyderabad address, pursuant to the statutory authority conferred under the Customs Act.

Exchange rate determination for customs valuation sets distinct import and export currency rates effective from the notified date.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising powers under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, supersedes the prior notification and prescribes rupee equivalents for specified foreign currencies for customs valuation. Distinct import and export rates are listed in Schedule I (per unit) and Schedule II (per 100 units for yen), and these rates apply from the stated effective date for purposes of imported and export goods under the Act.

Provisional Duty Assessment: provisional duty may be fixed against bond and partial deposit; shortfall payable upon final assessment.
Regulations permit provisional assessment where self-assessment is not possible or the proper officer cannot verify or re-assess duty; the proper officer estimates a provisional duty. Provisional assessment is allowed if the importer or exporter executes a bond undertaking to pay any deficiency between the final assessment and the provisional duty and deposits a directed sum not exceeding twenty per cent of the provisional duty. Bonds must secure payment of any shortfall and, where required, the production of documents; the officer may insist on surety or security and a penalty is prescribed for contraventions.

Electronic shipping bill filing: system-generated number deems filing complete and triggers customs clearance procedures.
An authorised person may enter the electronic declaration via ICEGATE or a service centre in the prescribed format; when the electronic declaration is accepted and a unique number is generated by the system the shipping bill is deemed to have been filed and, where applicable, self-assessment of duty is complete. The authorised person must present the checklist, supporting export documents and any duty/cess challan to the proper officer, who after permitting clearance generates and retains the customs copy and issues other endorsed copies to the authorised person.

Bill of Entry electronic filing via ICEGATE deemed filing and self-assessment; originals presented for customs clearance.
These regulations require importers or authorised persons to submit a Bill of Entry as an electronic declaration via ICEGATE or service centre in the prescribed annexure format; generation of a bill of entry number by the Indian Customs Electronic Data Interchange System is deemed filing and completion of self-assessment of duty. After assessment, the authorised person must present the original customs copy, duty-paid challan and supporting documents to the proper officer, who will retain the original and issue duplicate and triplicate copies.