Tariff concessions under CECA deepen; substituted schedule sets preferential customs duty rates for listed goods.
Amendment substitutes the Table in notification No. 10/2008-Customs to deepen CECA tariff concessions by listing specific first-schedule tariff items and prescribing preferential customs duty rates for each item. The substituted Table enumerates tariff line codes with corresponding ad valorem percentage rates or, in one case, an alternative higher specific duty condition, replacing the earlier schedule and operationalising the revised preferential rates for imports covered by the India-Singapore CECA under the Customs notification framework.

Tariff value fixation updates: substituted tables set commodity valuation bases for customs import assessment.
CBEC, exercising powers under section 14(2) of the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.) by substituting TABLE-1, TABLE-2 and TABLE-3 to prescribe tariff values in US dollars for specified imported commodities - including palm oils, palmoleins, crude soyabean oil, brass scrap, poppy seeds, areca nuts, and specified gold and silver categories - establishing valuation bases for customs assessment.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to consolidate customs adjudication for a specified show cause notice under Customs Act.
Pursuant to sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, the Central Board appoints the Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs (Preventive), New Custom House, New Delhi as a Common Adjudicating Authority authorised to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the specified preventive customs commissioners solely for adjudicating show cause notices issued to M/s Beanstalk Brand Consultancy by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Delhi Zonal Unit.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment centralises customs adjudication for a show cause notice against M/s Hettich India Pvt. Ltd.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under sub section (1) of sections 4 and 5 of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Additional Commissioner of Customs (Port Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House, Nhava Sheva, as the Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and duties of three specified Additional Commissioners for adjudicating matters arising from the show cause notice issued to M/s Hettich India Pvt. Ltd.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to adjudicate a show cause notice concerning alleged customs violations and related proceedings.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, appoints the Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs, Commissionerate of Customs (Preventive), Jaipur as the Common Adjudicating Authority empowered to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the two named commissioners for adjudicating the specified show cause notice.

Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority to adjudicate specified show-cause notices arising from DRI investigations under Customs Act powers.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs, ICD Tughlakabad, as a Common Adjudicating Authority under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act to exercise the powers and duties of several named customs officers for the purpose of adjudicating the show-cause notices issued to M/s Patil Rail Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. referenced in the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence notification.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment centralises adjudication of specified customs show cause notices from a DRI investigation.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, invoking the Customs Act, appoints the Additional Commissioner of Customs at Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, as the Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of two named Additional Commissioners of Customs solely for adjudicating the show cause notice issued to M/s Trading Syndicate and others arising from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit investigation dated 21st May, 2013.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment consolidates customs adjudication for DRI-issued show cause proceedings against specified parties.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, appoints the Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs, Ahmedabad, as the Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise powers and discharge duties of specified Additional/Joint and Deputy/Assistant Commissioners at Ahmedabad, Mundra, Kandla, Nhava Sheva, Sabarmati ICD and Hyderabad-II for adjudicating matters arising from the show cause notice issued by the Additional Director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Ahmedabad, concerning M/s Roop Dyes and Intermediates and others.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment authorises consolidated adjudication of the show cause notice against M/s Ashika Commercial Pvt Ltd.
The Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs (Port-Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House, Nhava Sheva is appointed as Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the specified Additional/Joint Commissioners and Deputy/Assistant Commissioners of Customs for the purpose of adjudicating matters arising from the show cause notice issued by the regional unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in respect of the referenced respondent.

Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority centralises customs adjudication for a specified intelligence-initiated show cause notice.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, invoking section 4(1) and section 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs (Port), Kolkata, as Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and duties of specified customs officers for adjudicating matters arising from a particular intelligence-initiated show cause notice, thereby centralising adjudicatory jurisdiction and procedural responsibility for that notice in the named office.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to exercise customs adjudication powers over a show cause notice in a revenue intelligence seizure case.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs (Port), Kolkata as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and duties of specified Kolkata customs officers for adjudicating the show cause notice issued to M/s S.K. Sales Corporation by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Lucknow, thereby reallocating adjudicatory jurisdiction for that specific proceeding.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to consolidate customs adjudication for specified show cause proceedings under the Customs Act.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs, ICD Tughlakabad as a Common Adjudicating Authority empowered to exercise the powers and discharge duties of four specified customs adjudicating officers for the sole purpose of adjudicating the show-cause proceedings concerning M/s EMD Locomotive Technologies Private Limited arising from a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence notice.

Common Adjudicating Authority under Customs Act centralizes adjudication of DRI show cause notices for specified customs formations.
Pursuant to sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, the Central Board appoints the Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs (Imports), Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House, Nhava Sheva, as the Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and duties of three named Additional/Joint Commissioners for adjudicating show-cause notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (Ahmedabad Zonal Unit) in relation to M/s Blue Bird Creation P. Ltd. and others.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to adjudicate show cause notices related to M/s Pan East Exim and others.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Juhi Railway Yard, Kanpur as Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and duties of two specified Additional/Joint Commissioners of Customs for adjudicating matters arising from show cause notices issued in respect of M/s Pan East Exim (P) Ltd. and others, thereby consolidating adjudicatory responsibility for those specified proceedings under the Customs Act, 1962.

Customs exchange rates updated for valuation of imports and exports, prescribing separate rupee conversion rates for listed currencies.
CBEC, under Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, prescribes specified rupee-equivalent exchange rates for listed foreign currencies to be used for valuation of imported goods and exported goods, set out in Schedule I (per unit) and Schedule II (per 100 units). The notification supersedes the prior exchange-rate notification except as to prior actions and directs that the listed import and export rates be applied from the stated effective date for customs assessment.

Anti-dumping duty revoked on polypropylene imports from Oman, amending the customs notification and omitting specified entries.
Revocation of anti-dumping duty on imports of polypropylene originating in or exported from Oman by amending Notification No. 119/2010-Customs; serial numbers 1 to 4 and their entries in the Table to that notification are omitted with effect from the date of publication of the revoking notification in the Official Gazette.

Customs exemption for RNTCP imports contingent on health ministry certification; duty relief for specified anti tuberculosis drugs and diagnostics.
Exemption from customs and additional duties is granted for specified anti-tuberculosis drugs and diagnostics/equipment imported for the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme funded by the Global Fund, conditional on presentation at clearance of a certificate from an officer not below Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare confirming requirement for the programme; the exemption relieves the whole of applicable customs duty and additional duty under section 3, subject to temporal qualifications and later rescission.

Fixation of Tariff Values updated for specified agricultural and metal imports under customs notification; tables substituted accordingly.
Central Board of Excise & Customs amends Notification No. 36/2001 Customs (N.T.) under section 14(2) of the Customs Act by substituting TABLE 1, TABLE 2 and TABLE 3 with revised tariff values in US dollars for specified imported commodities, including edible oils, brass scrap, poppy seeds, gold and silver (under specified notification benefits), and areca nuts, thereby fixing valuation benchmarks for customs purposes.

Warehousing station declaration enables setting up of export oriented units under Customs Act provisions after delegated authority notification.
Declaration by the Commissioner, under delegated powers, designating SF No. 138/4-A, Annur Main Road, Chikkadasampalayam, Mettupalayam, Coimbatore, as a warehousing station for the purpose of setting up a 100 percent Export Oriented Unit, pursuant to the Customs Act and with approval from the commerce authority.

Appointment of Director General (Safeguard) designates R.K. Singla to administer safeguard duty under Customs Tariff Rules.
Designation under sub rule (1) of Rule 3 of the Customs Tariff (Identification and Assessment of Safeguard Duty) Rules, 1997 appoints Sh. R.K. Singla as Director General (Safeguard), superseding Notification No.78/2013 Customs (N.T.), by Central Government notification for purposes of those Rules.