Customs duty exemption for N Paraffin used in manufacture of linear alkyl benzene, relieving excess ad valorem and additional duty.
The Central Government exempts imported N-Paraffin for manufacture of Linear Alkyl Benzene by removing so much of the customs duty as exceeds a specified ad valorem threshold and by exempting the whole of the additional duty leviable under the Customs Tariff Act.

Appointment of customs port: Changrabandh road designated as a customs crossing linking to Burimari, enabling customs controls.
Under powers of clauses (b) and (c) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962, Notification No. 104 Customs is amended by inserting serial number 56, designating Changrabandh and describing it as "the road connecting Changrabandh in India and Burimari in Bangladesh," thereby formally adding that road link to the Table of appointed customs ports.

Auxiliary duty amendment adds a new schedule entry, incorporating a referenced customs exemption notification under delegated power.
Exercising delegated power under sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act read with sub-section (4) of section 93 of the Finance Act, the Central Government amends Notification No. 207 Customs by inserting, after serial number 304, a new schedule entry (serial number 305) that cross references an additional miscellaneous exemption notification, thereby incorporating that notification into the Schedule of Notification No. 207 Customs.

Customs exemption: capped duty for aluminium ingots limits payable import duty to a fixed per tonne rate.
Imports of aluminium ingots under Chapter 76 are subject to a capped customs liability whereby the portion of scheduled customs duty exceeding a specified per metric tonne rate is exempted, exercised under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 as a public interest concession.

Customs exemption rate increase amends ad valorem rate and extends exemption validity under the Customs Act.
Amendment increases the ad valorem exemption rate and extends the notification's validity under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 by substituting the existing ad valorem rate with a higher rate and replacing the earlier terminal date with a later terminal date, thereby prolonging the period of the exemption specified in Notification No. 455/86-Customs.

Auxiliary duty amendment inserts a new schedule entry referencing an earlier customs exemption notification.
Amendment to the customs exemption schedule inserts a new entry referencing an earlier notification to impose auxiliary duty; the Central Government, exercising powers under the Customs Act and the Finance Act and citing public interest, adds a schedule item that incorporates Notification No. 239/87-Customs by reference into Notification No. 207/87-Customs.

Customs amendment expands tariff coverage and replaces 'footballs' with 'inflatable balls' in an exemption notification.
Amendment to a customs exemption notification substitutes the reference "Chapter 39" with "Chapter 39 or 56," expanding tariff classification coverage, and replaces the commodity term "footballs" wherever it occurs with "inflatable balls." The Central Government issues the amendment under powers conferred by sub section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, as necessary in the public interest.

Warehousing station designation declares a village as an authorized customs warehousing location under Customs Act provisions.
Under section 9 of the Customs Act, 1962, the Central Board of Excise and Customs declares Village Koorghalli in Mysore Taluk, District Mysore, Karnataka, to be a warehousing station, exercising its administrative power by issuing an exemption notification to effect territorial classification for customs warehousing purposes.

Warehousing station designation enables export-oriented undertakings to use a declared village for customs warehousing under customs law.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising powers under the Customs Act, declares Village Devarapally in Ananthapur District, Andhra Pradesh, to be a warehousing station for the purpose of permitting and supporting the establishment and operation of export-oriented undertakings, enabling customs warehousing treatment and related procedural facilitation for eligible export units within the declared locality.

Authorisation of State industry officers expanded to certify small scale sector firms for customs exemption under notification.
The amendment substitutes sub-clause (ii) of Clause (1) to provide that the Director of Industries, or the Commissioner of Industries, or any officer not below the rank of Joint Director of Industries specifically authorised by the Director or the Commissioner of the State concerned may authorise firms classified as falling in the small scale sector for the purposes of the customs notification exemption.

Customs exemption scope: magnetic tapes now covered by amended notification, removing previous sound recording exclusion, clarifying coverage.
Amendment replaces the phrase "magnetic tapes other than those for sound recording" with "magnetic tapes" in Notification No. 232/87-Customs, effected by the Central Government under its statutory power and stated to be in the public interest, thereby broadening the descriptive scope of the prior miscellaneous exemption notification.

Rescission of customs notification: withdrawal of exemption for magnetic tapes under executive authority on public interest basis.
The Central Government rescinds Notification No. 49/84-Customs (relating to magnetic tapes) by Notification No. 335/87-Cus dated 12-10-1987, exercised under sub section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, on the stated ground that rescission is necessary in the public interest, thereby withdrawing the earlier exemption established on 1 March 1984.

Appointment of Customs Officers: substitution designates Collector (Bombay), Additional Collector and Assistant Collectors for Goa.
The Central Government, under section 4(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, substitutes Item No. 5 in Notification No. 251 Customs to designate the whole of the State of Goa and to appoint the Collector of Customs, Bombay, the Additional Collector of Customs, Goa, and the Assistant Collectors of Customs, Goa, as the authorised customs officers for that area.

Auxiliary duty amendment adds a notification to the Customs exemption schedule, altering tariff exemption entries.
The Central Government exercises powers under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 read with section 93(4) of the Finance Act, 1987 to amend Notification No. 207/87-Customs by inserting, after serial number 303, a new entry adding Notification No. 332/87-Customs, dated 29th September, 1987, into the Schedule of miscellaneous exemption notifications governing auxiliary duty.

Customs exemption for lithium carbonate caps import duty at an ad valorem rate and waives additional duty for aluminium manufacturers.
Lithium Carbonate imported into India for energy saving and pollution control in the manufacture of aluminium by an organisation engaged in aluminium production is exempted from so much of the customs duty as exceeds the amount calculated at an ad valorem rate of 25% and from the whole of the additional duty leviable under Section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act.

Customs amendment: substitution of tariff entry to designate dicarboxylic acid and mixtures in exemption schedule.
The Central Government amends Notification No. 386/86-Cus by substituting the Table entry for Sl. No. 4 to specify the Customs Tariff chapter references and to describe the goods as Dicarboxylic Acid and Mixtures thereof, exercising powers under the Customs Act to revise the exemption schedule's descriptive entry.

Amendment of Exemption Notifications postpones operative date for specified customs motor vehicle exemptions under Customs Act authority
The Central Government, under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, issues Notification No. 330/87-Cus. directing that paragraph 2 of Notification Nos. 74/85-Cus., 75/85-Cus. and 222/87-Cus. be amended by substituting the previously stated operative date with a later operative date, thereby deferring the commencement of the exemptions in each notification.

Rates of exchange prescribed as binding conversion benchmarks for stamp duty and customs calculations under statutory authority.
Prescribes statutory rates of exchange for specified foreign currencies to be used in calculating stamp duty under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, and for determinations under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962. The Central Government, exercising delegated powers and superseding an earlier notification, fixes conversion rates for each listed currency as set out in the Schedule, effective from the stated operative date, making the Schedule the binding reference for stamp and customs calculations.

Warehousing station designation enables customs warehousing to support export-oriented undertakings in a specified locality.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under section 9 of the Customs Act, 1962, declares Village Graddagunta, Tada Mandalam, District Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, to be a warehousing station for the purpose of setting up export-oriented undertakings operating entirely for export.

Warehousing station designation: Village Dabolim declared a customs warehousing station under statutory authority enabling regulated storage.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising powers under the Customs Act, has declared Village Dabolim in Marmagoa Taluka, District Goa, State of Goa to be a warehousing station, effectuating an administrative designation for customs purposes and enabling regulated storage and customs oversight at the named location.