Customs exemption amendment: deletion of a scheduled entry and removal of the Explanation narrows the prior exemption.
The Central Government, exercising powers under the Customs Act, issues an amendment deleting Sl. No. 12A and its related entries from the Table of the principal exemption notification and omits the Explanation, thereby modifying the scope of the earlier exemption instrument.

Rescission of customs notifications: three exemption notifications withdrawn while preserving prior acts and omissions.
The government, invoking its power under the Customs Act on public interest grounds, rescinds three specified miscellaneous exemption notifications of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), identified by their original notification numbers and dates, and provides that the rescission does not affect things done or omitted to be done before such rescission.

Export duty on leather fixed: specified categories exempt beyond prescribed duty rates when exported from India.
The notification fixes export duty ceilings for specified leather goods under Heading No. 14 by exempting exports from any customs duty in excess of amounts calculated at the rates shown in the Table. It enumerates leather categories with applicable rates (including Nil entries) and defines "finished leather of goat, sheep and bovine animals and of their young ones" by reference to the Government of India Public Notice No. 3/ITC(PN)/92-97, as amended.

Export duty on hides and skins increased; tariff schedule amended to raise duty rate for tanned and untanned leathers.
The Central Government directed an amendment to the Second Schedule of the Customs Tariff Act by substituting the entry in column (3) for Heading No. 14 with a revised export duty rate, affecting hides, skins and leathers, tanned and untanned, and excluding manufactured leather goods under other headings.

Customs amendment updates exempt feed grade amino acids, specifying L lysine, L lysine monohydrochloride and methionine variants.
The Central Government amends the principal customs exemption notification by substituting the Table entry against S.No.72 in column (3) to list specifically the feed-grade products: L lysine, L lysine monohydrochloride, DL methionine and methionine hydroxy analog, thereby limiting the exemption benefit to those enumerated compounds.

Customs handling of imports and exports: amendment specifies unloading of imported goods and loading of export goods at Dharmtar.
Exercising powers under clause (a) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962, the Government amends Notification No. 62/94-Customs (NT) by substituting, for Dharmtar (serial 8, item (2) in the Maharashtra schedule), the column (4) entry to read: "Unloading of imported goods and loading of export goods or any class of such goods."

Effective duty: specified minimum customs duties set on textile and apparel imports, with ad valorem or higher specific floors.
Notification establishes an effective duty regime for specified textile and apparel tariff entries by exempting imported goods from customs duty in excess of the amount calculated at the rate specified in the Table, pairing each tariff heading with a description and an ad valorem percentage or specific monetary floor (whichever is higher), distinguishes upholstery and non upholstery fabrics, defines upholstery fabrics, and declares column four rates to be ad valorem unless otherwise stated.

Customs power under section eleven removes specified clauses from an earlier notification, altering non tariff regulatory provisions.
The Central Government, invoking section 11 of the Customs Act, 1962 and acting in the public interest for the subsection (2) purposes, amends Notification No.1/64 Customs (18 January 1964) by directing the omission of clauses (v) and (vi) from that notification.

Customs jurisdiction designated: specified DG posts and Central Excise Commissioners given nationwide and local authority; Hyderabad cargo areas reassigned to Hyderabad-II.
The amendment designates certain Director General posts as Chief Commissioner of Customs with nationwide jurisdiction and provides that Commissioners of Central Excise shall act as Commissioners of Customs within their territorial jurisdiction under the Central Excise rules, with a specific modification assigning Hyderabad airport, inland container depot and air cargo complex jurisdiction to the Commissioner of Central Excise, Hyderabad II rather than Hyderabad I or Hyderabad III.

Transhipment sealing exemption removes gateway-port Customs sealing for qualifying containers bearing disclosed one-time shipping-line bottle seals.
Transhipment sealing requirements exempt containers from Customs sealing at the gateway port before dispatch to ICDs, CFSs or ports where the container carries a one-time bottle seal applied by the shipping line or its agent and Customs has been informed of the seal's serial number. The exemption applies to dispatch by rail, motor vehicle or vessel and forms part of the Goods Imported (Conditions of Transhipment) Amendment Regulations, 2000.

Rescission of anti-dumping duty on aniline withdraws earlier notification while preserving prior actions taken before rescission.
The Central Government, invoking powers under sub-section (2) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act and rule 13 of the Anti-dumping Rules, rescinds the notification that imposed anti-dumping duty on aniline, withdrawing that earlier notification while expressly preserving the effect of actions taken or omissions before the rescission.

Anti-dumping duty on Aniline imports enforces exporter-specific rates for designated foreign producers and applies from provisional imposition date.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on imports of Aniline from Japan and the United States, based on findings of export pricing below normal value causing material injury, with exporter-specific rates prescribed under section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act. Duty is payable in Indian currency from the provisional imposition date for the notified application period, and payable amounts are calculated using the rate of exchange specified by government notification, the relevant date for which is the date of presentation of the bill of entry.

Duty exemption for copper products produced from exported reverts allows relief based on toll processing costs plus insurance and freight.
Exempts copper cathodes, wire bars and wire rods produced from exported copper reverts used for toll smelting or toll processing from customs duty and additional duty to the extent such duty exceeds duties computed on a value equal to toll smelting or processing costs (labour, material excluding exported goods, other payable charges) plus insurance and freight both ways; relief is conditional on import within one year of export and on production of sufficient evidence showing the goods were obtained by the toll processing of the exported reverts.

Customs exemption amendment adds tariff entries and reduces a specified duty rate under the existing notification.
Amendment to Notification No.16/2000 Cus inserts new Table entries (S. Nos. 56A and 56B) covering specified chapter 27 headings and "all goods" with designated duty percentages, and substitutes a lower percentage in column (4) of S. No. 58; the change is made under sub section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 and takes effect on the thirtieth day of September, 2000.

Anti-dumping duty on hydroxylamine sulfate: duty equals specified benchmark minus landed value, payable in Indian currency.
An anti-dumping duty is imposed on Hydroxyl Amine Sulphate imports from the United States, European Union and Japan after findings of dumping and material injury; the duty per metric tonne equals the difference between the exporter/country-specific benchmark amount in the Table and the landed value. The Table lists benchmark amounts for specified exporters and other exporters. Duty is payable in Indian currency and effective until the notification's specified date. "Landed value" is the assessable value under the Customs Act excluding certain tariff duties, and the applicable "rate of exchange" is the Ministry of Finance notified rate determined as of bill of entry presentation.

Special additional duty exemption extended to include that duty alongside customs duty under the Customs Tariff Act.
The notification amends Notification No.37/96-Customs by substituting the exemption wording so that exemption applies both to the duty of customs leviable under the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act and to the special additional duty leviable under the same Act, thereby extending the prior customs duty exemption to include special additional duty as issued under the Central Government's statutory powers in the Customs Tariff Act and the Customs Act.

Rescission of customs anti-dumping notification withdraws prior notice while preserving previously completed actions and effects.
The Central Government, under sub section (2) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 read with rule 13 of the Anti dumping Rules, 1995, rescinds Notification No. 70/2000 Customs dated 19 May 2000. The rescission withdraws the earlier notification's effect but expressly preserves actions done or omissions made before the rescission, so that administrative acts carried out under the earlier notification remain valid to the extent already completed.

Anti-dumping duty on EPDM imports from specified exporters to counter dumped imports causing material injury.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on Ethylene Propylene Diene Rubber (EPDM) originating in or exported from Korea RP and specified exporters is ordered. The duty equals the difference per metric tonne between amounts set for each exporter in the annexed table and the landed value of the imported EPDM; it is payable in Indian currency and levied from the date of provisional imposition. "Landed value" is the assessable value under the Customs Act (excluding certain customs duties) and the exchange rate is as notified by the Government, with the bill of entry date as relevant.

Exchange rate determination for export goods sets specified currency conversion values to govern export valuation and conversion.
Determination under the Customs Act fixing the rate of exchange for conversion of specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees for export goods; Notification No. 58/2000-Customs (N.T.) supersedes the prior notification and states that, with effect from 1st October 2000, the rates set out in Schedule I (per unit rates) and Schedule II (aggregate-unit rates) shall be the operative conversion values for export purposes.

Exchange rate fixation sets official monthly conversion rates for customs valuation and stamp duty calculations.
Fixes monthly foreign exchange conversion rates effective from the first day of the month for calculating stamp duty and for customs valuation of imported goods, superseding the prior notification; Schedule I lists per unit currency rates and Schedule II lists rates per one hundred units to be used as the authoritative conversion figures in statutory calculations.