Anti-dumping duty revised: polyester film imports subject to updated landed values and amended price undertaking affecting tariff classification.
The Central Government, invoking section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act and rules 18 and 20 of the Anti-dumping Rules, has substituted the earlier tariff table with a new Table I that sets revised landed values and product classifications for packaging polyester film and polyester film excluding packaging or sun/dust controlled film, reflecting a revised price undertaking entered into by the designated authority and an exporter.

Safeguard duty on epichlorohydrin imports imposed, temporary ad valorem levy applied with exemption for developing countries.
The Central Government, relying on findings of injury by the Director General (Safeguard) and exercising powers under section 8B(1) and relevant rules, imposes a temporary ad valorem safeguard duty on Epichlorohydrin imports (sub heading 2910.30) for a specified period, while exempting imports from countries notified as developing under section 8B(6).

Appointment of Customs Officers under the Customs Act formalises DGRI, DGI and Commissioners' designation by government notification.
Appointment of DGRI, DGI, Deputy Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners as Customs Officers is made effective by Central Government notification, implementing Notification No. 18/2002-Cus. (N.T.), under the statutory authority of the Customs Act and thereby formalising their customs officer status for enforcement and administrative purposes.

Export obligation extension lets revived sick units fulfil obligations over an extended period and set off excess exports.
Where a sick unit notified by BIFR is taken over for revival, the acquiring unit may fulfil EPCG export obligations over an overall twelve-year licence period from date of issue, and export obligation of a block may be set off by excess exports in preceding block(s); several provisos replacing earlier minimum CIF-value thresholds substitute conditions tied to licences having an overall export obligation period of 12 years, and one amendment also extends eligibility to licences issued to units in notified agri export zones.

Exchange rate determination for export goods set new conversion rates effective under Customs Act, replacing prior notification.
The Board, under the Customs Act, prescribes rates of exchange to be used for conversion between specified foreign currencies and Indian rupees for export goods valuation, superseding the earlier notification; Schedule I lists rates per one unit of each foreign currency and Schedule II lists the rate per one hundred units of the listed currency as the prescribed exchange values for export goods conversion.

Exchange rate determination for imports sets prescribed currency conversion rates for customs valuation and compliance.
The Board, under the Customs Act, fixes the rate of exchange for specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees for purposes of imports, superseding the prior notification and requiring use of the appended schedules of conversion rates from the stated commencement date for customs valuation, duty computation, and related compliance.

Appointment of Adjudicating Authority: designated official to adjudicate specified customs show cause notices across jurisdictions.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under its statutory powers, designates the Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex, IGI Airport, New Delhi, to act as Commissioner of Customs, Ahmedabad, exclusively for adjudication of show cause notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in respect of two specified importers, thereby effecting an administrative delegation to create a common adjudicating authority for those matters.

Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority under Customs Act delegates adjudication of specified show cause notices to a single commissioner.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs, Pune to act as a Common Adjudicating Authority for specified show cause notices issued to M/s. Hoganas India Limited and others, delegating the adjudicatory functions of the named Commissioners under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act for the matters listed in the notification's Table.

Jurisdiction amendment: operative date for Customs notification deferred, altering commencement of jurisdictional provisions.
Amendment substitutes the operative date in Notification No. 63/2002 Customs (N.T.) by exercising powers under sub section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962, thereby deferring the commencement date for provisions relating to the jurisdiction of Chief Commissioners, Commissioners, Commissioners (Appeals) and DRI officials appointed as Customs officers; the amendment is procedural and does not change substantive jurisdictional provisions.

Customs exemption amendment substitutes a table entry, altering the applicable tariff threshold under statutory powers.
Amendment effected under the exercise of powers conferred by sub section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 modifies Notification No. 21/2002 Customs by substituting the entry "200" with "500" in the Table against Sr. No. 167, column (3), item (y), the change being issued as a government notification in the public interest.

Interest rate reduction updates customs exemption notifications to substitute higher prescribed interest with a lower prescribed rate across listed provisions.
The Central Government amends specified customs miscellaneous exemption notifications by substituting the previously prescribed higher interest rate with a lower prescribed rate in the exact conditions, sub conditions and paragraphs identified in the Table, thereby uniformly updating the rate referenced across the listed exemption provisions.

Rescission of customs notification: a prior anti-dumping notification withdrawn while preserving prior acts and omissions.
The Central Government, invoking the power under section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 read with the anti-dumping procedural rules, rescinds Notification No. 91/2001-Customs by issuing Notification No. 112/2002; the rescission operates prospectively but preserves the validity of acts done or omitted before the rescission.

Provisional anti-dumping assessment on lead acid batteries pending review; provisional duties may be secured and later collected retrospectively.
Provisional anti-dumping assessment is ordered on lead acid batteries exported by two specified Chinese manufacturers for the investigation period, subject to guarantees deemed fit by customs to secure any deficiency; if review results in definitive duty, importers will be liable to pay the recommended duty retrospectively from review initiation, with duty calculated in Indian currency using the government-specified exchange rate and the bill of entry presentation date as the relevant date.

Anti-dumping duty continuation on graphite electrodes extended pending review, maintaining provisional duty during ongoing investigations.
The Central Government, under powers conferred by the Customs Tariff Act and relevant anti-dumping rules, amends the earlier anti-dumping notification to provisionally extend the anti-dumping duty on graphite electrodes originating in or exported from the listed countries by inserting a paragraph that keeps the notification in force until a specified later date unless revoked earlier, thereby preserving the duty pending completion of the review investigations.

Customs exemption amendment adds new tariff entry for dyes, optical grade polycarbonate and unrecorded CD-Rs.
Amendment inserts S. No. 168 into List A of Notification No. 25/1999-Cus, adding the entry listing goods described as "Dyes; Optical grade polycarbonate; Jewel box CD-R (unrecorded CD)" under the notification, effected by Notification No. 108/2002-Customs under powers conferred by the Customs Act.

Anti-dumping duty continuation on acrylonitrile butadiene rubber enforces exporter-specific margins against dumped imports.
Continuation of anti-dumping duty is imposed on acrylonitrile butadiene rubber imported from Korea RP and Germany, based on findings that exports were dumped and that cessation would likely cause recurrence of dumping and injury. Duties are calculated as the difference between specified reference amounts per metric tonne for listed exporters and the landed value per tonne; landed value means the assessable value under the Customs Act excluding certain duties. Duty is payable in Indian currency using the Ministry of Finance notified exchange rate, with the bill of entry presentation date as the relevant exchange date.

Customs tariff amendment: substitution of specified tariff figures under Section 25(1) altering the entry for S.No.37.
The Central Government, invoking its statutory powers under Section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 21/2002-Customs by substituting the figures "1514.91" with "1514.19" against S.No.37 in entry (2) of the Table, as recorded in Notification No.115/2002-Customs dated 9th October 2002.

Rescission of customs exemption notification annuls prior exemption prospectively while preserving prior actions under tariff powers.
The Central Government, invoking section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act and rule 23 of the Anti dumping Duty Rules, has rescinded a prior customs exemption notification, annulled prospectively but preserving actions taken or omissions made before the rescission by a savings clause, thereby adjusting the administrative exemption framework under delegated tariff and anti dumping rulemaking authority.

Anti-dumping duty on acrylic fibre with country-specific rates, CIF-based homopolymer exemption, and payment in local currency and exchange-rate rule.
The Central Government imposes anti-dumping duty on acrylic fibre from specified countries with country- and exporter-specific duty rates; Homopolymer Acrylic Fibre (100% acrylonitrile) is exempt when CIF price meets a prescribed threshold subject to a variation. Duty is payable in Indian currency and calculated using the official exchange rate applicable on the bill-of-entry date. The measure follows a sunset review finding of dumping and injury and includes temporal limits and a later exclusion for imports from one specified country.

Rescission of customs notification: central government withdraws prior anti dumping tariff notification while preserving previous actions.
The Central Government, invoking powers under the Customs Tariff Act read with the anti dumping rules, rescinds the earlier customs notification of 31st December, 2001, withdrawing that instrument from the regulatory framework; the rescission is qualified by a savings provision preserving things done or omitted to be done before rescission.