Customs notification amendment: omission of a specified table entry for Uttar Pradesh alters ICD/LCS/port facility classification and applicability.
The Central Board amends Notification No.12/97-CUSTOMS (N.T.) by directing that, for serial number 12 relating to Uttar Pradesh, entry (iv a) in Column (3) and the corresponding entries in Column (4) be omitted from the Table, effecting a textual excision that alters which listed facilities or classifications within that State remain governed by the notification.

Exchange rate determination for export goods prescribes specified currency-to-rupee conversion rates effective from 1 November 2004.
The Board, exercising powers under the Customs Act, determines that the rate of exchange for each foreign currency specified in Schedule I and Schedule II for purposes relating to export goods shall, with effect from 1 November 2004, be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry of the schedules; the notification supersedes the prior notification and operationalises the prescribed currency-to-rupee conversion rates for export-related customs purposes.

Exchange rate determination sets conversion rates for imported goods under the Customs Act, superseding prior notification.
The Board, under section 14(3)(a)(i) of the Customs Act, 1962, determines official rates of exchange for conversion between specified foreign currencies and Indian rupees for imported goods, superseding the earlier notification; two schedules list the foreign currencies and the rupee equivalents per unit to be applied for customs valuation and related conversion purposes.

Customs notification amendment raises the monetary threshold in Table A item (ii) under Notification No.33/94-CUSTOMS(NT).
Amendment increases the monetary threshold in Notification No. 33/94-CUSTOMS(NT) by substituting the existing monetary expression in Table A, item (ii) with a higher prescribed amount; the change is effected under clause (a) of section 152 of the Customs Act, 1962 and is published as Notification No.122/2004-Customs (NT).

Anti-dumping appeals statutory commencement notified, enabling revised fees and appeal provisions to take effect under finance legislation.
The Central Government has designated the commencement of the provision governing appeals and revision of fees under the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2004, thereby activating the statutory framework that regulates anti-dumping appeal procedures and associated fee structures and enabling customs authorities and affected parties to operate under the amended regime.

Appeal to Appellate Tribunal provision takes effect, enabling revision of fees under Finance Act for customs appeals.
The Central Government has notified the commencement of Section 69 of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2004, bringing into force the provision concerning appeals to the Appellate Tribunal and the revision of fees, by appointing the commencement date for its operation within the customs/non tariff regulatory context.

Appointment of Adjudicating Authority: commissioner designated to adjudicate show cause notices arising from a customs investigation.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under section 4(1) of the Customs Act, appoints the Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication) to act additionally as specified Commissioners for the sole purpose of adjudicating Show Cause Notices issued in relation to M/S. National Steel Products Company and others, thereby delegating adjudicatory competence to a single officer to consolidate handling of those notices.

Commissioner appointment under Customs Act to adjudicate pending show cause notices against specified trading companies issued by revenue intelligence.
Appointment under section 4(1) of the Customs Act designates the Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication), New Delhi, to act in specified customs commissioner roles for the purpose of adjudicating show cause notices issued by a revenue intelligence unit concerning specified trading companies, centralising adjudicatory authority by administrative notification of the Central Board of Excise and Customs.

Appointment under Customs Act empowers a Commissioner to adjudicate a specified show cause notice issued by revenue intelligence.
An appointment under the Customs Act designates the Commissioner of Customs (Adjudication), New Customs House, Mumbai to act as Commissioner of Customs (Imports), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva and Commissioner of Customs (Export Promotion), New Customs House, Mumbai for the sole purpose of adjudicating the specified show cause notice issued against M/s. Far East Exports, conferring a common adjudicating authority for that matter.

Adjudicating authority appointment empowers a Commissioner to adjudicate specified show-cause notices issued by DRI.
The Commissioner of Customs (Adjudication), New Customs House, Mumbai is designated to act as Commissioner at Daman, Commissioner of Customs (Exports) at Nhava Sheva, and Commissioner at Surat-II solely for adjudicating specified show-cause notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence concerning M/s. Aditya Recycling Private Limited and M/s. Khaitan Textiles Mills Private Limited, under the authority of section 4(1) of the Customs Act.

Appointment of Adjudicating Authority: Commissioner of Customs empowered to adjudicate a show cause notice against M/s Vision Inc.
Under the authority of section 4(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, the Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Adjudication), New Customs House, Mumbai to act also as Commissioner of Customs (Exports), New Customs House, Mumbai and as Commissioner of Customs at Coimbatore, Cochin and Tuticorin for the limited purpose of adjudicating matters arising from the show cause notice issued to M/s. Vision Inc. and others by the Assistant Director (CI).

Administrative appointment under Customs Act assigns Commissioner of Customs, Jaipur to adjudicate specified show cause notices for Kansara Bearings Ltd.
Appointment under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 designates the Commissioner of Customs, Jaipur to act as Commissioner of Customs (Export Promotion), New Custom House, Mumbai and as Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex, New Custom House, New Delhi for the specific purpose of adjudicating show cause notices issued against M/s. Kansara Bearings Ltd, limited to the matters identified by the notification and associated file references.

Appointment of adjudication authorities: vigilance officers designated as officers of customs with specified ranks for adjudication.
The notification appoints specified vigilance cadre officers as officers of customs with corresponding customs ranks for adjudication, superseding the earlier appointment notification; it lists Director General (Vigilance) downward through Assistant Commissioner (Vigilance) with their equivalent customs ranks to clarify which vigilance posts are authorized to perform adjudicatory functions as officers of customs.

Special Economic Zone designation: Phase II Sitapura SEZ formally specified, listing land parcels and legal basis under customs law.
Specifies Phase II, Sitapura Special Economic Zone at Jaipur as a special economic zone under section 76A of the Customs Act, 1962, listing constituent land parcels by village (Khusar and Ramchandrapura, Sanganer, Jaipur) with khasra numbers and rakba and stating the total area for the specified zone.

Customs duty amendment adds importer-specific entry imposing differential duty on imported autoconers to the notification schedule.
Amendment to Notification No. 12/99 Customs (NT) inserts a new Annexure entry, by exercise of Section 28A of the Customs Act, authorising the addition of a named importer and the specified number of imported autoconers with a prescribed differential duty payable, thus updating the notification schedule after S. No. 15.

Anti-dumping duty rescission on polyester staple fibres after findings of lack of sustainable material injury.
The Central Government rescinded the final anti-dumping notification imposing duties on certain Polyester Staple Fibres from Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand after the Appellate Tribunal found the designated authority's findings on material injury and threat of injury unsustainable and the designated authority issued a corrigendum recommending withdrawal, exercising powers under the Customs Tariff Act and relevant anti-dumping rules.

Anti-dumping duty on propylene glycol from specified countries; rates set per tonne and payable in domestic currency.
Definitive anti-dumping duties are imposed on Propylene Glycol (tariff item 2905 32 00) from specified countries based on benchmark values per metric tonne set in the notification table; duties equal the difference between those benchmarks and the landed value of imports. Duties must be paid in Indian currency. "Landed value" follows assessable value rules under the Customs Act (excluding certain duties). The applicable exchange rate is the Ministry of Finance notified rate on the bill of entry date. The notification delineates origin, exporter and producer entries affecting applicable benchmark rates.

Anti-dumping duty on Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin imposed against EU imports, payable in domestic currency under specified valuation rules.
Imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin (tariff item 3904 21 10) from the European Union, set as the difference between a specified US dollar amount per metric tonne and the landed value of imports. The duty applies as detailed in the Table to goods produced, exported and imported as specified, is payable in Indian currency, and uses the Ministry of Finance exchange rate on the bill of entry date; "landed value" is the assessable value under the Customs Act excluding certain specified tariff duties.

Customs duty reductions expand concessional tariff treatment to specified petrochemical feedstocks and polymers, facilitating domestic polymer production.
The tariff schedule is amended to insert entries reducing customs duty on specified petrochemical feedstocks (naphtha, ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, toluene, xylenes, styrene, ethylbenzene, EDC, VCM, acrylonitrile) used for polymer manufacture and on specified polymers (including LDPE, LLDPE, HDPE and related polyethylene grades and other polymer headings), thereby conferring concessional import duty treatment for these inputs and polymer goods under the Customs Act, 1962.

Provisional assessment of anti-dumping duty on specified tile imports pending new shipper review, with security and retrospective liability.
The Central Government ordered provisional assessment of anti-dumping duty on vitrified and porcelain tiles under headings 6907/6908 produced or exported by specified Chinese producers/exporters and a UAE exporter, pending completion of their new shipper review. Provisional assessment may be secured by a security or guarantee to cover any deficiency if definitive duty is later imposed. If the review results in a recommendation for anti-dumping duty, the importer will be liable to pay the duty retrospectively from the initiation of the review.