Customs notification amendment updates Dahanu entry to authorize unloading of imported coal by Reliance Energy.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs amends Notification No. 62/94 Customs (N.T.) by substituting the Table entry for serial number 8, item (8) relating to Dahanu, replacing the column (4) entry with: "Unloading of imported Coal by M/s. Reliance Energy Ltd." This amendment is issued as Notification No. 91/2005 Customs (N.T.) and notified in the Gazette.

Customs loading point expansion: Renigunta added for perishable fruits and vegetables under amended notification framework.
Notification No. 90/2005 Customs (N.T.) inserts item (c) "Renigunta (Tirupati) Loading of perishable fruits and vegetables" into the Table of Notification No. 61/94 Customs (N.T.), under the authority of clause (a) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962, adding the new entry against serial No. 2 in column (3) and its corresponding column (4) entries.

Duty Entitlement Pass Book Scrip exemption for customs and additional duty conditioned on permitted credits and valid ports of use.
Exemption is provided for specified imported goods from Customs duty and additional duty when imported against a Duty Entitlement Pass Book Scrip, subject to conditions: the importer must hold a DEPB Scrip issued by the Licensing Authority with permitted credit entries at government-notified rates; the DEPB Scrip must be produced for debiting duties that would otherwise be leviable and must have sufficient credit; the DEPB Scrip is valid for twenty four months (subject to extension) and use is limited to listed ports, airports, ICDs, land customs stations or SEZs, with Commissioner of Customs able to permit other locations.

Tariff value fixation updated for specified imported oils and brass scrap under Customs Act authority.
The Board, exercising powers under the Customs Act, substitutes the Table in Notification No.36/2001-Cus (N.T.) with a new tariff-value schedule specifying per-metric-tonne tariff values for listed imported commodities including palm oils, palmoleins, soyabean oil and brass scrap, thereby updating the import valuation framework established by the principal notification.

Customs exemption for Liquefied Natural Gas enables duty-free imports for Dabhol power project subject to certification.
The notification amends the customs tariff table to add a nil-duty entry for Liquefied Natural Gas imported for a specified Dabhol power project and a project-specific LNG facility exemption covering operations from unloading to re-gasification, substitutes an "All goods" entry to exclude crude palm oil, and adds a concessional entry for acid grade fluorspar; an Annexure condition requires Joint Secretary-level certification that the LNG facility is integral to the named power project.

Commissioner appointment to adjudicate customs show cause notice; directs adjudication of DRI issued import matters.
Appointment under section 4(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 designates the Commissioner of Customs (Import), New Custom House, Mumbai to act as Commissioner of Customs (Air Cargo Import), Sahar, Mumbai, for adjudication of the show cause notice issued to M/s Balrampur Chini Mills Limited and others, formalizing the transfer of adjudicatory responsibility for the referenced import proceedings.

Appointment of adjudicating authority: Commissioner of Customs designated to adjudicate the show cause notice against Jindal Steel and Power Ltd.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Import), New Custom House, Mumbai Port, to act as designated Commissioner for specified Customs formations in order to adjudicate the show cause notice issued to M/s Jindal Steel and Power Ltd and others, centralizing adjudicatory jurisdiction and conferring procedural responsibility to the named commissioner for matters arising from the referenced notice.

Appointment of special adjudicators under the Customs Act to adjudicate a specified show cause notice.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints four named Commissioners of Customs to adjudicate the Show Cause Notice issued to M/s Vishal Plastomers Private Limited, Ahmedabad and others (DRI/AZU/INV-1/2004, dated 19th July, 2005).

Amendment to customs notification removes a specified table entry under powers of the Customs Act, altering the notification's schedule.
By notification number 85/2005-Customs (N.T.), issued under the Customs Act, the entry at serial number 19 in the Table to notification number 106/2004-Customs (N.T.) is omitted, deleting that item's operative entries from the earlier notification; the amendment is effected by publication in the Gazette.

Anti-dumping duty on MBTS imposed to counter dumping and protect domestic industry, with specified per unit rates.
Definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on MBTS (Dibenzothiazole disulphide, "Accelerator DM") following findings that dumped imports from the People's Republic of China caused material injury; specified per kilogram US dollar rates apply to distinct producer/exporter/origin scenarios, payment is to be made in Indian currency using prescribed exchange rates on the bill of entry date, and the levy is effective from publication subject to the notification's expiry.

Exchange rate determination sets official conversion rates for specified foreign currencies for export goods effective October.
The Board determines official conversion rates for specified foreign currencies for export goods, effective 1 October 2005, superseding the prior notification; the rate for each currency in Schedule I and Schedule II is the rate specified opposite that currency for conversions into Indian rupees or vice versa.

Exchange Rate Determination sets conversion rates for specified foreign currencies for imported goods in the upcoming customs cycle.
The Board, under section 14(3)(a)(i) of the Customs Act, 1962, prescribes specific rupee equivalents for listed foreign currencies for use in conversion of imported goods, effective 1st October 2005, superseding the prior notification; rates are set out in Schedule I (per unit) and Schedule II (per 100 units for Japanese Yen).

Duty drawback amendments update tariff descriptions across specified chapters, revising product entries and terminology for drawback applicability.
Amendments to the All Industry Rates of Duty Drawback Schedule substitute and omit product descriptions against specified tariff items across Chapters 28, 33, 41, 42, 54, 64, 83 and 87, revising nomenclature for chemicals, perfumed agarbatti, various finished and lining leathers, leather goods including handbags, apparel and gloves, upholstery, filament yarn descriptors for fibres, footwear terminology, and certain tariff item entries under authority of rule 3 of the Drawback Rules, 1995.

Anti-dumping exemption: modification excludes a Chinese exporter after suspension of investigations on acceptance of a price undertaking.
One exporter, M/s Shandong Polytex Chemical Fibre Co. Ltd., furnished a price undertaking and the designated authority suspended the anti-dumping investigation for that exporter; the Central Government, under section 9A(1) read with section 9A(5) of the Customs Tariff Act, amended the earlier notification to substitute column (8) entries against specified serial numbers to read "Any except M/s Shandong Polytex Chemical Fibre Co. Ltd.", thereby excluding that exporter from the anti-dumping duty in those entries.

Appointment of Director General (Specific Safeguards) to administer Transitional Product Specific Safeguard Rules and supersede prior notification.
The Central Government, under the Customs Tariff (Transitional Product Specific Safeguard duty) Rules, 2002, appoints an official as Director General (Specific Safeguards) to administer the product-specific safeguard regime and expressly supersedes the earlier departmental notification, thereby centralising responsibility for implementing those safeguard measures in the designated office.

Appointment of Director General (Safeguards) announced; supersedes earlier customs notification under safeguard duty rules by Central Government.
The Central Government, invoking sub rule (1) of rule 3 of the Customs Tariff (Identification and Assessment of Safeguard Duty) Rules, 1997, supersedes the earlier Ministry of Finance notification and appoints Shri D.S. Sra, Chief Commissioner, as Director General (Safeguards) for the purposes of those rules, thereby designating the administrative authority responsible for identification and assessment of safeguard duties.

Anti-dumping duty extension on Aniline maintains levy pending sunset review and requires payment in Indian currency.
Continuation of anti-dumping measures on Aniline imports from Japan and the United States is extended pending a sunset review; the Central Government amended the original notification so the levy remains effective from the date of provisional imposition, continues through the prescribed extension period, and shall be payable in Indian currency.

Continuation of anti dumping duty on Oxo Alcohols extended pending review, preserving payment in Indian currency.
Continuation of Anti-Dumping Duty on Oxo Alcohols is extended for a further year pending sunset review, covering specified originating/exporting countries and maintaining payment in Indian currency; the government amends the earlier notification to make the provisional duty effective up to and inclusive of the 26th day of January, 2006, under the Customs Tariff Act and the anti-dumping rules.

Tariff value reduction on edible oil: notification substitutes revised tariff-value table altering import valuation references.
The Board, under Section 14(2) of the Customs Act, 1962, substitutes the existing tariff-value Table in notification No.36/2001-Cus (N.T.) with a revised Table that reduces declared tariff values for specified edible oils (crude and refined palm oils, palmolein categories, crude soybean oil) and updates the tariff value for brass scrap, making the new values the operative schedule for customs valuation and assessment.

Customs exemption amendment adds American Gem Society Laboratories to eligible laboratories, altering entry wording and scope.
The Government amends Notification No.55/2001 Customs by modifying condition (iv): omitting the word "and" from entry (e) and inserting a new entry (h) to recognise American Gem Society Laboratories (AGS Laboratories), with the amendment issued under public interest powers and published as Notification No.83/2005 Customs.