Customs exemption for specified telecom imports requires importer undertaking; breach triggers duty differential recovery.
Substitutes serial 13S to grant a conditional exemption for goods under tariff heading 8517 70 10, excluding PCBA, covering specified telecom and networking items. Importers must follow the Customs (Imports of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty) Rules, 2017 and furnish an undertaking that the imported goods will not be used in manufacture of listed categories (b)-(i); breach attracts liability to pay the duty differential between duty without exemption and duty paid at import.

Customs tariff amendment: substitution of entries imposing conditional exemptions on specified telecom and optical goods with concessional duty rate.
The amendment substitutes table entries for two tariff lines, specifying that "all goods" under each heading are exempt except enumerated exclusions (wrist wearable devices, optical transport equipment, POTP/POTS combinations, OTN products, IP radios; and soft switches/VoIP equipment, Carrier Ethernet/PTN/MPLS-TP products, MIMO and LTE products respectively) and provides a concessional duty rate of ten percent for goods not falling within those exclusions; the change is effective immediately following issuance.

Import duty increase on specified Chapter 85 goods revises tariff entries and applies under statutory amendment authority.
Exercising powers under sub section (1) of section 8A of the Customs Tariff Act, the Central Government amends the First Schedule by substituting the duty entry for tariff items 8517 61 00 and 8517 69 90 in Chapter 85 with a new duty rate, effective from the day after notification, thereby revising the customs tariff applicable to those goods.

Anti-dumping duty extension on ductile iron pipes remains in force pending a fresh sunset review decision by the authority.
The Central Government, invoking powers under the Customs Tariff Act and anti-dumping rules and pursuant to a high court order directing a fresh sunset review, amends the principal 2013 notification to insert a paragraph providing that the anti-dumping duty on ductile iron pipes originating in or exported from China PR shall remain in force up to and inclusive of 9th April, 2019 unless earlier revoked.

Anti-dumping duty on nylon filament yarn imposed on imports from Vietnam and EU to address dumping and injury
Imposition of anti dumping duty on Nylon Filament Yarn (tariff heading 5402) originating in or exported from Vietnam and the European Union, pursuant to Designated Authority findings of dumping, material injury and causation; duty rates are specified in a schedule against particular producers, exporters and country of origin/export permutations, with some combinations attracting nil duty and others specified amounts per metric tonne. Duties are payable in Indian currency, computed using exchange rates notified under the Customs Act, and are effective for a five year period from the commencement date unless earlier revoked or amended.

Exchange rate determination for customs: specified currency conversion rates fixed for import and export valuation.
Under Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 the board fixes official exchange rates for converting specified foreign currencies to Indian rupees for customs valuation of imported and exported goods, with separate import and export rates set out in Schedule I and Schedule II (Japanese Yen per 100 units); the notification supersedes the earlier board notification but does not affect acts done before its supersession, and takes effect from the stated operative date.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment reallocates adjudicatory powers for specified show cause notices under section 152 of Customs Act.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, invoking clause (a) of section 152 of the Customs Act, 1962 and earlier Customs (N.T.) notifications, appoints specified officers as Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise powers and discharge duties of the originally named adjudicating authorities in respect of the listed show cause notices; a Table names the noticees, SCN references, original adjudicating authorities and the officers now designated as Common Adjudicating Authority.

Fixation of tariff value updates import valuation for listed goods, revising customs tariff benchmarks nationwide.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs, under section 14(2) of the Customs Act, 1962, substitutes TABLE-1, TABLE-2 and TABLE-3 of Notification No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.) to fix tariff values in US dollars for specified imported goods, including categories of palm oil and palmolein, crude soya bean oil, brass scrap, poppy seeds, areca nut, and unit values for gold and silver when certain notification benefits are availed.

Exchange rate amendment: South African Rand rate revised for import and export valuation, effective late September 2018.
Substitution in Schedule I of Notification No.81/2018 CUSTOMS (N.T.) revises the exchange rate for the South African Rand, effective 29th September 2018, fixing the rate at 5.30 rupees for imported goods and 5.00 rupees for exported goods, made under the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962.

Import duty exemption for specified textile machinery parts grants nil customs duty for listed components and assemblies.
The Central Government amended Notification No. 50/2017-Customs by inserting serial 461A under tariff heading 8448, listing seventeen specified parts and components used in textile machinery manufacture and declaring their import duty Nil, with each item identified by relevant tariff subheadings, thereby extending a miscellaneous exemption for those imported goods.

Customs exemption expansion extends duty-free treatment to listed manufacturing machinery and components for electronics and batteries.
The Central Government amends Notification No. 25/2002 Customs under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, substituting the S.No. 57 description to cover "Automatic/ Semi-automatic PCB Loader and Unloader" and inserting S.Nos. 68-74 listing specified machines and equipment (PCB manufacturing, PCBA loaders/unloaders, battery cell production machines, winding and soldering machines, optical fibre manufacture machines, plasma etching and screen printing machines) with corresponding tariff sub headings to extend exemption coverage under the notification framework.

Tariff classification correction: published Customs notification amended to replace an incorrect tariff subheading with the correct one.
Corrigendum amends the tariff provision in Notification No.67/2018-Customs by replacing the previously published tariff item "8418 21 90" with the corrected item "8418 21 00" in the Gazette entry, effecting a textual correction to the Customs notification.

Customs tariff change replaces nil rate for a specified petroleum subheading with a stated duty under notification.
Amends Notification No.52/2017-Customs by substituting in the Table, against Sl. No. 4, column (4), the word "Nil" with the figure "5%" for goods under heading 2710 19 20; made under sub section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, and effective from 27th September, 2018.

Customs duty on goods under tariff heading revised to a specified rate, excluding speakers and certain mobile phone parts.
The notification substitutes S.No.18 for tariff heading 8518 to treat all goods under that heading as dutiable except speakers and specified parts of cellular mobile phones (microphone, wired headset, receiver), and prescribes the applicable customs duty rate for the included goods; amendment effective from 27th September, 2018.

Customs duty increase on gemstones and diamonds amends prior tariff entries and raises import duty under existing notification.
Amendment substitutes the entries in column (4) of the Table in Notification No.50/2017-Customs for S.Nos. 349, 350 and 351, replacing each with a higher customs duty entry, effected by Notification No.68/2018-Customs issued under section 25 of the Customs Act and section 3(12) of the Customs Tariff Act, and stating the amendment's operative commencement as a further amendment to the principal notification.

Customs tariff increase on specified imported goods raises duty rates across selected chapters, expanding import levies.
Central Government directed amendment of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, substituting higher duty entries in column (4) for specified tariff items in Chapters 39, 40, 42, 64, 71 and 84, thereby increasing the import duty on those identified goods; the notification takes effect from 27th September, 2018 and includes a corrigendum correcting the text.

Integrated Tax exemption for imports under AA/EPCG authorizations extended by amending prior customs notifications to postpone expiry.
Extends the exemption from Integrated Tax and Compensation Cess on goods imported under Advance Authorization (AA) and EPCG authorizations by substituting the previously stated expiry date with a later expiry date in the opening paragraphs and specified provisos/conditions of five existing customs notifications. The amendments are made pursuant to the power under sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 and expressly identify the affected notifications and the clauses where the date substitution applies.

Anti-dumping duty: substitution of specified exporters in the prior customs notification alters designated liable entities.
The Central Government amends Notification No. 12/2017-Customs (ADD) by substituting the column (7) entry against serial number 6 with the named Qatari Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company, and substituting the column (7) entry against serial number 7 with the named Qatari company together with Renish Petrochem FZE, pursuant to statutory powers for assessment and collection of Anti-dumping duty.

Anti-dumping duty on saturated fatty alcohols updated to assign producer- and exporter-specific duties and exemptions under Customs Tariff rules.
Substitution of the TABLE in Notification No. 28/2018-Customs (ADD) prescribes anti-dumping duties on saturated fatty alcohols by tariff item and product description, allocating duties by country of origin, country of export, named producers and exporters, and duty amounts/units; it distinguishes named-entity nil duties, producer/exporter-specific duties, and residual duties for any other combinations or countries, and thereby establishes a layered duty framework for administrative implementation under the Customs Tariff rules.

Drawback rates amended for specified gold and silver jewellery tariff items, replacing prior figures and altering applicable drawback entries.
Amendment revises the Schedule to Notification No. 89/2017-Cus (N.T.) by substituting revised figures in column (4) for tariff items 711301, 711302 and 711401 of Chapter 71, made under sub-section (2) of section 75 of the Customs Act, 1962 and sub-section (2) of section 37 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 read with rules 3 and 4 of the Drawback Rules, 2017, and effective from the day following issuance.