Warehousing station designation enables customs warehousing for export-oriented undertakings under statutory authority.
Declaration of Village Nandur as a warehousing station under the powers conferred by Section 9 of the Customs Act, 1962 designates the village for customs warehousing purposes to facilitate establishment of hundred per cent export-oriented undertakings and enables customs-related warehousing operations and procedures at that location.

Warehousing station designation enables warehousing regime to support export-oriented undertakings under customs authority.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising powers under the Customs law, notifies Village Lakshmipuram in District Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, as a warehousing station for the purpose of facilitating export-oriented undertakings, thereby extending the warehousing regulatory regime to that territorial unit.

Customs notification amendment adds unloading of goods exported from Srinagar and subsequently reimported to covered activities.
Amendment revises the Table against Serial Number 5 by substituting the wording for the description of loading of export goods and by inserting a new sub item that expressly covers the unloading of goods exported from Srinagar and subsequently reimported, thereby including that unloading within the activities listed in column 3 of the notification.

Amendment to customs notification: omission of a listed item alters the scope of the prior customs notification under statute.
Central Government, invoking statutory power under the Customs Act, amends an earlier customs notification by omitting item (3) from Notification No. 486/86-Customs, thereby removing that provision from the original Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue instrument as a non-tariff regulatory amendment.

Exchange rate amendment for Pound Sterling substituting the notified rate under Customs and Stamp Act provisions, effective as notified.
Amendment substitutes the notified exchange rate entry for Pound Sterling in the Schedule to Notification No. 64/88-Cus. (N.T.), exercising authority under the Indian Stamp Act and the Customs Act to replace serial No. 14 and its entries, and fixes the substituted rate as effective from the stated date.

Exchange rate amendment updates the Japanese Yen entry in a customs notification, making the revised rate effective from the stated date.
Amendment substitutes serial number 11 in the Schedule of the customs notification with a revised Japanese Yen entry, specifying a new exchange rate and stating that the revised Schedule entry is effective from the stated date, thereby applying the updated rate for customs and related non-tariff purposes from that effective date.

Customs exemption eligibility broadened: proviso revised to require only that the party is not a manufacturer.
Amendment to Notification No. 117/88-Customs substitutes, in the proviso to condition (d), the words "is an Export House or Trading House, not being a manufacturer" with the words "is not a manufacturer," thereby changing the qualifying description used in that proviso.

Exchange rate determination sets conversion rate for Russian rouble under customs law, fixing rupee conversion rate.
The Central Government, exercising its statutory power under the Customs Act, 1962 for section 14 purposes, fixes the conversion rate of one Russian rouble at rupees 17.5760. The notification supersedes Notification No. 65/88-Cus. (N.T.) and is effective from 24 October 1988, making the stated rate applicable for customs valuation and currency conversion under the Act.

Customs notification amendment adds new schedule entry updating exemption list under statutory authority for tariff administration.
The Central Government, exercising powers under sub section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act and sub section (4) of section 77 of the Finance Act, amends Notification No. 159/88 Customs by inserting a new Sl. No. in its Schedule to record Notification No. 293 Customs (dated 14 10 1988), thereby updating the Schedule of miscellaneous exemption notifications.

Customs exemption for medical plastic bags reduces customs duty and waives additional duty on specified imports.
Exempts plastic bags for preserving blood and its components, classified under Chapter 90, by restricting customs duty to the amount calculated at the rate of 40% ad valorem and exempting any portion of duty in excess of that amount; additionally, it waives the whole of the additional duty leviable under section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act for such imports.

Customs amendment: omission of a Schedule exemption entry under statutory power under customs law.
The Central Government, invoking its power under sub section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 and satisfied of public interest, amends Notification No. 208/81 Customs by omitting, in the Schedule annexed thereto, Part B, Serial No. 25A and the entry relating thereto.

Eligibility for concessional customs treatment requires one-year foreign residence and payment from foreign remittance.
The amendment conditions concessional customs treatment on an Indian citizen residing abroad for at least one year, requiring an affidavit before a Notary and passport copy at clearance; customs duty must be paid from foreign exchange remitted into India by that citizen; evidence of residence and remittance must be produced to the Assistant Collector of Customs at importation; short visits totalling up to three months are ignored, with the Collector empowered to condone excess stays for sufficient cause.

Customs exemption amendment adds rifampicin and rifampicin INH formulations to notification and omits a prior entry.
The Central Government, invoking statutory powers under the Customs Act, amends two customs exemption notifications: it omits Sl. No. 9 and its entry from Notification No. 45/79-Customs, and inserts a new Sl. No. into Notification No. 213/88-Customs to list Rifampicin and rifampicin capsules/syrup/tablets and rifampicin INH capsules/tablets as covered items.

Auxiliary duty amendment: insertion of a notification reference into the customs exemption schedule, modifying tariff notification entries.
Government, invoking s.25(1) of the Customs Act and s.77(4) of the Finance Act, amends Notification No. 159/88-Customs by inserting after Sl. No. 280 a new Sl. No. 281 referencing Notification No. 288/88-Customs dated 12th October 1988, thereby adding that notification to the Schedule of exemptions.

Customs exemption for dies, tools and jigs permits reduced duty on imports for auto-component manufacture upon technical certification.
Exempts dies, tools, jigs and fixtures imported for manufacture of auto-components from customs duty in excess of the amount calculated at the rate of 35% ad valorem and from the whole of the additional duty under section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, conditioned on certification by an Industrial Adviser or Additional Industrial Adviser confirming requirement, technical specifications, description and quantity and recommending the exemption.

Exchange rate determination for Russian rouble under Customs Act sets specified conversion rate for customs valuation and compliance.
Pursuant to section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, the Central Government fixes the rate of exchange for conversion of one Russian rouble into Indian currency and vice-versa for customs purposes, superseding Notification No. 41/88-Cus. (N.T.), and declares the newly specified conversion rate effective from 7 October 1988 for customs valuation and related compliance.

Customs exemption updated to add Metaphenoxy Benzaldehyde to the notified schedule, changing tariff classification scope.
The Central Government, invoking its power under the Customs Act and being satisfied of public interest, amends Notification No. 464/86-Customs by inserting a new Sl. No. 18 in the Schedule: Metaphenoxy Benzaldehyde, thereby adding that chemical to the notification's exemption list.

Customs exemption rate amended to increase ad valorem relief by substituting the previously prescribed lower rate.
The Central Government, invoking its executive amendment power under the Customs Act, amended Notification No. 129/76-Cus. by substituting the previously prescribed ad valorem percentage with a new ad valorem percentage in the original notification on grounds of public interest.

Customs tariff amendment adjusts per kilogram exemption rates for specified table items under the Customs Act.
Amendment to Notification No. 123/86 Customs effected by Notification No. 285/88 Cus. substitutes the entries in columns (4) and (5) against Sl. No. 4 and against Sl. No. 5 in the table with updated per kilogram exemption rates, the Central Government acting under the powers conferred by the Customs Act.

Tariff amendment replaces unit rate for a specified customs item under the Customs Act, revising the notified per unit charge.
The Central Government, under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 124/86-Customs by substituting, in the Table against Sl. No. 5, the entry in column (4) with a new per kilogram rate, thereby revising the notified unit charge applicable to that tariff entry.