Customs notification amendment expands eligible ports for export promotion schemes by adding multiple industrial locations to the list.
The Central Government, exercising powers under the Customs Act, directs amendment of thirty-one specified Customs exemption notifications under Export Promotion Schemes by substituting the reference "Waluj (Aurangabad)" with the expanded port/location list: Waluj (Aurangabad), Talegoan (District Pune), Dhannad Rau (District Indore), Kheda (Pithampur, District Dhar) and Patli (Gurgaon) in the cited conditions and opening paragraphs of those notifications.

Assignment of Show Cause Notice: administrative transfer to designated adjudicating authority for adjudication under customs delegation.
The Board, invoking Notifications issued under sub section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, assigns the Show Cause Notice dated 24.10.2008 issued by the Additional Director General, DRI, Delhi Zonal Unit in the case of M/s. Neelam Steels and others to the Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication) I, New Customs House, New Delhi for adjudication, with copies circulated to the zonal chief commissioner, the designated adjudicating commissioner and the Additional Director General, DRI.

Safeguard duty imposed on Soda Ash imports from China to address market disruption and protect domestic industry.
Imposition of a safeguard duty on imports of Soda Ash from the People's Republic of China pursuant to section 8C(1) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 read with the Customs Tariff (Transitional Product Specific Safeguard Duty) Rules, 2002, based on DG(Safeguards) findings that increased imports had caused and threatened market disruption to the domestic industry, with the Central Government specifying an ad valorem duty on the product classified under tariff item 2836 20 and fixing the measure's one-year temporal scope.

Customs corrigendum updates designated export officer titles, clarifying which customs posts administer the notification.
Corrigendum revises the officers designated under Notification No.57/2008-Customs (N.T), replacing the original two-officer listing with four specified posts: Commissioner of Customs (Export), New Custom House, Mumbai; Commissioner of Customs (Export), Kolkata; Additional Commissioner of Customs, New Custom House, Kolkata; and Joint Commissioner of Customs (Export), New Custom House, Mumbai, thereby clarifying the official designations empowered to administer the earlier notification.

Commissioner appointments for customs show-cause matters updated to specify Export Commissioners and Additional and Joint Commissioners.
The corrigendum substitutes the previously listed officers in the original notification by designating the Commissioner of Customs (Export), New Custom House, Mumbai; the Commissioner of Customs (Export), Kolkata; the Additional Commissioner of Customs, New Custom House, Kolkata; and the Joint Commissioner of Customs (Export), New Custom House, Mumbai as the authorities to handle the show-cause notices relating to the named exporters.

Appointment of common adjudicating authority to hear show cause notices against M/s. E.S.Enterprises under Customs Act powers.
Appoints a Common Adjudicating Authority by delegating powers to the Joint Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Hyderabad-II under sub-section (1) of section 4 and sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962 to exercise powers vested in specified Joint Commissioners for the purpose of adjudicating the Show Cause Notices issued to M/s. E.S.Enterprises and another as identified by the departmental file reference.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to exercise customs import adjudicatory powers for a specified show-cause notice matter.
Appoints the Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad as a common adjudicating authority empowered to exercise the adjudicatory powers and discharge the duties of the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Raigad, for the purpose of adjudicating matters arising from a show-cause notice issued by the Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence, Ahmedabad Zonal Unit, relating to M/s. Nalin @ Bakul Zaverilal Mehta and others.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment centralises adjudication of specified customs show cause notices to a single Commissioner.
Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs, Hyderabad-II as a Common Adjudicating Authority, empowered under the Customs Act to exercise powers and discharge duties of specified commissionerates for adjudicating show cause notices issued in relation to M/s. Vuppalamritha Magnetic Components Limited and others, thereby consolidating adjudicatory jurisdiction for those notices.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to adjudicate Show Cause Notice against M/s. Jindal Fine Industries, consolidating three Customs jurisdictions.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Adjudication), Mumbai as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and duties of three specified customs commissioners solely for adjudication of the Show Cause Notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence against M/s. Jindal Fine Industries, thereby consolidating jurisdiction for that specific matter.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to centralize adjudication of specified show cause notices against an importer.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs, Visakhapatnam as the Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Kolkata for adjudication of specified show cause notices concerning M/s. Jai Balaji Industries Limited, thereby centralizing adjudication of those listed departmental matters before the Visakhapatnam office.

Monthly return requirement for concessional imports mandates detailed reporting of receipts, consumption, manufacture and stock balances.
Amendment mandates submission of a prescribed monthly return to the Assistant Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise by the tenth day of the following month, recording for each imported good the opening balance, receipts, total, quantity consumed for the specified purpose, closing balance, goods manufactured, and export particulars where applicable, with separate entries for each variety and a signed declaration certifying conformity with factory records and the Rules.

Tariff value fixation amended: new reference values prescribed for specified oils, brass scrap and poppy seeds for import valuation.
Amendment substitutes the Table in Notification No. 36/2001 Cus (N.T.) to prescribe per metric tonne tariff values for specified tariff headings, listing values for various Palm Oil and Palmolein categories (noted as unchanged), Crude Soyabean Oil, and newly specified tariff values for Brass Scrap (all grades) and Poppy seeds, thereby fixing reference values for customs import valuation.

Anti-dumping duty on nylon tyre cord fabric imposed with differentiated per-unit rates by origin and export route.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric under subheading 5902 10 originating in, or exported from, Belarus, follows designated authority findings of dumped exports below normal value causing material injury; definitive per-kilogram rates in US dollars are prescribed for specified origin-export-producer-exporter combinations, the duty is payable in Indian currency for five years from provisional imposition, and the rupee equivalent is calculated using government-specified exchange rates applicable on bill of entry presentation.

Exchange rate determination for imports and exports set effective 1 November 2009, specifying separate import and export rates.
Determination of exchange rates for customs conversion of foreign currencies for import and export of goods is made effective 1st November 2009 under the statutory authority of the Customs Act, superseding the prior notification. Two schedules annexed to the notification set distinct rupee equivalents for each listed foreign currency, with separate columns for import and export rates, and Schedule II prescribing the rupee equivalent for one hundred units of the Japanese Yen.

Exchange rate adjustment for Swedish Kroner updates valuation for imports and exports, altering customs conversion from the notified effective date.
Substitutes the Schedule I entry for Swedish Kroner to prescribe separate rupee conversion rates for imported goods and for export goods, replacing Serial No. 8 in the cited notification; the substituted rates take effect from the notification's stated date and govern customs valuation for transactions in Swedish Kroner.

Anti-dumping duty continuation on Styrene Butadiene Rubber imports extended under domestic tariff law by government notification after review.
The Central Government amends the principal customs notification to extend the continuation of anti-dumping duty on Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) 1900 series imports originating in, or exported from, Japan, Korea RP and the United States by adding a clause that the notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of the specified terminal date unless revoked earlier, thereby preserving the existing anti-dumping regime following the statutory review and request for extension.

Anti-dumping duty on Phosphorus Pentachloride imports from China imposes specified per kg rates, payable in domestic currency.
Provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of Phosphorus Pentachloride (PCL5) originating in or exported from China PR, with specified per-kilogram rates in US dollars for named producer-exporter combinations and residual imports; duty is payable in Indian currency using the government-specified exchange rate applicable on the bill of entry date, and remains effective until the fifteenth day of April, 2010.

Tariff value fixation updates: substituted schedule prescribes per-tonne values for specified imported commodities under customs authority.
The Board, invoking its authority under sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, substitutes the tariff schedule in the principal notification to prescribe per metric tonne tariff values for specified imported goods. The substituted table lists palm oil and palmolein categories, crude soyabean oil (values unchanged), and specifies tariff values for brass scrap (all grades) and poppy seeds, identifying applicable tariff headings and descriptive entries for import valuation under the principal notification.

Customs duty exemption for specified tariff heading established, with Nil basic and additional duty effective from the stated date.
The notification amends Notification No. 21/2002-Customs by inserting a proviso clause making the exemption effective for goods against newly added S.No. 22AC from 1 October 2010, and by adding S.No. 22AC to the Table to list tariff heading 1006 30 as "All goods" with Nil basic and additional customs duty.

Anti-dumping duty continuation extends levy on propylene glycol imports from specified countries until notified expiry.
The Central Government amended the principal customs notification imposing anti-dumping duty on propylene glycol originating in or exported from the United States, Singapore, the Republic of Korea and the European Union by adding a provision that the notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of the specified expiry date unless revoked earlier, thereby extending the temporal application of the existing anti-dumping duty under the Customs Tariff Act and the applicable rules.