Anti-dumping duty amendment: producer and exporter entries for CRT picture tubes replaced following a new shipper review.
Amendment substitutes entries at Serial No.6 of Notification No.50/2009-Customs for Cathode Ray Colour Television Picture Tubes: column (6) Producer is replaced by M/s. Meridian Solar & Display Company Ltd., and column (7) Exporter is replaced by M/s. Meridian Solar & Display Company Ltd. or/and M/s LG International (S'Pore) Pte. Limited, Singapore, pursuant to the designated authority's new shipper review findings and under section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act read with rules 18, 20 and 22 of the Anti-dumping Rules, 1995.

Anti-dumping duty on recordable DVD imports from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam to counter dumped imports harming domestic industry.
The Designated Authority found exports of Recordable Digital Versatile Discs from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam were dumped and caused material injury; the Central Government, under the Customs Tariff Act and anti-dumping rules, imposed definitive anti-dumping duty with differentiated rates by origin, export path and producer/exporter combinations, specified per unit and currency in the duty table. The duty operates from the provisional duty date, includes product scope definitions excluding rewritable formats, and uses Government-specified exchange rates for conversion.

Exchange Rate Determination sets statutory import and export conversion rates for specified foreign currencies effective from notified commencement.
Determination under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 prescribing statutory exchange rates for specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees for customs purposes, fixing separate import and export conversion rates, superseding the earlier notification, and annexing two schedules with the applicable rates effective from the notified commencement date.

Customs exemption expanded to include tags, labels, security sensors, staple wire and poly bags for replenishment licence holders.
The Central Government amends the principal customs exemption notification for holders of Replenishment Licence by adding "tags and labels, security censor on card, staple wire and poly bags" to Annexure-I and Annexure-II, thereby extending the list of consumables exempted under the scheme for manufacture of gem and jewellery and cut and polished diamonds under section 25(1) of the Customs Act.

Anti-dumping duty on Sodium Tripoly Phosphate imposed, with specified per unit rates for named Chinese producers and other exporters.
Provisional anti dumping duty is imposed on Sodium Tripoly Phosphate (sub heading 2835 31 00) originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China, based on findings of dumping, significant dumping margins, and material injury to domestic industry; the notification prescribes producer and exporter specific per unit USD duty rates, a general rate for other combinations and non China transshipments, requires payment in Indian currency, and specifies that the rate of exchange shall be as notified under section 14 of the Customs Act with the bill of entry date as the relevant date.

Rates of drawback for exports in 2010-11 set, specifying eligibility, Cenvat treatment, exclusions and procedural filing rules.
Central Government determines rates and caps of duty drawback for 2010-11 as specified in the annexed Schedule, aligning tariff items at four-digit level and expressing drawback as percentages of FOB value or per-unit rates with caps. Payment is conditional on satisfying procedural requirements under rules 11-13 of the Drawback Rules; separate columns distinguish total drawback when Cenvat facility has not been availed from the customs component when Cenvat has been availed. The Schedule lists exclusions (warehouses under section 65, Advance Licence/DFIA/EOU/SEZ/DEPB beneficiaries, and rebate recipients under Central Excise Rules), definitions for textile and leather terms, composite-article rules, and filing against specified tariff items; the notification is effective 20 September 2010.

Duty-free tariff preference threshold reduced for Least Developed Countries; corresponding preferential tariff rates in Appendix I increased accordingly.
Substitutes the opening paragraph requirement from "60 per cent" to "40 per cent" for duty free tariff preference eligibility and replaces specified percentage entries in column (4) of Appendix I with higher corresponding entries, thereby increasing the preferential tariff margins under Notification No. 96/2008-Customs.

Customs duty exemption for imports from Nepal where goods meet origin rules and certified proof of manufacture is furnished.
Exempts specified goods imported from Nepal from the whole of customs duty and the whole of the special additional duty, subject to conditions: goods must be wholly produced in Nepal or satisfy manufacturing and value content criteria that effect a four digit HS change, and importers must produce a certified certificate of origin. Certain items are subject to annual quantitative limits, permitted land customs stations, and procedural requirements; special additional duty exemption is excluded for some items.

Tariff values updated for specified edible oils, brass scrap and poppy seeds, substituting the earlier customs tariff table.
Substitutes the tariff-value Table in Notification No. 36/2001-Cus (N.T.) under sub-section (2) of section 14, setting tariff values in US$ per metric tonne for specified headings including crude palm oil, RBD palm oil, palmolein variants, crude soyabean oil, brass scrap (all grades) and poppy seeds, with several edible-oil entries retained at existing values and new figures assigned to brass scrap and poppy seeds.

Export port inclusion expands export promotion scheme access by adding specified ports and locations in notifications.
Amendments replace specified port references in numerous Customs miscellaneous exemption notifications for export promotion schemes by adding Krishnapatnam and Ennore (Tamil Nadu) and substituting Patli (Gurgaon) with Patli (Gurgaon), Irugur Village (Tamil Nadu), Thudiyalur (Tamil Nadu), Chettipalayam (Tamil Nadu) and Veerapandi (Tamil Nadu), applied to the indicated conditions or clauses of the listed prior notifications.

Jurisdiction under customs law updated: notification corrected to replace a territorial name affecting committee jurisdiction.
Corrigendum to Notification No. 49/2005-Customs (N.T.) replaces the place-name "Valsad" with "Vapi" throughout the notification concerning the jurisdiction of committees of two Commissioners for purposes of Customs Section 129A(2), reflecting a textual territorial correction without changing the substantive provisions of the original notification.

Correction to Customs notification: place name amended from Valsad to Vapi in Gazette text official
Corrigendum amends Notification No. 39/2005 Customs (N.T.) dated 13.5.2005 by substituting the word "Valsad" with "Vapi" in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary (page 38, line 14), issued 13th September 2010, F. No. 390/09/2005-JC(BMB)-Customs.

Nexus Certificate requirement: EPCG imports must be certified by an independent Chartered Engineer and filed at customs.
Amends earlier Customs exemption notifications for the EPCG scheme by inserting a mandatory compliance condition requiring that authorizations for annual requirement specify the export product and that holders submit a Nexus Certificate from an independent Chartered Engineer at customs clearance and a copy to the Regional Authority within thirty days; renumbers existing conditions to accommodate the insertion. Also revises eligible export product coverage, prohibits issuance of SHIS duty credit scrips in the year a zero-duty EPCG authorization is issued, updates sectoral scrip descriptions, deletes an annex entry, and standardizes "Authorization" to include "Authorization for Annual Requirement."

Appointment of Adjudication Authorities under Customs Act designates vigilance officers as adjudication authorities nationwide by notification.
Amendment substitutes the table in Notification No. 36/2009-Customs (N.T.) to designate officers of the Directorate General of Vigilance as adjudication authorities under the Customs Act, 1962, mapping each vigilance designation to a corresponding Customs rank and stating the Director General (Vigilance) as Chief Commissioner level with jurisdiction across the whole of India.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to hear show cause proceedings against M/s United Agency and associated parties.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Additional Commissioner of Customs (Imports), Air Cargo Complex, Ahmedabad as the Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of two specified Additional Commissioners of Customs at Mumbai for adjudicating matters arising from a Show Cause Notice issued by the Additional Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Zonal Unit, Mumbai, concerning M/s United Agency and others.

Customs airports designation for courier electronic processing: Delhi and Sahar Mumbai included under electronic declaration rules.
The notification designates the airports at Delhi and Sahar, Mumbai as customs airports for the purpose of sub regulation (1) of regulation 2 of the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing) Regulations, 2010, thereby subjecting courier consignments at those airports to the electronic declaration and processing regime; the declaration is made under the enabling power of section 157 of the Customs Act, 1962 and was later superseded by a subsequent notification.

Customs exemption for electricity removed from SEZ to domestic areas updated with differentiated duty rates and textile import conditions.
The notification substitutes S.No. 573 to prescribe duty treatment for electrical energy removed from a Special Economic Zone into Domestic Tariff Area or non processing areas of Special Economic Zone, differentiating effective duty rates by power project size and fuel used, and replaces Annexure condition No. 21B to set eligibility, export linked import value caps, and council certification requirements for manufacturers importing textile inputs for export production.

Coastal port appointment: Dhamra designated for coking coal, thermal coal and limestone trade as a coastal port.
Amendment to the coastal ports notification designates Dhamra Port as a coastal port for carriage of coking coal, thermal coal and limestone, inserting a proviso to that effect and adding a new table entry for Dhamra in Orissa as Sl. No. 9A to record the port's appointment and specified commodities.

Exemption from customs duties narrowed: vehicles and duty free scrip transferability restricted; safeguard and anti dumping exclusions specified.
Amendments modify three customs notifications to limit exemptions for imports under Duty Free Import Authorisations and related scrips: personal vehicles are excluded except vehicles constituting professional equipment for service providers; scrips are generally non-transferable but freely transferable for cold chain equipment among status holders and for units in Ministry recognized Parks (excluding developers); and exemptions are redefined to cover safeguard and anti-dumping duties while excluding such exemptions for materials supplied under Advance Authorisation, to EOUs and specified parks, to EPCG capital goods recipients, certain marine freight containers, and UN funded projects.

Customs exemption conditions: import entitlement for textile manufacturers subject to export-linked cap and certification requirements.
Substituted Condition 21B permits manufacturers of cotton or polyester made ups who are registered with the Cotton Textile Export Promotion Council or the Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council to import goods for use in manufacture of exported made ups, subject to an import value not exceeding 1 per cent of the FOB value of made ups exported during the preceding financial year, and contingent on production of a certificate from the relevant Export Promotion Council certifying the export value for that year and the value and quantity of goods already imported under the notification in the current financial year.