Revocation of anti-dumping duties on soda ash follows administrative finding of absence of injury and improved domestic performance.
The designated authority's mid-term review found continued dumping of soda ash from specified origins but concluded that dumping caused no injury-undercutting, underselling, injury margin, and price suppression/depression were negative while domestic industry volume and price indicators improved-and recommended revocation of anti-dumping duties. Judicial orders placed notifications in abeyance and required procedural redress; after further proceedings the Central Government rescinded the original anti-dumping notification, subject to abeyance pending final judicial determination.

Anti-dumping duty on colour coated flat steel imports; duty set as difference from a prescribed reference value per unit.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on colour coated, pre-painted and organic coated flat steel under specified tariff headings for imports originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China and the European Union, calculated as the difference between assessed landed value and a prescribed reference value per unit. The measure applies to all producers and exporters, covers exports via third countries, excludes plates of specified thickness, and includes definitions of landed value and exchange rate determination; temporal application is tied to the provisional imposition period and subject to revocation or amendment.

Tariff value fixation: updated customs benchmark values for edible oils, metals, seeds and areca nut under customs valuation rules.
Substitution of TABLE-1, TABLE-2 and TABLE-3 in the principal customs notification to fix benchmark tariff values in US dollars for specified commodities including edible oil grades, brass scrap, poppy seeds, areca nut, and unit-based values for gold and silver when certain notification entries are availed, providing enforceable reference values for customs valuation and import clearance.

Integrated tax and cess exemption for AA/EPCG imports added, subject to pre-import condition and physical-export fulfilment.
Amendments add integrated tax and GST compensation cess to the list of levies exempted on imports under AA/EPCG-related customs notifications, subjecting the exemption to a pre-import condition, requiring export obligations to be fulfilled by physical exports where the exemption is availed, and imposing a temporal limit on availability; several notifications are otherwise amended to include countervailing duty and to clarify when certain supplies count toward export obligations if the integrated tax and cess exemption is not claimed.

Exemption of integrated tax and compensation cess on EOU imports limited, with future cessation specified and subject to conditions.
Exemption for goods imported by Export Oriented Units is amended to exempt: (A) the whole of customs duty leviable under the First-Schedule and specified additional duties under section 3; and (B) the integrated tax and compensation cess leviable under relevant subsections of section 3, provided that the relief in clause (B) shall not apply on and after a specified future date, all subject to the conditions of the principal notification.

Exemption for donated vaccines and drugs: customs relief subject to certificate from health ministry and importer undertaking.
Amendment inserts targeted customs exemptions into Notification No.50/2017 Customs: exemption for medicines/drugs/vaccines supplied free by UNICEF, Red Cross or an international organisation subject to a Health Ministry certificate and an importer undertaking to use the goods for government immunisation programmes or pay differential duty if not used; exemption for import of gold by specified banks and trading entities (List 34); exemption for leased rigs and ancillary oil/gas exploration items; and exemption for bona fide low value gifts imported by post or air, with corresponding conditions added to the Annexure.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointments designate alternate adjudicators to hear specified show cause notices under customs law.
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence appoints specified officers as Common Adjudicating Authority under clause (a) of section 152 of the Customs Act to exercise the powers and discharge duties of originally named customs adjudicators for the adjudication of the listed show cause notices; the Table sets out noticees, SCN references, original adjudicating authorities and the officers appointed as CAAs, and the notification records corrigenda and a substitution to an SCN citation.

Anti-dumping duty on wire rod imports from China imposed, with differentiated per-ton reference rates and a defined effective period.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on wire rod imports from the People's Republic of China follows findings of dumping, material injury and causation; duties are imposed as the difference between the landed value and specified reference values per metric tonne where landed value is lower, with differentiated reference values for a named producer-exporter combination and for other combinations, payable in the stated currency, effective from the provisional imposition date subject to exclusions and an overall duration subject to revocation or amendment.

Anti-dumping duty continuation on melamine imports upheld, extending the duty period for affected exporting origins.
An amendment extends the anti-dumping duty on melamine imports from the European Union, Iran, Indonesia and Japan by inserting a paragraph in the principal notification to keep the duty in force up to and inclusive of the prescribed terminal date, effected under the Customs Tariff Act and rule 23 following a continuation review recommendation.

Exchange rate determination under Customs Act sets conversion rates for specified foreign currencies for import and export goods.
Determination of rate of exchange under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 prescribes specific conversion rates for listed foreign currencies, with separate rates for imported and export goods, annexed as Schedule I (per unit) and Schedule II (per 100 units). The notification supersedes the prior exchange rate notification except as to prior actions, and the prescribed rates apply for conversion into Indian currency or vice versa for customs purposes effective from 6th October, 2017.

Anti-dumping duty on para nitroaniline imports from China with specific producer-exporter exemption and differentiated rates.
The Central Government, following a sunset review concluding dumping and injury from Para Nitro Aniline imports from China PR (except for a specified producer-exporter combination), imposes definitive anti-dumping duty with a nil rate for that combination and specified positive duties for other exporter/producer and country combinations; duties are payable in Indian currency, effective for five years, and conversion uses the exchange rate specified under the Customs Act with the bill of entry date as the relevant date.

Tariff value fixation for specified edible oils, metals and agricultural commodities updated, amending prior notification.
The Central Board of Excise & Customs, under sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, substitutes TABLE-1, TABLE-2 and TABLE-3 of Notification No. 36/2001 Customs (N.T.) to fix specified tariff values in US dollars for listed imports (edible oils, brass scrap, poppy seeds, areca nut, and certain gold and silver entries) for import valuation purposes.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to exercise delegated customs adjudication powers for specified show cause notices.
Director General, Revenue Intelligence appoints named officers to act as a Common Adjudicating Authority under clause (a) of section 152 of the Customs Act, 1962, so they may exercise powers and discharge duties of specified proper officers for adjudication of listed show cause notices. The annexed Table specifies noticees, show cause notice references, and the designated officers (by office/designation and location) to conduct the adjudication on behalf of the original authorities.

Jurisdiction of customs appeals reallocated to specified appellate commissioners, tied to subordinate officers and electronic assignment of import entries.
The Central Board appoints specified officers as Commissioner of Customs (Appeals) with jurisdiction over appeals against orders or decisions of enumerated subordinate customs officers listed in a table; appellate competence covers subordinate formations at ports, airports, inland container depots and preventive wings. Jurisdiction extends, by proviso, to bills of entry entered for home consumption or for warehousing where such entries are assigned electronically in the Customs Automated System, and the notification supersedes an earlier designation and specifies its commencement date.

Customs valuation: include transport and insurance to place of importation, with prescribed presumptive rates where costs are unascertainable.
Amendment defines place of importation and mandates inclusion of transport, loading, unloading, handling and insurance to the place of importation in the customs value. Where such costs are not ascertainable, transport costs are to be taken as twenty per cent of FOB (or of FOB plus insurance where FOB alone is not ascertainable) and insurance as 1.125% of FOB (or of FOB plus transport where FOB alone is not ascertainable). Transport costs for air imports shall not exceed twenty per cent of FOB, and transshipment-related transport and insurance charges within India are excluded. Transport includes demurrage, lighterage and barge charges.

Exchange rate determination set for customs conversion rates affecting import and export valuation under Customs Act.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs prescribes specific rates of exchange for conversion of listed foreign currencies into Indian rupees to be applied for valuation of imported and exported goods, providing separate rates for imports and exports and annexing schedules that enumerate the currencies and corresponding conversion rates, and superseding an earlier board notification.

All industry duty drawback rates and per unit caps for exports effective 1 October 2017; procedural and exclusion rules set.
Notification establishes an All Industry Rates of Duty Drawback Schedule effective 1 October 2017 prescribing ad valorem or specific drawback rates and per unit caps aligned to Customs Tariff four digit headings; includes classification guidance, inclusions for packing, rules for project exports (1.5x tax invoice cap), exclusions for warehouse/advance authorisation/EOU/FTZ/SEZ exports, procedural eligibility under Drawback Rules, composite article declaration/verification, and special provisions for leather, textiles and gold/silver jewellery.

Duty drawback rules govern entitlement, rate fixation, provisional payments, documentation and recovery for exported goods.
These Rules provide a framework for allowance, determination, revision and recovery of drawback - rebate of customs and central excise duty on imported or excisable materials used in exported goods - including eligibility criteria and exclusions, methods for fixing and revising rates with regard to average input consumption and packing, procedural pathways for applications and provisional payments subject to bond or security, documentation and inspection powers, and recovery and supplementary-claim mechanisms where payments are erroneous or export proceeds are not realized.

Anti-dumping duty on Chinese-origin bus and truck radial tyres imposed with specified exporter and producer rates and fixed term.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on new/unused pneumatic radial tyres above nominal rim diameter 16 used in buses and lorries/trucks, originating in or exported from China PR, following findings of dumping below normal value and material injury to domestic industry; duties are exporter- and producer-specific per metric ton in US dollars, a residual rate applies for other combinations, effective for a fixed statutory term, payable in Indian currency, with exchange-rate conversion as notified for bill of entry date.

Tariff value fixation for specified imports updates benchmark values for customs valuation and import assessment procedures.
Amendment prescribing updated tariff values for specified imported goods by replacing existing tariff tables with new entries identifying commodity descriptions, tariff classifications and benchmark values for customs assessment, applicable to edible oils, brass scrap, poppy seeds, areca nut, gold and silver, and referencing the principal tariff-value notification and its amendment history.