Customs duty modification under Indo Thailand FTA replaces partial concession with full First Schedule duty for listed items.
The Central Government, invoking its statutory power under the Customs Act, amends the existing concession notification under the Indo Thailand FTA by substituting the preamble to apply the whole of the duty of customs specified in the First Schedule and by omitting column (4) and its entries from the tariff TABLE; the amendment takes effect from the notified effective date.

Anti dumping duty on specified nylon filament yarn imposed after findings of dumped imports causing cumulative injury to domestic industry.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on specified nylon filament yarn originating in or exported from listed countries follows findings that the goods were exported below normal value, caused material injury to domestic industry, and that injury was cumulative. The notification prescribes definitive duties by a detailed table identifying product specification, country of origin/export, named producers and exporters, and per-kilogram duty rates in Indian currency, while exempting certain yarn types from duty where their assessable landed value exceeds prescribed thresholds.

Provisional assessment on imports pending new shipper review, with security and retrospective anti dumping duty liability.
Provisional assessment applies to Nylon Tyre Cord imports from M/s Junma Tyre Cord Company Limited pending a new shipper review under rule 22. Customs may require security or guarantee to cover any deficiency if a definitive anti-dumping duty is later imposed. Should the review recommend anti-dumping duty, the importer is liable to pay the duty retrospectively from the date of review initiation.

Exchange rate determination for export conversion fixes specified foreign currency conversion rates under customs law for export procedures.
The Board prescribes, under section 14(3)(a)(i) of the Customs Act, 1962, fixed rates of exchange for conversion of specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees (and vice versa) for export goods, effective from 1st September, 2006, superseding the prior notification. Implementation is by two schedules: Schedule I (rates per one unit for various major currencies) and Schedule II (rate per one hundred units for a specified currency), which are to be used for export-related customs conversion and documentation.

Exchange rate determination sets official currency conversion rates for imported goods and supersedes the prior notification.
Determination under the Customs Act establishes official exchange rates for conversion of specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees for valuation of imported goods, superseding the prior notification and making the rates in Schedule I (per one unit) and Schedule II (per one hundred units) operative for customs purposes.

Liquefied Natural Gas import exemption extended for designated mega power projects meeting capacity, restructuring and supply conditions.
The substitution to S.No.77A provides a customs exemption for import of Liquefied Natural Gas for power generation by Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited at Dabhol and by any other Mega Power Project that has large-scale generation capacity with integrated re-gasification, was defunct and subsequently restructured and revived through a Special Purpose Vehicle owned by Public Sector Undertakings with Central Government approval, and that supplies generated power to a State Electricity Board under a Power Purchase Agreement.

Customs appointment: Commissioner authorised to adjudicate DRI-issued show cause notices relating to a specified importer.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints and authorises the Commissioner of Customs (Inland Container Depot), Tughlakabad, New Delhi, to exercise the powers and duties of specified customs adjudicating officers for the sole purpose of adjudicating show cause notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in relation to M/s. Vacations Travels & Tours (P) Ltd and others.

Appointment of Special Adjudicators empowers a Commissioner to exercise adjudicatory authority for specified customs show-cause proceedings.
The notification delegates adjudicatory authority under the Customs Act by appointing a designated Commissioner of Customs to exercise the powers and duties of specified officers for particular DRI show-cause notices, assigning responsibility for adjudicating the identified proceedings to named Commissioners at the relevant ports.

Anti-dumping duty imposed on imported polyester fully drawn yarn from specified countries to counter below normal value exports.
Provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of fully drawn polyester yarn (non-textured and non-POY) after findings of dumping, material injury and causation; differentiated duty rates are set by origin, exporter and producer in the notification schedule, denominated in US dollars but payable in Indian currency using the government notified exchange rate with the bill of entry date as the relevant date, and effective up to 20 February 2007.

Customs exemption for SAMYUKTA Programme imports conditioned on designation and dual ministry certification, with an expiry date.
The notification inserts an exemption allowing duty-free import of specified machinery, equipment, software, components, spares, tools, raw materials and consumables for the SAMYUKTA Programme where imports are by designated works centres, government agencies, or PSUs and accompanied at import by a detailed list. The list must be certified by the Programme Director (confirming requirement, exclusive use for the Programme and non-manufacture in India) and by an officer not below Under Secretary in the Ministry of Defence authorising the import. The exemption expires on 1 December 2007.

Corrigendum correcting textual references in a customs notification by replacing the phrase 'Fabrics Imp.' with 'Imp.'
Corrigendum to Notification No. 52/2006 Customs corrects typographical errors by directing that specified occurrences of the phrase "Fabrics Imp." at listed page and line references in the original notification be read as "Imp.", enumerating five discrete substitutions to align the published tariff notification text with the intended wording.

Customs territorial notification: inclusion of specified Gujarat districts and Diu into the notified area under the Customs Act.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs amends Notification No. 15/2002 Customs (N.T.) by substituting the Table entry against Serial Number 14 to specify the notified area: the whole of the districts of Surendranagar (except Dasada Taluka), Rajkot, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Morbi, Amreli, Bhavnagar and Junagadh in Gujarat, and Diu of the Union Territory of Daman and Diu.

Fixation of tariff values: amendment substitutes a new tariff value table for specified imported commodities.
The Board amends Notification No.36/2001-Cus (N.T.) by substituting the existing Table with a new Table specifying tariff values in US dollars per metric tonne for listed goods, including crude and RBD palm oil, palmolein, crude soyabean oil, and brass scrap.

Customs jurisdiction reallocation assigns most of Gujarat to one authority and Kachchh district with its ports and SEZ to another.
Amendment reallocates customs adjudication territory under section 4(1) of the Customs Act by substituting table entries: most of Gujarat (excluding Kachchh) together with Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is assigned to one jurisdictional authority, while the District of Kachchh is separately designated as a distinct customs jurisdiction explicitly including Kandla Port and Airport, Gujarat Adani Port Limited port, Mundra and Kandla Special Economic Zone.

Customs duty reduction: notification amends tariff entries to lower duties on crude and refined oils.
Amendment to a customs exemption notification substitutes revised percentage entries in the tariff table: S.No. 34 items (A), (B) and (C) in column (4) are replaced with a uniform percentage and S.No. 434's column (4) entry is replaced with a specified percentage; promulgated by Notification No. 80/2006-Customs as necessary in the public interest under statutory authority and amending Notification No. 21/2002-Customs.

Port notification: Karanja Port designated to handle loading and unloading of explosives under Customs Act provisions.
Notification designates Karanja Port as a notified port by inserting item (15) to permit the unloading and loading of explosives, amending the principal Customs notification and thereby authorising Karanja Port for those specific explosive handling operations under the Customs Act powers.

Exemption to lightweight coated paper imports for magazine printing removes additional customs duty, making them nil.
The Central Government inserts a new schedule entry exempting lightweight coated paper, imported by actual users for printing magazines, from the additional customs duty by prescribing a nil rate for that entry, as an amendment to the principal customs notification under its statutory powers.

Exemption from additional customs duty for Nepal origin manufactured goods subject to origin and certification conditions.
Exempts specified goods imported from Nepal from the whole of the additional duty of customs when the goods are either wholly manufactured in Nepal from Nepalese or Indian materials or have undergone manufacturing in Nepal that effects a change in four digit HS classification and is not limited to insufficient operations. Claimants must present a prescribed certificate of origin certified by a Nepalese authority to the satisfaction of Indian Customs; third country input value is subject to a value content ceiling and CIF valuation rules for verification.

Provisional antidumping duty on partially oriented yarn from China imposed pending final determination, payable in Indian currency.
Provisional antidumping duty is imposed on partially oriented yarn (tariff items 5402 44 00 and 5402 46 00) originating in or exported from China, following preliminary findings that such goods were dumped into India below normal value, causing material injury to the domestic industry. The Central Government, under section 9A(2) of the Customs Tariff Act and relevant Anti-dumping Rules, prescribes a per MT duty specified in US dollars, to be effective until the stated date and payable in Indian currency, with exchange conversion as per Ministry of Finance notifications.

Tariff value revision updates import valuation for specified edible oils and brass scrap under Customs Act authority.
The Board, exercising powers under sub-section (2) of Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, substitutes the tariff-value table in Notification No.36/2001-Cus (N.T.) by a new table fixing tariff values in US dollars per metric tonne for specified edible oils and brass scrap (all grades), effective immediately under Notification No.85/2006-Customs (N.T.).