Tariff value fixation for specified edible oils and brass scrap amended under Customs Act procedural power.
The Board, under Section 14 of the Customs Act, substitutes the Table in Notification No.36/2001-Cus (N.T.) to fix tariff values in US dollars per metric tonne for specified goods: crude and RBD palm oil, palmolein variants, crude soyabean oil, and brass scrap, with most entries noted as no change, thereby updating the tariff-value schedule by formal substitution.

Education Cess exemption extended to goods under specified beverage tariff headings, broadening the exemption scope by amendment.
Amendment adds S.No.53 to Notification No.69/2004-Customs to extend an Education Cess exemption to "all goods falling under headings 2204 and 2205, and tariff item 2206 00 00," modifying the Table of goods exempted under the principal notification and operating as a textual insertion to the schedule of exempted goods.

Withdrawal of Additional Customs Duty exempts imported liquor from the additional levy under the applicable customs tariff notification.
The Central Government, invoking powers under the Customs Act and the Customs Tariff Act and satisfied of public interest, exempts all goods from the whole of the additional duty leviable under the earlier tariff notification on imported liquor and expressly supersedes the prior departmental notification addressing that duty.

Import duty increase on wine: tariff entries for wine amended to raise import duty effective by government notification.
The Central Government, under section 8A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, directs amendment of the First Schedule by substituting the entry in the duty column for all tariff items of Chapter 22 relating to wine and for tariff item 2206 00 00, replacing the existing entries with the new specified rate; the notification takes effect from its date of issuance.

SAFTA textile concessions deepen: amended customs notification substitutes tariff table to grant lower preferential import duties.
Substitution of the TABLE in Notification No.68/2006 Customs to deepen SAFTA concessions for specified textile tariff headings: the new TABLE lists numerous textile and apparel headings with paired columns showing the standard duty and a reduced concessional duty for imports from specified countries, and preserves alternate specific duty floors stated as "whichever is higher" for identified fabric categories; the notification comes into force from the stated commencement date in 2007.

Preferential import duty rates under SAFTA: substituted tariff table deepens concessions for member states on specified tariff lines.
Amendment substitutes the tariff Table in Notification No.67/2006 Customs to deepen SAFTA concessions by prescribing paired concessionary import rates for goods from countries listed in APPENDIX I and APPENDIX II, including specific duties, product specific exceptions, a definition for "Crude palm oil" for exemption purposes, and differentiated treatment for items such as CKD motor vehicles and seconds and defectives.

Anti-dumping duty on CD-R imports imposed with country-specific per-piece rates and payable in domestic currency.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on Compact Discs-Recordable (CD-Rs) from specified subject countries after findings of dumped imports, substantial dumping margins and material injury; Central Government prescribes country-of-origin and country-of-export specific per-piece duty rates in US dollars for CD-Rs meeting the specification "write once read many times"; duty levied from the provisional duty date and payable in Indian currency; "landed value" defined as assessable value under the Customs Act excluding certain tariff duties.

Appointment of Customs ports: specific locations designated for unloading imported goods and loading export goods under Customs Act.
The Central Board substitutes entries in the principal notification to designate specified locations in the State as appointed places for customs operations under section 7(1)(a) of the Customs Act, 1962, expressly authorizing those locations for the unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods (or any class of such goods).

Customs corrigendum: substitution of country reference updates tariff notification's jurisdictional designation.
Correction to Notification No.59/2007-Customs dated 30 April 2007 substitutes the country reference "Hong Kong" with "People's Republic of China" at specified locations (page 2: lines 36, 42, 50; page 3: line 7), issued as a corrigenda dated 27 June 2007 for incorporation into the Gazette entry.

Amendment to Customs notification: substitution of inland container depot location, updating notified site for loading and unloading of goods.
The customs notification is amended by substituting the previously notified place name for the listed serial entry with a newly specified village and taluka in the same district, thereby changing the officially designated inland container depot location for loading and unloading of goods under the principal notification.

Exchange rate determination for exported goods sets rupee conversion rates for specified foreign currencies, effective from the stated date.
Exchange rate determination for exported goods prescribes rupee conversion rates for listed foreign currencies, superseding the prior notification and setting operative conversion figures in two schedules: Schedule I provides per unit rupee equivalents for specified convertible currencies, and Schedule II provides the rupee equivalent for one hundred units of Japanese yen, to be applied for export goods valuation from the stated effective date.

Exchange rate determination for imported goods sets prescribed conversion rates for customs valuation effective from the stated date.
The Central Board of Excise & Customs determines the rate of exchange for specified foreign currencies for customs valuation of imported goods, superseding the prior notification and prescribing conversion rates in two appended schedules; the determination applies from the stated effective date and covers conversion of each listed foreign currency into Indian rupees and vice versa.

Anti-dumping duty on acetone: imports from specified countries now subject to producer and country specific duties per metric ton.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on acetone (tariff item 2914 11 00) after finding exports from specified countries were dumped below normal value causing material injury; provisional duties are prescribed by country of origin/export, producer and exporter with per metric ton rates in US dollars, effective until 18 December 2007 and payable in Indian currency, with conversion at the Government notified exchange rate based on the bill of entry date.

Tariff value fixation: notification substitutes updated tariff values for palm oil, soybean oil and brass scrap imports.
Amendment substitutes a revised tariff value table in Notification No.36/2001-Cus (N.T.), fixing per-metric-tonne tariff values in US dollars for specified palm oil and palmolein grades, crude soyabean oil, and brass scrap (all grades), with several palm oil entries noted as unchanged; the Board acts under powers conferred by the Customs Act to replace the prior Table with the new operative Table.

Corrigendum to customs notification updates tariff serial references in prior notification to correct numbering errors.
Corrigendum to Notification No.73-Customs (21 May 2007) directs that "Sr.No.565" be read as "Sr.No.568", "566" be read as "569", and "567" be read as "570", specifying the line references in the originally published Gazette entry so the tariff-item numbering in the notification is corrected.

Customs exemption amendments update eligible entities, replenishment authorisations, FOB-based benefit caps and NFE-based exit relief.
Amendments add an eligible laboratory to a customs exemption, revise benefit rates for rhodium finish and silver jewellery as percentages of preceding year FOB exports and substitute "Replenishment Licence" with "Replenishment Authorisation" with updated Handbook cross references; they also permit one time clearance or debonding under Advance Authorization on payment of duty where a unit exits after meeting positive Net Foreign Exchange (NFE) criteria and add a definition and calculation method for NFE.

Port restriction removal on concessional imports of quota tea from Sri Lanka expands eligible landing points under Customs amendment.
Omission of condition (3) in Notification No.60/2000 Customs removes the port-based restriction on concessional imports of quota tea from Sri Lanka, thereby changing import eligibility to allow landing at any eligible port for concessional treatment; the amendment is effected by Department of Revenue notification under Customs Act authority as an administrative modification of the prior eligibility condition.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to adjudicate show cause notices relating to V.K. Tours and Transports.
Designates the Commissioner of Customs (Export), Jawahar Custom House, Nhava Sheva, as Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise and discharge the powers and duties of two named customs commissioners for adjudicating matters relating to the show cause notice issued against M/s. V.K. Tours and Transports by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.

Appointment of common adjudicating authority to exercise customs adjudication powers for show cause notices in Raj Mahal Bhinder matter.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Exports), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, as the common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Commissioner of Customs (Exports), New Customs House, New Delhi, solely for adjudicating matters arising from the Show Cause Notice issued to M/s Raj Mahal Bhinder and Others by the Additional Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Delhi Zonal Unit.

Appointment of common adjudicating authority to adjudicate a Customs Act show cause notice against Hamilton Housewares.
Appoints the Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad as common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and duties of three specified Commissioners of Customs for adjudicating matters relating to the Show Cause Notice issued to M/s Hamilton Housewares Private Limited by the Additional Director General, Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence, Regional Unit Surat, under the powers conferred by sub section (1) of section 4 and sub section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962.