Anti-dumping duty extension on partially oriented yarn preserves continuation-review measures and extends the notification until 10 February 2012.
Anti-dumping duty on partially oriented yarn (POY) originating in or exported from China PR is extended by amendment to the existing notification following a continuation-review under the Customs Tariff framework; the amendment adds a temporal provision specifying that the notification remains in force up to and inclusive of the stated terminal date unless revoked earlier, thereby maintaining the anti-dumping measure for the specified period.

Common Adjudicating Authority designation assigns multiple show cause notices to a designated Commissioner for adjudication.
The Board assigns specified show cause notices issued by various customs authorities to the Commissioner of Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax, Noida for adjudication, listing each notice, its originating authority, and the party concerned, thereby centralizing adjudicatory responsibility and directing affected offices to route further proceedings to the designated Commissioner.

Assignment of adjudication: Show Cause Notice transferred to designated Customs Commissioner for adjudication under Customs Act.
A Show Cause Notice issued by a revenue intelligence division is assigned to the Commissioner of Customs at the Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad for adjudication under the Customs Act, with the Board exercising powers under the enabling customs notification to transfer adjudicatory responsibility.

Anti-dumping duty on Sodium Formaldehyde Sulphoxylate imports from China continues following sunset review, sustaining protective tariff measures.
Imposes anti-dumping duty on Sodium Formaldehyde Sulphoxylate (SFS) from the People's Republic of China following a sunset review under section 9A and the Anti Dumping Rules, with producer and exporter specific duty rates expressed in US dollars per metric tonne, payable in Indian currency using the exchange rate determined under the Customs Act, and remaining in force for five years unless earlier changed.

Customs notification amendment updates column entries to list filter rod and filter cigarette as pharmaceutical products.
The Central Government amends the principal non tariff customs notification by substituting the column (4) entries for S.No.1 and S.No.2: S.No.1 is revised to describe the item as a filter rod classified as a pharmaceutical product, and S.No.2 is revised to describe the item as a filter cigarette classified as a pharmaceutical product.

Rules of origin determine eligibility for preferential tariff treatment under the India-Japan CEP Agreement based on QVC or product rules.
Establishes that goods imported between India and Japan qualify as originating and eligible for preferential tariff treatment if they are wholly obtained in a Party or, if not wholly obtained, meet a qualifying value content threshold or applicable product specific rules; sets definitions, QVC calculation methods using accepted accounting principles, valuation rules for materials, accumulation, de minimis allowances, consignment criteria, non qualifying operations, and detailed product specific origin requirements, and prescribes Certificate of Origin issuance, validity, record keeping, verification and administrative cooperation procedures.

Customs duty exemption for Japanese-origin imports applies to listed goods subject to proof of origin and specified rates.
Customs duty exemption is granted for goods imported into India from Japan that fall within the specified chapters, headings, sub-headings and tariff items listed in the Table, to the extent that the duty otherwise leviable exceeds the rate shown in the corresponding entry. The benefit is conditional on the importer proving to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner of Customs that the goods are of Japanese origin in accordance with the notified rules. The Table prescribes item-specific rates, which are generally nil for the listed goods, while certain entries carry specified rates for particular goods within the coverage.

Preferential rates of duty extended to imports from Cambodia, adding it to the notified beneficiary countries under the customs notification.
Imports from Cambodia are added to the list of countries eligible for Preferential rates of duty by inserting Cambodia as serial number 9 in Appendix I of Notification No. 46/2011 Customs; the amendment is effected by Notification No. 68/2011 Customs and takes effect from 1st August, 2011.

Tariff value fixation for specified edible oils and brass scrap updated, substituting the previous customs schedule.
Amendment to the Customs non-tariff notification substitutes a new Table fixing tariff values in US dollars per metric tonne for specified goods, listing tariff-item headings and commodity descriptions for various palm oil and palmolein categories, crude soyabean oil, brass scrap (all grades), and poppy seeds, and noting retention of prior values for certain edible-oil entries.

Anti dumping duty on rubber chemicals imposed, with origin and exporter specific per unit rates and exchange conversion rules.
Anti dumping duty is imposed on rubber chemicals PX13, MOR and TDQ under specified Customs Tariff sub headings, applied according to origin, export country and named producer/exporter combinations as set out in the Table, with per metric tonne rates denominated in US dollars. Duties differ for identified producer/exporter pairs and other exporters. The levy applies for five years from Gazette publication, payable in Indian currency, with the exchange rate for conversion determined by Government notifications and the bill of entry date as the relevant date.

Commencement of amendment to section three of the Customs Tariff Act: provision brought into force by government notification.
The Central Government, under section 57 of the Finance Act, 2011, appointed the 1st day of August, 2011 as the date on which the provisions of that section shall come into force, making the amendment effected by that section in section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 effective from that date; Notification No. 53/2011 Customs (N.T), G.S.R. 583(E), dated 28 July 2011.

Preferential origin listing expanded: Cambodia added to ASEAN India origin schedule, affecting tariff preference applicability from August.
The Third Amendment Rules, 2011 insert S. No. 10 "The Kingdom of Cambodia" into Annexure IV of the Customs Tariff [Determination of Origin of Goods under the ASEAN India Preferential Trade Agreement] Rules, 2009. The amendment, issued under section 5(1) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 as Notification No. 52/2011 Customs (N.T.), takes effect on 1 August 2011 and thereby includes Cambodia among the countries covered for origin determination under the ASEAN India preferential framework.

Exchange rate determination for customs: notified currency conversion rates apply to imported and export goods under section 14.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, invoking section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, prescribes specific rupee conversion rates for each listed foreign currency for use in import and export goods; two schedules set separate rates for imported and export goods, with Schedule I for per-unit currencies and Schedule II for the Japanese Yen per hundred units, and the notification supersedes the prior exchange-rate notification except as to past acts.

Anti-dumping duty on PVC paste resin imposed, based on reference prices and landed value differential.
An anti-dumping duty is imposed on Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin under sub-heading 3904 22 10 from specified countries, calculated as the difference between the notification's specified reference prices per metric ton and the landed value of imports; the notification lists reference prices by origin/export/producer/exporter permutations, excludes certain resin types from the product definition, mandates payment in Indian currency, and prescribes use of the notified exchange rate with the bill of entry date as the relevant date.

Border haat goods clearance limited to specified locally produced items at Balat and Kalaichar under customs amendment.
The notification inserts a proviso permitting clearance at Balat and Kalaichar Border Haats only for specified classes of locally produced goods-vegetables, fruits, food items, spices; minor forest produce excluding timber; cottage industry produce; small agricultural household implements; and garments, melamine and processed food items-defining "locally produced" as produce of the concerned border district. It also adds Kalaichar (West Garo Hills) - Baliamari (District Kurigram) Border Pillar No. 1072 to the table of land frontier entries.

Security for provisional Mega Power Project imports: fixed deposit covering customs duty must be furnished or forfeited.
Where an importer claims exemption under a provisional Mega Power Project status certificate, the importer must furnish at importation a Fixed Deposit Receipt from a Scheduled Bank in the name of the President of India for a term of thirty six months or more, equal to the customs duty otherwise payable, to the Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner of Customs; failure to furnish the final status certificate within thirty six months permits appropriation of the security towards the customs duty.

Designation of authority for countervailing duty centralises appointment in a senior Department of Commerce official under the Rules.
A person not below the rank of Joint Secretary in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry is appointed as the designated authority under sub-rule (1) of rule 3 of the Customs Tariff Rules, 1995 for identification, assessment and collection of countervailing duty; this notification supersedes the earlier 1995 appointment while preserving past acts and omissions under the prior instrument.

Designation of authority for anti-dumping duty administration vested in a senior Commerce Department official.
The Central Government appoints as designated authority under the Customs Tariff anti-dumping rules a person not below the rank of Joint Secretary in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and supersedes the earlier notification while preserving prior actions done or omitted under that earlier instrument.

Customs exemption for LR SAM imports requires authorised works centres and certified lists, with a fixed expiry date.
The notification exempts specified goods for the LR SAM programme from customs duty where (a) imports are made by authorized works centres designated by a Ministry of Defence officer not below Deputy Secretary and (b) the importer produces at import a Programme Director certified list to the Deputy or Assistant Commissioner of Customs confirming the goods are required for, authorised under, and will be used only for the LR SAM programme; the exemption lapses on or after 25 November 2011.

Customs tariff amendment: substituted concessional duty rate for a specified serial item in the exemptions table.
Amendment to Notification No.21/2002 Customs substitutes the entry in column (4) against table Serial No. 585 to reflect a revised effective duty rate of 10% under the authority of Section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, thereby modifying the table of exemptions and effective basic and additional duties for specified goods of Chapters 1 to 99.