Anti-dumping duty on Metronidazole extended, imposing per-unit charges on imports originating or exported from China.
The Central Government, on the designated authority's review findings, imposes anti dumping duties on Metronidazole imports originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China, specifying per unit duty rates in US dollars for identified producers and exporters and default rates for others; the duty is payable in Indian currency using the exchange rate applicable on the bill of entry date and remains effective for five years unless earlier amended or revoked.

Adjudicating authority appointment: Joint Commissioner Cochin authorized to adjudicate a show cause notice for SEPR Refractories.
The Joint Commissioner or Additional Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Cochin is empowered to exercise the adjudicatory powers and duties of the Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Cochin and the Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs (Port-Import), Custom House, Chennai for the purpose of adjudicating the show cause notice issued to M/s SEPR Refractories India Ltd.

Adjudicating authority designation: Joint Commissioner of Customs (Import) to exercise additional commissioners' powers for a specified show cause notice.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs designates the Joint Commissioner/Additional Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, to exercise the adjudicatory powers and duties previously vested in two Additional Commissioners (Import), limited to adjudication of the show-cause notice relating to M/s Trans Agro India Pvt. Ltd.

Proper officer designation expanded to include sub section three of section 28AAA, amending existing customs notification entries.
Amendment inserts a specified subsection concerning designation of the proper officer into the table of Notification No. 40/2012 Customs (N.T.) against serial number 4, placing that subsection before the existing item (which is renumbered). The Central Board of Excise and Customs exercises its powers under the Customs Act to make this textual insertion and renumbering in the earlier notification.

Assignment of Show Cause Notice to Commissioner for adjudication transfers adjudicatory jurisdiction under the Customs Act.
The Board directs that the Show Cause Notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in respect of M/s B. Barun Medical India and others is to be adjudicated by the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, exercising the Board's powers under the Customs Act and the relevant notification to transfer adjudicatory responsibility and jurisdiction to the designated Commissioner.

Customs corrigendum clarifies tariff headings and commodity descriptions, aligning entries to ensure accurate tariff classification and application.
Corrigendum to Notification No. 47/2012-Customs corrects the table by reordering and aligning tariff headings with commodity descriptions for de-oiled soya extract and various oil cake meals, preserving the originally stated duty entries and thereby clarifying tariff classification without changing the duty outcome.

Anti-dumping duty continuation upheld to extend protection against dumped Nonyl Phenol imports and maintain trade remedy coverage.
Amendment extends the existing anti-dumping duty on imports of Nonyl Phenol from Chinese Taipei by adding a provision that the principal notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of the 21st August, 2013, unless revoked earlier; the extension follows a continuation review conducted under the Customs Tariff Act and rule 23.

Import duty exemption on specified oil cakes scheduled to commence from the notified commencement date, expanding nil-rate coverage.
Amendment to Notification No.12/2012-Customs inserts serial 104A to grant import duty exemption (nil rate) to specified oil cakes and oil cake meals-de-oiled soya extract, groundnut, sunflower, canola and mustard oil cakes-under their respective tariff headings, and adds proviso (ba) fixing the exemption's commencement on and after the first day of April, 2013.

Customs tariff amendment: substitution of adjusted rate entries for specified exemption notification items.
Amendment to Notification No.12/2012-Customs directs substitution of the entries in column (5) of the table for specified serial numbers, replacing the previous entries with the newly prescribed rate entry for each listed row; the amendment is limited to these table modifications and is linked to prior amendments to the principal exemption notification.

Exchange rate determination: notified conversion rates for foreign currencies to apply to import and export valuation and compliance.
Determination of exchange rates for conversion between specified foreign currencies and Indian rupees is notified to apply to import and export goods with effect from 17th August, 2012 under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, superseding the earlier notification and prescribing separate import and export rates in Schedule I and the rate for 100 units of Japanese Yen in Schedule II, with corrigenda correcting Kenya Shilling entries.

Tariff valuation update: Government substitutes tariff-value tables for specified imports, revising import valuation and compliance.
The Central Board of Excise & Customs, exercising powers under the Customs Act, substitutes TABLE-1 and TABLE-2 of the principal notification to fix tariff values in US dollars for specified imports, including categories of palm oil and palmolein, crude soyabean oil, brass scrap, poppy seeds, and specified forms of gold and silver when specified notification benefits are availed.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to consolidate customs adjudication for specified show cause notices against named parties.
The Joint Commissioner or Additional Commissioner of Customs (Export) at Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, is appointed as the Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise and discharge the adjudicatory powers and duties of specified Additional and Assistant/Deputy Commissioners for the limited purpose of adjudicating show cause notices issued in relation to M/s Primera Sulz Pvt. Ltd. and others, thereby consolidating jurisdiction for those proceedings.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to centralize adjudication of a customs show-cause matter involving export officers.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Joint Commissioner or Additional Commissioner of Customs (Export), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva as the Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and duties of the Additional Commissioner (Export), Nhava Sheva and the Assistant/Deputy Commissioner, Export, ACC Ahmedabad for adjudication of the show-cause notice issued to M/s Ranjan Suitings Pvt. Ltd., thereby effecting a limited reassignment of adjudicatory jurisdiction under the Customs Act.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to consolidate adjudication of specified Customs show cause proceedings.
A Common Adjudicating Authority is appointed under sub section (1) of section 4 and sub section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962, designating the Joint Commissioner or Additional Commissioner of Customs, ICD (GRFL), Sahnewal, Ludhiana to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of both the Joint Commissioner, ICD (GRFL), Sahnewal and the Additional Commissioner, ICD Tughlaqabad, for adjudicating matters arising from the Show Cause Notice issued to M/s Aggarwal Ispat Udyog and others by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Ludhiana Regional Unit.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to centralize adjudication of show cause notices, streamlining customs adjudication process.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Joint Commissioner or Additional Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Near Akashvani, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, as the Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and duties of specified Additional Commissioners for adjudicating the show cause notice issued in relation to M/s Kiri Dyes and Chemicals and others under the referenced intelligence file.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment centralises adjudication of specified customs show cause notices to a designated Commissioner.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962, designates the Commissioner (Adjudication), New Custom House, New Delhi as the Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise adjudication powers and discharge duties in respect of the specific show cause notices listed in the Table concerning M/s SAP India Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai; the Table identifies each notice and its original issuing authority at CSI Airport, Mumbai.

Land Customs Station designation expands authorised frontier routes by adding a new LCS and specified inland route.
Amendment inserts a new Land Customs Station entry for Hemnagar in North 24 Parganas and adds the specified overland and inland waterway route linking the Kolkata/Haldia corridor through Namkhana, Diamond Sand, Satjaliya, Raimongal, Hemnagar, Angithara to ports across the Bangladesh frontier as part of Notification No. 63/1994-Customs (N. T.).

Anti-dumping duty extension: continuation of duty on hexamine imports from Saudi Arabia and Russia extended pending review.
The Central Government, invoking powers under Section 9A and rule 23, amended Notification No. 89/2007-Customs to add a preservatory clause that keeps the existing anti-dumping duty on imports of hexamine from specified origins in force up to and inclusive of the stated terminal date unless revoked earlier, thereby extending the duty pending the outcome of the statutory sunset review.

Common Adjudicating Authority assignment transfers a Show Cause Notice to a customs commissioner for adjudication under customs law.
The Board, invoking the customs notification under the Customs Act, assigns the Show Cause Notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in the case of M/s Kobelco Construction Equipment India Pvt. Ltd. to the Commissioner of Customs (Seaport - Import), Custom House, Chennai for adjudication, and directs circulation of the order to relevant customs formations and the issuing unit for administrative coordination.

Common adjudicating authority assignment directs adjudication of a DRI show cause notice by import customs commissioner.
The Board assigns a Show Cause Notice issued by a revenue intelligence unit to the Commissioner of Customs (Imports) at the designated port for adjudication under the notification empowering a Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA), and circulates the order to the issuing unit, the designated commissioner, a port-import commissioner, and the web administrator.