Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to adjudicate show-cause notice under Customs Act regarding Jay Jalaram Saw Mill.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Assistant Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Mundra, as the Common Adjudicating Authority, vested with the powers and duties of the Assistant/Deputy Commissioners at Mundra and Kandla to adjudicate the show-cause notice and related proceedings concerning M/s Jay Jalaram Saw Mill and others issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Regional Unit, Hyderabad.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to consolidate adjudication of a customs show cause notice against Synergy Fertichem.
Appointment of a Common Adjudicating Authority designating the Additional Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, to exercise the powers and duties of specified customs officers for the purpose of adjudicating the show cause notice issued against M/s Synergy Fertichem Private Limited, thereby consolidating jurisdiction and responsibility for that specific proceeding.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to adjudicate show cause notice against Crayon Color Private Limited under customs law.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising powers under sub sections (1) of sections 4 and 5 of the Customs Act, appoints the Additional Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, as a Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and duties of three specified customs officers for adjudication of a show cause notice issued in relation to M/s Crayon Color Private Limited.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to adjudicate a show cause notice relating to a specified exporter in customs proceedings.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, invoking section 4(1) and section 5(1) of the Customs Act, appoints the Additional Commissioner or Joint Commissioner of Customs (Export), Air Cargo Complex, Sahar, Andheri, Mumbai as Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and duties of both the Import and Export Additional/Joint Commissioners at that complex for adjudication of the show cause notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence relating to Shree Krishna Exports.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment consolidates adjudication of customs show cause notices under the Customs Act.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Additional Commissioner of Customs (Airport and Air Cargo), Integrated Air Export Complex, Chennai as the Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and duties of two Additional Commissioners of Customs for the adjudication of specified show cause notices issued to M/s VISTEON Automotive Systems India Private Ltd.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment transfers adjudication of specific customs show cause notices to Tughlakabad Joint Commissioner.
The Joint Commissioner or Additional Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad is appointed as the Common Adjudicating Authority under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 to exercise the powers and duties of the Joint/Additional Commissioners at Tughlakabad, Mundra and Kandla for adjudicating the show cause notices issued in relation to the specified consignor and others.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to centralize adjudication of a specified customs show cause notice under statutory powers.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Additional Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad, Hyderabad as Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the specified Additional Commissioners for adjudicating the show cause notice issued to M/s ICOMM Tele Ltd.

Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority centralises adjudication of specified customs show cause notices under the Customs Act.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Additional Commissioner of Customs, Hyderabad-II Commissionerate as the Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise powers and duties of both the Hyderabad-II and Chennai Additional Commissioners for adjudicating show cause notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Regional Unit, Hyderabad, concerning M/s Lemon GOC and others.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to adjudicate DRI-issued show cause notice against M/s Om Tex under Customs Act.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under sub section (1) of section 4 and sub section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Joint Commissioner or Additional Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, as the common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and duties of that office and of the Joint Commissioner or Additional Commissioner of Customs (Imports), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, solely for adjudicating the show cause notice issued to M/s Om Tex by the Additional Director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Ahmedabad Zonal Unit dated 21 March 2014.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to adjudicate customs show-cause notice against M/s Thakur Impex under Customs Act.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Additional Commissioner of Customs (Export), Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House, Nhava Sheva, as the Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of four specified Additional Commissioners for adjudicating matters relating to the show cause notice issued by the Additional Director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit, dated 6 March 2014 concerning M/s Thakur Impex, Surat.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to adjudicate DRI show cause notices involving Kiran Global Chem Limited.
The Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Additional Commissioner or Joint Commissioner of Customs, Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone as the common adjudicating authority, consolidating adjudicatory powers otherwise held by designated Mundra and Ahmedabad customs officers, to adjudicate the show cause notice issued by the Additional Director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Ahmedabad Zonal Unit (F.No. DRI/AZU/INV-15/2013) concerning M/s Kiran Global Chem Limited and others.

Anti-dumping duty continuation on sodium nitrite upheld to address dumped imports and protect domestic industry.
Imposition of continued anti-dumping duty on sodium nitrite imports from the European Union for five years, based on findings that imports remain dumped and continue to cause material injury to the domestic industry; duty is specified per metric ton in US dollars but payable in Indian currency using the exchange rate applicable on the bill of entry date, and remains effective for five years unless earlier revoked, superseded, or amended.

Exchange rate determination established for foreign currencies applying specified import and export rates under Customs Act.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under authority of the Customs Act, fixes exchange rates for conversion between specified foreign currencies and Indian rupees for customs valuation, superseding the prior notification. The notification prescribes distinct rates for imported and export goods, set out in Schedule I (per unit rates) and Schedule II (per 100 units), to be applied for customs purposes from the notified effective date, with savings for actions completed prior to supersession.

Reference substitution in customs authority designations: statutory references revised to include principal and regular commissioner titles.
The Central Government, under sections 25, 151A, 156 and 157 of the Customs Act, 1962, directs that references to certain customs authorities in rules, notifications, instructions, regulations, decisions and orders shall be read as references to substituted authorities: "Chief Commissioner" becomes "Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner, as the case may be" and "Commissioner" becomes "Principal Commissioner or Commissioner, as the case may be," unless context otherwise requires.

Tariff values updated for specified imports, fixing customs valuation per unit under section 14(2) notification amendment.
Amends Notification No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.) by substituting TABLE-1, TABLE-2 and TABLE-3 to fix tariff values for specified imported goods. The CBEC, under section 14(2) of the Customs Act, prescribes unit tariff values (per metric tonne, per kilogram, per ten grams) for items including crude and refined palm oil and palmolein, crude soybean oil, brass scrap, poppy seeds, areca nuts, and specified forms of gold and silver when certain notification benefits are availed.

Provisional anti-dumping duty on PTA imports imposed for six months with producer-specific rates and exchange rate conversion.
Provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed on Purified Terephthalic Acid imports from the People's Republic of China, the European Union, Korea RP and Thailand following preliminary findings of dumping and material injury to domestic industry. The notification sets producer- and exporter-specific duty amounts in United States Dollar per metric tonne for various origin/export permutations and residual categories, prescribes that duties be levied for up to six months from publication, requires payment in Indian currency, and directs use of the Government-notified exchange rate with the bill of entry date as the relevant date.

Anti-dumping duty imposed on rubber chemicals, specific producer/exporter rates listed; duty payable in Indian currency for fixed term.
Imposes definitive anti-dumping duties on specified rubber chemicals originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea, with producer- and exporter-specific duty rates in US dollars per kilogram and residual rates for other suppliers. Duties apply to listed tariff headings and named chemical products (PX-13(6PPD), MBT, TDQ, TMT, CBS, PVI). The duty is payable in Indian currency for a fixed five-year term from publication, with the applicable exchange rate for conversion set by separate government notifications and determined on the bill of entry date.

Anti-dumping duty continuation on Potassium Carbonate extended for one year to maintain existing import measures.
Extension of anti-dumping duty on Potassium Carbonate is effected by inserting a paragraph in the principal notification, preserving the operation of the earlier notification and continuing import-restrictive measures on the product originating in or exported from the European Union, the People's Republic of China, Korea RP and Taiwan up to and inclusive of the specified extended date, unless revoked earlier.

Anti-dumping duty extension: continued protection on Vitamin C imports from China for a further specified period.
The Central Government amended the existing anti-dumping notification to extend the operative period of the anti-dumping duty on Vitamin C originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China by inserting a provision that keeps the notification in force for a further one-year period, specified to run until and inclusive of the fifteenth day of June, two thousand fifteen, unless revoked earlier.

Anti-dumping duty extension on phosphoric acid continued, preserving the duty and requiring payment in Indian currency.
Extension of anti-dumping protection is ordered for imports of phosphoric acid (all grades and concentrations, excluding agricultural or fertilizer grade) originating in or exported from Korea by amending the principal customs notification to continue the duty for a further period and stating that the notification remains in force for the extended term and that duty shall be payable in Indian currency.