Customs export permissions updated: Jaigad authorized to load molasses and bauxite ore for export under amended notification.
The Central Government amends the existing Customs notification for Maharashtra by substituting the table entry for Jaigad to authorize loading of goods for export at that port, specifically permitting loading for export of molasses and bauxite ore.

Customs exemption extended and new capital equipment exemption added for SU-30 MKI manufacturing imports by domestic manufacturer.
Amendment to the principal Customs exemption notification substitutes a later date in the Explanation to S. No. 18, extending that entry's period, and inserts S. No. 21 to create an exemption for capital equipment imported for setting up facilities to manufacture SU-30 MKI aircraft when imported by the specified domestic manufacturer, promulgated under sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962.

Exchange rate determination for export goods sets specified foreign currency conversion rates into Indian rupees effective from notification.
Notification No.40/2002-Customs (N.T.) fixes conversion rates for specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees for export goods, superseding the prior notification, and sets out unit rates in Schedule I and a 100-unit rate for Japanese Yen in Schedule II to apply with effect from the notified commencement date for export-related customs conversion and valuation.

Exchange rate determination for imported goods establishes specified currency conversion rates effective from the notified date.
The Board, exercising powers under the Customs Act, prescribes conversion rates for specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees for imported goods, superseding the earlier notification; Schedule I lists rates per one unit for various currencies and Schedule II lists the rate per one hundred units for the Japanese yen, with the prescribed rates taking effect from the notified commencement date for customs valuation and import procedures.

Surplus power sale by exempt units permitted subject to duty on consumables or duty free transfer.
Notification 65/2002 amends several Customs exemption notifications to permit, subject to Assistant/Deputy Commissioner satisfaction and specified conditions, export oriented units authorised to sell into the Domestic Tariff Area or to transfer to other exempt units to (i) sell surplus power into the DTA on payment of an amount equal to duty on consumables and raw materials used per unit of power as per Board of Approvals' norms, or (ii) transfer surplus power to other exempt export units or units in designated export parks/zones without payment of duty, with both parties required to maintain consumption accounts for Net Foreign Exchange calculations.

Customs exemption rules updated to align notifications with the Export Import Policy and relax transfer and exchange conditions.
Notifications are amended to replace prior policy citations with the Export Import Policy and Handbook of Procedures Volume I, to insert or revise definitions, to reduce specified percentage thresholds to fifteen per cent., and to permit procurement from international exhibitions and exchange of plain precious metal jewellery subject to conditions. Several notifications expand duty free transfer/supply rules for capital goods and specified inputs between export units, SEZs and related parks, introduce contract farming transfer rules with bank guarantee and accountal requirements, and update goods descriptions to include computers and air conditioning systems.

Customs exemptions: amendment adds specified Combined Cycle Gas Turbine power plants and paraxylene duty nil to notification schedules.
The notification amends two customs exemption instruments: it inserts five specified Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plants of the National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd into List 2 of Notification 21/2002, and it inserts a new tariff-line for Paraxylene with a nil rate into the Table of Notification 23/2002, effected under powers of section 3A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962.

Anti-dumping duty on sodium tripolyphosphate imposed, margin-based duty calculated over assessable landed value per tonne.
Imposition of an anti-dumping duty on sodium tripolyphosphate (sub-heading 2835.31) from China and Chinese Taipei is declared: duty equals the difference between a specified reference amount and the assessable landed value per metric tonne for listed producers/exporters and categories. The measure applies to named producers, other exporters from China, and all exporters from Chinese Taipei; duty is payable in Indian currency until the stated expiry. Definitions specify landed value as assessable value under the Customs Act excluding certain duties, and the rate of exchange is the Ministry of Finance notified rate on the bill of entry date.

Tariff valuation updated for palm oil, palmolein and brass scrap, replacing prior notification and fixing customs values.
The Board, invoking sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, substitutes the Table in Notification No.36/2001-Customs (N.T.) with a new Table fixing tariff values for specified goods, prescribing customs valuation benchmarks for various palm oil products and brass scrap.

Commissioner of Customs (Appeals) jurisdiction updated to reassign appellate areas including Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Cochin and Jamnagar.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under section 4(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, amends the Table to Notification No.16/2002-Customs (N.T.) by substituting entries for specified serial numbers to reassign appellate areas to particular Commissioners of Customs (Appeals). The substitutions reallocate appellate coverage among designated Commissioners (General, Import, Export, Preventive and container-station posts) for Mumbai-I, Mumbai-II, Ahmedabad and Cochin, and the amendment inserts a new entry assigning Jamnagar to a Commissioner of Customs (Appeals).

Customs jurisdiction reallocation: specified ports, territories and officer assignments updated to clarify administrative boundaries and duties.
Amendment substitutes and omits entries in a prior notification to specify the territorial areas of jurisdiction for Commissioners of Customs and their subordinate Additional or Joint Commissioners and Deputy or Assistant Commissioners, assigning particular ports, airports, municipal areas, districts, states, union territories, inland container depots, container freight stations and designated offshore zones (including a special economic zone) to named Commissionerates, and clarifying exclusions and preventive versus general responsibilities.

Jurisdiction allocation: amendment to Customs notification reassigns commissionerates and customs proper officer areas under statutory authority.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising statutory power under the Customs Act, substitutes specified entries in the Table to Notification No.14/2002 Customs (N.T.) to reassign which Chief Commissioners oversee particular Commissionerates and which Customs proper officers are paired with those Commissionerates, thereby realigning commissionerates for identified Chief Commissioners without creating new offices.

Transitional product-specific safeguard duty to address market disruption from increased imports, enabling provisional and definitive duties.
These rules prescribe investigation and imposition procedures for a transitional product specific safeguard duty on imports from the People's Republic of China where increased imports cause or threaten to cause market disruption. They establish the Director General (Specific Safeguard), criteria for initiation (increased imports, injury and causal link), requirements for public notice, participation and confidentiality, powers to record preliminary findings and to recommend provisional duty, and provisions for final findings, non-discriminatory definitive duties, duration limits, refunds when definitive duty is lower than provisional duty, and periodic review of continued necessity.

Anti-dumping duty extension on catalysts from Denmark maintains protections pending statutory review under Customs Tariff Act.
The government extended the existing anti-dumping duty on catalysts from Denmark by inserting a paragraph into the principal notification to preserve the duty in force while the designated authority's review proceeds, thereby maintaining temporal continuity of the prior notification pending completion of the statutory review and subject to earlier revocation.

Customs exemption for raw pearls and precious stones permits duty free import when made under specified replenishment licences.
Exemption from customs duty is granted for raw pearls, natural or cultured, and precious or semi precious stones (excluding rough diamonds), unset and uncut, under Chapter 71 when imported into India, provided imports are made under a Replenishment Licence or a Replenishment Authorisation for Gems issued in accordance with the Foreign Trade Policy; the relief covers basic and additional duties as specified and is subject to the licence conditioned procedural requirements.

Anti-dumping duty on graphite electrodes imposed provisionally, rate tied to dumping margin and landed value conversion.
Provisional anti-dumping duty imposed on Ultra High Power graphite electrodes (diameters up to and including 24"), under sub-heading 85.45, originating in or exported from Poland and Brazil; duty equals the difference between a specified US dollar amount per metric tonne and the landed value of imports, effective until 4 December 2002 and payable in domestic currency. "Landed value" is defined as assessable value under the Customs Act excluding certain duties, and the applicable exchange rate is the Government-notified rate on the bill of entry date.

Anti-dumping duty on zinc oxide imports from Nepal calculated per exporter to offset dumping-caused injury to domestic industry.
Anti-dumping duty is imposed on Zinc Oxide imports from Nepal after findings that the product was exported below normal value and caused material injury to the domestic industry; duty is calculated per exporter as the difference between a specified reference amount and the assessable landed value per metric tonne, with rates listed for named producers and a default reference for others, payable in domestic currency and levied from the date of provisional imposition, subject to an exemption under a specified customs notification.

Customs exemption amendments: substitution of commodity descriptions to revise scope of listed exempted goods under tariff tables.
Amendments substitute and correct commodity descriptions in specified Table entries of earlier customs exemption notifications under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, narrowing or replacing listed items-for example reducing an entry to Polishing Machine and revising component descriptions including potentiometers, connectors, switches, relays, tape deck mechanisms, heat sinks, cassettes, TV tuners, gas discharge tubes, plates, dicing blades, moulding powder, and lead tabs.

Anti-dumping duty applicability narrowed: SBR 1500 and 1700 series from specified countries excluded from exemption.
The amendment inserts a proviso excluding imports of SBR in the 1500 and 1700 series from the exemption: SBR of those grades originating in or exported from the United States, Taiwan, Turkey, Korea and Japan and imported into India are not covered by the notification's exemption and therefore remain subject to the anti-dumping duty framework under the Customs Tariff Act and associated rules.

Drawback rates for exports updated, subject to procedural compliance, exclusions, CENVAT non availment conditions and composite article rules.
Drawback rates effective 1 June 2002 are prescribed in an annexed Table and apply only if procedural conditions under rules 11-13 of the Drawback Rules, 1995, are satisfied. The rates are not applicable to exports from customs warehouses, exports against certain Advance Licences, hundred percent EOUs, FTZ/EPZ/SEZ units, exports under specified Central Excise Rules or DEPB schemes, except limited concessions; where not listed, rates may be fixed on application. Rates are inclusive of packing, subject to minimum payable thresholds, CENVAT non availment certification requirements (with specified exceptions), CKD/SKD valuation rules, and provisions for accessories and composite articles.