Served From India Scheme exemptions allow duty-free import of capital and professional equipment subject to actual-user and documentation conditions.
Exemption of customs duty and specified additional duty is granted for goods imported against a Served From India Scheme scrip to hotels, restaurants, golf resorts and other service providers (including service providers engaged in manufacturing for manufacturing-related capital goods), covering capital goods (including spares), office and professional equipment, office furniture and consumables and, for hotels, food items and alcoholic beverages, subject to exclusions under Appendix 37B, production of the scrip at clearance, non-transferability/actual user conditions, endorsement for manufacturing activity, installation/use certification within six months, specified ports/depots/airports and vehicle import restrictions.

Adjudication assignment: Show Cause Notice transferred to designated Commissioner of Customs for adjudication under customs law.
Assigns a Show Cause Notice issued by the investigating directorate in respect of M/s. Lord Empire International and others to the Commissioner of Customs (Adjudication), Mumbai for adjudication under the delegated power conferred by Notification No. 37/2003 Customs (N.T.) pursuant to section 4 of the Customs Act, effecting a procedural transfer of adjudicatory jurisdiction.

Customs jurisdiction: Notification amends appointment scope to include inland container depots alongside container freight stations.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs amends the principal notification by substituting, in the Table against serial number 7, the words 'Container Freight Stations at Sriperumbudur Taluk of Kancheepuram District' with 'Container Freight Stations and Inland Container Depots at Sriperumbudur Taluk of Kancheepuram District', thereby expanding the named facilities within the jurisdictional entry.

Appointment of common adjudicating authority: Joint Commissioner, Tughlakabad to adjudicate DRI show-cause notices concerning Nav Jyoti Chemicals.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs designates the Joint Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad, New Delhi as the common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Joint Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Nhava Sheva, for adjudicating the show-cause notice relating to M/s Nav Jyoti Chemicals and Fertilizers and others issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Ludhiana Regional Unit (DRI).

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to centralize adjudication of specific customs show cause notices.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Commissioner of Customs, The Mall, Amritsar as a Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of two specified customs commissioners for the purpose of adjudicating show cause notices issued in relation to M/s. Praveen Kumar Hosiery and others, thereby transferring adjudicatory responsibility for those referenced proceedings to the nominated Commissioner.

Appointment of common adjudicating authority consolidates adjudication of a specified customs show cause notice under the Customs Act.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Adjudication), Mumbai as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, and the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Ballard Estate, Mumbai, for the purpose of adjudicating matters arising from the show cause notice issued to M/s. Hemant Surgical Industries Limited by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.

Common adjudicating authority appointment consolidates customs adjudication jurisdiction for specified show-cause notices and proceedings.
Appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Adjudication), Mumbai as a common adjudicating authority under section 4(1) and section 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, to exercise the powers and duties of three named customs adjudicating officers for the purpose of adjudicating show cause notices issued in relation to M/s. M.K. Enterprises and others by the Directorate in the specified investigation file.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to adjudicate show cause proceedings arising from a DRI-issued notice against M/s Harkarandass Vedpal.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad, New Delhi as the common adjudicating authority to exercise and discharge the adjudicatory powers and duties of three specified Commissioners for adjudicating matters arising from a Show Cause Notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence concerning M/s Harkarandass Vedpal and others.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to hear Show Cause Notice against M/s. Harkarandass Deepchand and others.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad, New Delhi as a common adjudicating authority empowered to exercise the powers and duties of three specified Commissioners of Customs solely for adjudicating the Show Cause Notice issued to M/s. Harkarandass Deepchand and others (DRI F.No. 50D/161/2006-C.I., dated 20 February 2009).

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment authorises a Commissioner to adjudicate customs show-cause notices against Petrosolv India and others.
Appoints the Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication), New Delhi as Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of listed customs and central excise commissioners for adjudicating the show-cause notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in respect of M/s. Petrosolv India Company and others.

Customs jurisdiction redefined to cover specified West Bengal areas, Andaman and Nicobar, and parts of Bihar, effective on Kolkata notification.
Substitutes the territorial jurisdiction entry to include the whole of West Bengal except Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Coochbehar and North Dinajpur; the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; and the districts of Purnea, Katihar, Sahibganj and Godda in Bihar, effective from the date to be notified by the Chief Commissioner of Customs, Kolkata.

Appointment of Customs Commissioners: conversion of Central Excise posts to Customs roles, subject to commencement notification.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Central Excise, Siliguri as Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs for specified districts of West Bengal and the State of Sikkim, and designates Additional, Joint, Deputy and Assistant Commissioners of Central Excise within that jurisdiction as corresponding Customs officers, with effect from a date to be notified by the Chief Commissioner of Customs, Kolkata.

Customs exemption for Antarctic imports requires certificate confirming use for Indian Antarctic Expedition or Polar Science Programme.
Exempts all goods imported from Antarctica into India from the whole of the duty of customs and from the whole of the integrated tax leviable under the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, provided a certificate from an officer not below the rank of Deputy Secretary in the Department of Ocean Development in the Ministry of Earth Sciences is produced at importation to the jurisdictional Assistant Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of Customs stating the goods have been used for or are related to the Indian Antarctic Expedition or the Indian Polar Science Programme; the exemption expires after 31 March 2028.

Anti-dumping duty on Flexible Slabstock Polyol continues to address dumped imports and protect domestic industry.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on Flexible Slabstock Polyol (molecular weight 3000-4000) under tariff item 3907 20, following a review that found dumping from China PR, Korea RP and Chinese Taipei and recommended continuation of definitive measures; Brazil excluded. Duty is calculated as the difference between a specified notification amount and the landed value, applies to defined origin/export/producer/exporter categories, is payable in Indian currency, and remains effective for five years with exchange rate and landed value defined by the notification.

Tariff value fixation updates the customs valuation table, setting tariff values for specified edible oils, brass scrap and poppy seeds.
Substitutes the Table in Notification No. 36/2001 by fixing tariff values per metric tonne for specified imports under the Board's power under section 14(2) of the Customs Act, 1962. The new Table lists values for Crude Palm Oil, RBD Palm Oil, other Palm Oil, Crude Palmolein, RBD Palmolein, other Palmolein, Crude Soyabean Oil, Brass Scrap (all grades) and Poppy Seeds, noting most edible-oil entries remain unchanged and providing set values for Brass Scrap and Poppy Seeds.

Common adjudicating authority designated to centralise adjudication of customs show cause notice proceedings from a DRI investigation.
Designates the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, as the common adjudicating authority empowered to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of three specified Commissioners of Customs under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, for adjudicating show cause notice proceedings arising from a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence investigation involving M/s. Sunland Metal Recycling Industries Limited and others.

Common adjudicating authority designated to consolidate adjudication of a DRI-issued show cause notice against a textile firm.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Adjudication), Delhi as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of several named Customs Commissioners for the purpose of adjudicating the show cause notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence relating to M/s. Sambhav Textiles Limited and others under the Customs Act.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to transfer show-cause notice adjudication to Kandla Commissioner for GNFC matter.
The Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Kandla is appointed as the common adjudicating authority under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act to exercise the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Sahar, Mumbai, solely for adjudicating the specified show-cause notice arising from a revenue intelligence investigation.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to adjudicate DRI show cause notice concerning M/s Kailash Overseas import matters.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Additional Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad, New Delhi as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties under sub-section (1) of section 4 and sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962 that otherwise pertain to specified Additional Commissioners at Nhava Sheva and Mumbai, solely for adjudicating the show cause notice issued by the Additional Director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Delhi Zonal Unit, concerning M/s. Kailash Overseas and another.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to adjudicate a show cause notice under the Customs Act regarding importer proceedings.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising powers under sub-section (1) of section 4 and sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Additional Commissioner of Customs (Import), New Custom House, Ballard Estate, Mumbai as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Additional Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, for adjudicating the show cause notice issued to M/s Rico Steel by the Additional Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Ahmedabad Zonal Unit.