Anti dumping and countervailing procedure: appeal filing, prescribed respondents, and transmission of investigation records to tribunal.
The rules prescribe appeal filing and joinder mechanics and evidentiary transmission: appeals in the prescribed proforma must be presented to the concerned officer in person, by agent, or by registered post; the designated authority, the domestic industry representative whose application led to investigation, and interested persons who submitted representations must be joined as respondents; and the designated authority must transmit the investigation records and procedural papers, including confidential information under the anti dumping or countervailing duty rules, to the Tribunal.

Exchange rate determination for export goods sets official currency conversion rates, fixing per-unit and per-100-unit schedules applicability.
The Central Government, under the Customs Act, determines official rates of exchange for conversion between specified foreign currencies and Indian rupees for export goods, superseding the prior December 27, 1995 notification and effective from the first day of February, 1996. Two schedules implement the determination: Schedule I provides rupee equivalents per one unit of listed currencies; Schedule II provides rupee equivalents per one hundred units of listed currencies.

Exchange rate determination prescribed for calculating stamp duty and customs on imported goods, effective from February first.
The Central Government prescribes exchange rates for specified foreign currencies to be used in converting foreign currency into Indian rupees for calculating stamp duty under the Indian Stamp Act and for the purposes of section 14 of the Customs Act insofar as they relate to imported goods; the prescribed rates are set out in Schedule I and Schedule II and are effective from the first day of February, 1996, superseding the earlier notification.

Life saving drug exemption: amendment substitutes 5 Fluorouracil as the serial entry under Heading A of customs notification.
The Central Government, exercising the power conferred by section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 and being satisfied it is necessary in the public interest, amends Notification No. 13/95 Customs by substituting the entry against serial number 3 in Heading A of the Schedule with "5 Fluorouracil", thereby including that drug within the life saving drugs and medicines entry of the notification.

Appreciation certificate awards to customs and enforcement officers under the departmental awards scheme for distinguished service.
Appreciation certificates were conferred on Republic Day, 1996 to named officers of the Customs & Central Excise Department, Narcotics Control Bureau and Directorate of Enforcement for specially distinguished service. The notification enumerates recipients and their postings and states that the awards are made under the departmental awards scheme provision cited in the relevant gazette notification as the legal basis for such grants.

Customs exemption for reagent impregnated diagnostic paper allows reduced duty where specified size conditions are met.
The Central Government exempted imported paper under sub heading 3822.00 impregnated or coated with diagnostic or laboratory reagents from customs duty in excess of the amount calculated at a 20% ad valorem rate, limited to paper in strips or rolls wider than 15 cm or rectangular sheets with one side exceeding 36 cm and the other exceeding 15 cm unfolded.

Customs exemption for infant food limits excess import duty by fixing an ad valorem ceiling on such goods.
Exemption limits customs duty on food preparations meant for infant use and sold retail by reducing the portion of duty leviable under the First Schedule to an amount calculated at a specified ad valorem rate for the relevant tariff subheading, effected by a miscellaneous exemption notification and later rescinded by a subsequent notification.

Customs exemption amendment narrows coverage to exclude certain peripheral and separately housed disk drive equipment.
Amendment revises the Table to Notification No. 59/95 Cus by substituting column (3) entries: S. No. 1 is replaced with an entry excluding certain peripherals and storage devices-computer printers usable with automatic typewriters, word processors or specified office machines; X Y co ordinate input devices (mouse, light pen, joy stick); disc storage units not separately housed; and hard disc drives and floppy disc drives, separately housed. S. No. 2's column (3) entry is substituted to read "Hard disc drives or floppy disc drives, separately housed."

Customs port appointment: Port Blair authorised for unloading imported and loading of export goods under notification amendment.
Exercising statutory powers under the Customs Act, the Central Government amends the Table in the earlier notification to substitute the Port Blair entry in column (4) so as to authorise "unloading of imported goods and loading of export goods or any class of such goods" at Port Blair.

Import restrictions from Nepal bar re import of third country goods, with limited project machinery exceptions subject to conditions.
Importation into India of goods imported from Nepal that were originally exported to Nepal from countries other than India is prohibited to prevent smuggling; however, machinery and equipment used in Nepal for execution of a project may be imported after completion provided the importer produces an Indian Embassy, Kathmandu certificate of one year's use, the project was financed by a multilateral agency or the Government of India, and any required Reserve Bank of India permission to import into Nepal had been obtained.

Customs notification amendment expands covered enforcement agencies and raises specified numerical thresholds in the text.
The notification amends an existing customs notification by substituting departmental references in multiple sub paragraphs to include the Directorate of Enforcement and Narcotic(s) Control Bureau alongside Customs and Central Excise Departments and by increasing specified numeric words in paragraph four from "twenty five" to "thirty" and from "thirty" to "thirty five".

Customs exemption amendments substitute specified drug and drug-manufacture entries, updating exemption schedules under public interest authority.
Under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, the Central Government amends two miscellaneous exemption notifications to substitute specified entries: replacing a Schedule entry with Mesna and substituting a Table entry with N-Carbethoxy-4-piperidone, thereby updating the list of life saving drugs and materials used in drug manufacture exempted under the customs tariff.

Imports exemption for manufacture of goods supplied to projects granted deemed export benefits under public notice.
Amendment to Notification No. 260/92 Customs inserts a provision granting an imports exemption for inputs imported for manufacture of final products to be supplied to projects that have been extended deemed export benefits under the Ministry of Commerce public notice, effected under the powers of section 25(1) of the Customs Act.

Import value limit for readymade garments under VBAL increased by amendment, raising permissible proportion of assessed value.
Amendment to Notification No. 107/95-Customs substitutes the words and figures in condition (2) to raise the permitted proportion of value applicable to readymade garment imports under the value-based allowance scheme; the change is effected by executive exercise of powers under the Customs Act as a substitution of the existing cap in that condition.

Post-export use of exempt materials permitted - importer may use them to manufacture other goods after obligations discharged.
Amendment adds a proviso that once the export obligation has been discharged in full, the exempt materials may be utilised by the importer in his own factory for manufacture of any other goods, thereby allowing domestic use of duty free inputs after completion of the export performance requirement.

Customs port amendment clarifies permitted unloading of specified imports and loading of minerals and bamboos for export.
The Central Government amends a prior non tariff customs notification to revise the Table entry for Panaji Port, substituting column entries to permit unloading of imported coking coal, coke and limestone, and loading of minerals and bamboos for export, thereby specifying the limited operational purposes for which the port is appointed.

Ports for Coastal Trade designation amended: Tamil Nadu port list updated to include named coastal ports.
The Central Government, under the Customs Act, amends Notification No. 64/94(N.T.)-Customs by substituting the entries for Tamil Nadu in the annexed Table with a new list of nine named ports, thereby updating the ports appointed for coastal trade in that State by Notification No. 2/96-Cus. (N.T.).

Customs ports appointment: Tamil Nadu ports authorised to unload imported goods and load export goods; Ennore limited to ammonia.
The notification amends the Table for Tamil Nadu to designate specific ports and their authorised activities: Cuddalore, Karaikal, Madras Sea Port, Mandapam, Nagapattinam, Pondicherry, Rameshwaram, Tuticorin, Valinokkam and Veppalodai are authorised for unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods or any class of such goods; Ennore is authorised for unloading of ammonia.

Customs notification amendment removes reference to a prior exemption notice, altering Explanation cross-references in preferential imports regime.
The Central Government amends specified customs exemption notifications affecting imports from SAARC and preferential countries by substituting the wording of the Explanation clauses in two notifications to remove a listed cross referenced exemption notification from each list, thereby shortening and altering the internal cross references among those exemption instruments.

Rescission of customs notification: prior exemption revoked under executive power as necessary in public interest.
The Central Government, invoking its statutory authority under the Customs Act and acting in the public interest, rescinds the earlier customs exemption notification for imports from Sri Lanka by issuing a subsequent notification that withdraws the prior exemption issued by the Department of Revenue.