Committee constitution under Customs Act 129A establishes two-commissioner panels to cover jurisdictions for customs appeals.
The Board constitutes statutory committees of two Commissioners of Customs to serve as the Committee for the appellate provision of the Customs Act by pairing specified Commissioner posts with the corresponding Commissioner of Customs (Appeals). A detailed table matches Commissioner roles-by port, airport, preventive, container freight station, air cargo and inland depot functions-to the appellate jurisdictions; the notification also states that references to Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals) mean those empowered to act as Commissioner of Customs (Appeals).

Constitution of Committees of Chief Commissioners under Customs Act assigns regional adjudicatory jurisdiction and functional remit.
Constitutes committees of two Chief Commissioners under the authority of sub section (1B) of section 129A of the Customs Act to act as the Committee for purposes of sub section (1) of section 129D, by pairing specified Chief Commissioners in the accompanying Table and assigning each pairing detailed territorial and functional jurisdictions across Central Excise and Customs formations, with an explanation that references to Chief Commissioners of Customs include certain notified Chief Commissioners of Central Excise and noting subsequent amendments to Table entries.

Appointment of Central Excise Chief Commissioners to act as Customs Chief Commissioners for constitution of Customs committees.
Appoints the Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner of Central Excise to act as the Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner of Customs for the purpose of constitution of committees under sub section (1B) of section 129A of the Customs Act, 1962, exercise made under the powers conferred by sub section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962.

Customs duty exemption for VKUY imports where duty credit certificates permit clearance subject to specified conditions and entry points.
Exemption of customs duty and specified additional duty is granted for inputs and capital goods imported against a duty credit certificate under the Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana, subject to conditions: the certificate must be issued to an eligible exporter and produced at customs clearance with sufficient credit; imports must conform to permitted item lists; entry must be through specified seaports, airports, ICDs, land customs stations or SEZs; and the importer may claim drawback or CENVAT credit against the amount debited in the certificate. Certain exports and foreign exchange credits are excluded.

Delegation of refund authority permits Mumbai customs official to dispose refund applications under the Customs Tariff framework.
Appoints the Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Group 2B-I, in the Commissionerate of Customs (Import), Mumbai, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of Assistant Commissioner / Deputy Commissioner of Customs (Refund) under sub section (2) of section 9AA of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, for disposing applications filed under that provision within the jurisdiction of the Commissionerate of Customs (Import), Mumbai.

Safeguard duty on Tapioca starch imposes graduated import duties over a three-year period with developing-country exemptions.
Imposition of a safeguard duty on Tapioca Starch (heading 1108) following findings of serious injury to domestic producers: ad valorem rates of 33% for the first year, 23% for the second year, and 13% for the third year, applying to specified twelve-month periods starting 2nd May, 2005. Imports from countries designated as developing under the statute are exempt, except Thailand and Vietnam remain subject to the duty.

Additional duty exemption for mobile handset parts subject to concessional import procedure and specified time-limited notification.
Exempts parts, components and accessories of mobile handsets, including cellular phones, from the whole of the additional duty of customs under the Customs Tariff Act, provided the importer follows the procedure in the Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable Goods) Rules, 1996; the exemption was time-limited and later rescinded.

Additional customs duty on computers clarified: separate CPUs and assembled computer sets now attract distinct ad valorem duties.
Amendment revises additional customs duty: CPUs imported separately attract a 6% ad valorem duty, while computers of heading 8471 (including a CPU with monitor, mouse and keyboard cleared together as a set) attract a 7% ad valorem duty; separately imported input/output devices and accessories are excluded from the computer entry. The prior Explanation in the principal Rules is omitted and the rules take effect on publication.

Customs exemption amendment expands LPG subsidy import exemption and adds concessional entry for tuna fishing gear.
The notification substitutes entry 75E to grant nil duty for specified liquefied propane/butane and LPG imported for supply to household domestic consumers under the PDS Kerosene and Domestic LPG Subsidy Scheme, inserts S.No.508 to cover monofilament long line systems for tuna fishing under concessional import treatment, and adds Condition 97 requiring a certificate from a Director-level officer of the Marine Products Export Development Authority confirming the goods are monofilament long line systems intended for tuna fishing; List 26 and List 26A are correspondingly amended.

Drawback Rates: specified ad valorem and unit rates with caps, subject to cenvat status and procedural claim requirements.
Determines customs and central excise drawback rates in the annexed Schedule, aligning tariff items with the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act at the four digit level, and sets rates as ad valorem percentages of f.o.b. value or specific per unit amounts with corresponding caps. Drawback columns distinguish total drawback when cenvat has not been availed and the customs component where cenvat has been availed; entitlement is subject to procedural claim requirements and exclusions for specified licence schemes, bonded manufacture, export oriented units, specified duty rebate schemes, and exports under duty entitlement programmes.

Anti dumping duty on Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric imposed, with definitive duties applied to specified Chinese producers and exporters.
Definitive anti dumping duties are imposed on all grades of Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric originating in and exported from the People's Republic of China based on findings of dumping and material injury; specific per unit duty rates in foreign currency are assigned to identified producers and exporters and to other consignments, with duties effective from the provisional duty imposition date, payable in Indian currency, and with the applicable rate of exchange determined by the Ministry of Finance notification for the bill of entry date.

Exchange rate determination sets specified foreign currency conversion rates for exported goods, replacing the prior notification.
The Board, under sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, supersedes a prior notification and determines the rate of exchange for conversion of specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees (and vice versa) for export goods: Schedule I lists rates per one unit of each currency and Schedule II lists the rate per one hundred units for Japanese Yen, these rates being the operative conversion rates from the notified commencement date.

Exchange Rate Determination sets official currency conversion rates for imported goods effective from first May under Customs Act.
Determines the official rate of exchange for converting specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees for imported goods valuation, superseding the earlier notification; lists conversion rates in Schedule I (per unit for major currencies) and Schedule II (per 100 units for Japanese yen) to operate with effect from the 1st May, 2005 under the referenced provision of the Customs Act.

Port authorization update permits unloading specified imported bulk fuels and loading clinker and cement for export.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs amends the Schedule entry for Muldwarka Port, authorising the unloading of imported coal, petroleum coke, furnace oil and gypsum and the loading of clinker and cement for export, by substituting the specified wording in the Table against the State of Gujarat entry in the principal non-tariff customs notification.

Anti-dumping duty on thermal sensitive paper imposed, calculated as the difference between a reference amount and landed value.
An anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of thermal sensitive paper under specified tariff subheadings, applied per country-of-origin/country-of-export entries. The duty equals the difference between a stated reference amount in US dollars per metric ton and the landed value of the imported goods; unit of measurement and currency are set in the notification. The duty is payable in Indian currency for a fixed term, with exchange rates and the definition of landed value prescribed for calculation.

Anti-dumping duty discontinuation on certain Vitamin imports follows finding no established dumping or injury risk.
The Central Government rescinded the anti-dumping duty on imports of Vitamin AB2D3K from the European Union, the United States of America, Thailand and Singapore after the designated authority's review found that dumping, material injury and the causal link could not be established due to lack of responses from interested parties, concluding that injury was not likely to recur and invoking powers under the Customs Tariff Act and applicable anti-dumping rules while preserving prior actions.

Anti-dumping duty rescission on specified chemical imports after review found no material injury and low recurrence risk.
The Central Government rescinds the earlier notification imposing the anti-dumping duty on Hydroxyl Amine Sulphate from specified foreign suppliers after a midterm review found dumped imports but no material injury to domestic industry and concluded that discontinuation of the duty is unlikely to lead to recurrence of dumping or injury; the rescission applies prospectively except as to prior acts.

Customs amendment adds petroleum products and Red Sander to the Schedule due to perishability and storage constraints.
Amendment under section 110(1A) of the Customs Act adds two entries to the Schedule of an existing customs notification-petroleum products under Chapter 27 of the Customs Tariff Act and Red Sander-on the stated grounds of perishability, depreciation over time, storage constraints and valuable nature, thereby subjecting these goods to the Schedule's regulatory treatment.

Duty exemption for imports against Target Plus duty credit certificates, conditional on Star Export House entitlement and procedural compliance.
Imports against a Duty Credit Certificate under the Target Plus Scheme are exempt from the whole customs duty and specified additional duty when the certificate is issued to a Star Export House for incremental export growth and produced at clearance. The certificate must have sufficient credit, be non-transferable (with limited use by named supporting manufacturers), and capital/office/professional equipment imports require an installation-and-use certificate within six months. Imports must pass through listed ports, airports, ICDs, LCS or SEZs; importers may forgo additional duty exemption and may claim drawback or CENVAT credit against amounts debited in the certificate.

Customs notification amendment under section 7 powers adds a specified cross-border road entry linking India and Bangladesh.
Amendment to Notification No. 63/94 CUSTOMS(N.T.) under the exercise of section 7 powers inserts item (52A) in the Table for Bangladesh, specifying the Balat Shillong Balat Dangar Lalpani Public Works Department road up to Dalura in Bangladesh as an included cross border route by Notification No. 31/2005 Customs (N.T.).