Land customs routes expanded to include Jaigaon-Phuntsholing and Chamurchi-Samchi crossings for trade facilitation.
The Central Government amends the list of designated land customs stations and routes under the Customs Act, 1962 by inserting two specific Bhutan border routes: the road connecting Jaigaon Bazar in India to Phuntsholing in Bhutan via the Phuntsholing gate, and the motorable road connecting Chamurchi Hatkhola in India to Samchi (Samsay) in Bhutan, thereby expanding the roster of recognized cross border customs routes.

Customs exemption for software and data services imports expands scope and sets bond, export and excise conditions for eligible units.
The amendment expands a customs exemption to cover development of software and related data services-data entry and conversion, data processing, data analysis and control, and data management-when goods are imported by eligible units under approved export-oriented schemes. Imports must be under customs bond and subject to Assistant Commissioner conditions; units must meet export percentage obligations set by the Standing Committee. Telematic equipment may be used by other eligible units. Domestic sale in physical form is permitted on payment of excise duty but not via telecommunication, and on-site consultancy fees in convertible foreign exchange are deemed exports for export-obligation purposes.

Anti-dumping duty on acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber imposes provisional import measures on specified country-origin consignments until notified otherwise.
The Central Government imposes a anti-dumping duty on imports of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR) under sub-heading 4002.59 when originating in or exported from specified countries at specified duty rates per metric tonne, exercised under powers conferred by the Customs Tariff Act and implementing anti-dumping rules, with the levy based on preliminary findings of the designated authority and limited to a stated temporal scope.

Exchange rate determination for export goods established, setting specified currency conversion rates and superseding prior notification.
Determination under section 14(3)(a)(i) of the Customs Act, 1962 prescribing that the exchange rates listed in Schedule I (per one unit) and Schedule II (per 100 units) shall, from the stated commencement date, be the rates for converting the specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees for purposes relating to export goods, and superseding the prior notification cited.

Exchange rate determination for imported goods set for stamp duty and customs valuation, superseding prior notification.
Prescribes statutory exchange rates to convert specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees for calculating stamp duty and for customs valuation of imported goods, effective 1 February 1997, superseding the earlier notification; two schedules provide the operative rates expressed per one unit (Schedule I) or per one hundred units (Schedule II) of the listed currencies.

Anti-dumping duty on Low Carbon Ferro Chrome imports from Kazakhstan imposed for dumped exports causing injury.
The Central Government, relying on the designated authority's final findings that Low Carbon Ferro Chrome from Kazakhistan was exported to India below normal value, caused material injury to the domestic industry, and that there is a causal link, imposes an anti-dumping duty on LCFC (carbon 0.03%-0.2%; chromium 65%-70%) imported into India under the Customs Tariff Act and the anti-dumping rules, at a specified per metric tonne rate.

Anti-dumping duty on low carbon ferro chrome from Russia imposed with exporter-specific rates to address dumping and injury.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on Low Carbon Ferro Chrome (carbon 0.03%-0.2%, chromium 65%-70%) originating from Russia, based on the designated authority's finding of export below normal value, material injury to the domestic industry, and causation; exporter-specific duty rates are prescribed in a table, with a separate rate for other exporters, under powers conferred by the Customs Tariff Act and the 1995 anti-dumping rules.

Customs amendment removes 'and cables' from an exemption list, narrowing scope of effective duty coverage.
Amendment to the customs tariff notification removes the words "and cables" from List 9, Item (22) of the prior exemption notification, narrowing the operative description of goods covered and thereby changing which goods within Chapters 1 to 99 fall within the stated effective rate of duty.

Certificate of origin requirement: perfumes and cosmetics from Nepal need Nepal-designated agency certification proving manufacture.
Amendment substitutes Item B to require that perfumes and cosmetics bearing non-Nepalese or non-Indian brand names be accompanied by a certificate of origin in the annexed form, duly certified by an agency designated by His Majesty's Government of Nepal and to the satisfaction of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs that the goods were manufactured in Nepal; it also omits the words "Chief Customs Officer/Under Secretary" from the Annexure.

Customs exemption for imported bank notes removes applicable customs and additional duties on such imports.
The Central Government exempted printed Indian bank notes imported into India by the Reserve Bank of India from the whole of the duty of customs specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act and from the whole of the additional duty leviable under the Customs Tariff Act, on the stated ground of public interest; the exemption instrument was later rescinded by a subsequent notification.

Concessional Additional Customs Duty exemption for specified Nepal imports requires Nepal government certificate and tiered value limits.
Specified goods manufactured in Nepal are eligible for concessional treatment of additional customs duty on import into India under a tiered value regime: an initial tranche of full exemption for first clearances by a Nepalese manufacturer, followed by successive tranches subject to lower ad valorem rates with a minimum rate floor, and an overall aggregate cap. Eligibility requires a Nepal government certificate specifying invoice values in Indian Rupees, factory and manufacturer particulars, clearance values to date and in the preceding year, and confirmation that the manufacturer meets preceding year and tranche ceiling thresholds. Brand name goods of third parties and certain cleared or internally used inputs are excluded from aggregation and relief.

Customs duty exemption for imported goods donated to cyclone victims, subject to certification, approved recipient and collector's certificate.
Imported goods of the First Schedule intended as free donations for relief and rehabilitation of persons affected by the cyclone in Andhra Pradesh are exempted from customs duty under the First Schedule and from additional duty under section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, subject to: importer certification on clearance documents of intent to donate; delivery to the Central Government, the Government of Andhra Pradesh or approved relief agencies; and production, within three months (or extended period allowed by the Assistant Commissioner), of a District Collector's certificate confirming actual donation and use for relief and rehabilitation.

Passenger gold import limit increased under Customs Act amendment, expanding allowable quantity for arriving passengers and amending prior notification.
The Central Government, exercising the power to amend under the Customs Act, substitutes the prior permitted passenger gold allowance in Notification No. 171/94-Customs by amending the opening paragraph to change the quantity of gold, including ornaments, that passengers may import, effecting the modification by textual substitution in the earlier notification.