Exchange Rate Determination for import valuation fixes specified foreign currency conversion rates for customs assessment.
The Board notifies exchange rates to be used for converting specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees for import valuation, superseding the prior notification. Schedule I lists rates per one unit for major currencies (including Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, euro, pound sterling, US dollar among others) and Schedule II lists the rate per one hundred units of Japanese yen; these rates take effect on the notified effective date and apply for customs assessment of imported goods.

Anti-dumping duty on Oxo-alcohols maintained, with specified duty differentials applied against landed value for targeted origins.
The Central Government continues imposition of anti-dumping duty on Oxo-alcohols based on designated authority findings of exports below normal value causing material injury; duty is calculated as the difference between specified foreign currency amounts per unit and the landed value, applied according to the Table linking products, origin/exporting countries, producers/exporters and units, payable in Indian currency with exchange rates determined by government notification and the bill of entry date as the relevant date.

Appointment of Adjudicating Commissioner: authorized to adjudicate a specified DRI show cause notice under Customs Act powers.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising powers under the Customs Act, designates the Commissioner of Customs (Export), Air Cargo, New Delhi to act as Commissioner of Customs for Kandla and Jamnagar solely to adjudicate matters arising from a specified show cause notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in relation to M/s. Chabra Industries, thereby creating a common adjudicating authority limited to that notice.

Adjudicating Authority appointment: Central Board designates Export Commissioner to adjudicate DRI show cause notice against M/s Bonita Industries.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Export), Air Cargo, New Delhi to act as Commissioner of Customs for Kandla and Jamnagar for the limited purpose of adjudicating matters arising from a specific show cause notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Delhi Zonal Unit concerning M/s Bonita Industries, pursuant to the powers conferred by sub section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962.

Appointment of Commissioner of Customs to adjudicate specified show cause notices under section 4(1) of the Customs Act.
Under sub section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, the Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Export), Air Cargo, New Delhi to act as Commissioner of Customs at Kandla and as Commissioner of Customs, Chennai Air Cargo and Chennai Sea Port for the purpose of adjudicating show cause notices issued to M/s. Unicorn Industries and others by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.

Adjudicating authority appointment: Commissioner authorised to hear specified customs show-cause notices concerning an export firm.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under section 4(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Kandla to act as Commissioner of Customs for Nhava Sheva, Jamnagar and Goa for the purpose of adjudicating matters arising from a show-cause notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Ahmedabad, concerning M/s. Subhalaxmi Exports and others.

Rescission of anti-dumping duty notification removes prior trade restrictions on imported plastic ophthalmic lenses from specified origins.
The Central Government, invoking powers under the Customs Tariff Act and the rules for identification, assessment and collection of anti-dumping duty, rescinds Notification No. 139/2003-Customs concerning anti-dumping duty on plastic ophthalmic lenses originating in, or exported from, China PR and Taiwan, except as regards actions done or omitted before such rescission.

Anti-dumping duty on plastic ophthalmic lenses imposed, applying to imports from specified countries and covering provisional and definitive periods.
The Central Government, relying on the designated authority's findings of dumping and material injury, imposes anti-dumping duty on corrective plastic ophthalmic lenses (excluding plano coloured lenses) under tariff item 9001 50 00 originating in or exported from the subject countries. The duty is calculated as a percentage of the CIF export price to India, payable in Indian currency, applies from the date of provisional imposition and specifies an exchange-rate rule for duty calculation.

Tariff value amendment fixes customs unit values for imports, including brass scrap, under Customs Act authority.
Amendment substitutes the Table in Notification No. 36/2001-Cus. (N.T.) under the authority of Section 14(2) of the Customs Act, 1962, fixing tariff values in US dollars per metric tonne for specified commodities, including Brass Scrap (all grades), and thereby formalising unit tariff values used for customs valuation and related non-tariff purposes.

Anti-dumping duty on titanium dioxide anatase grade imposed; applies to specified Chinese producers, exporters; duty equals margin over landed value.
Definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on Titanium Dioxide anatase grade imported from or exported from the People's Republic of China following findings of export below normal value and material injury to domestic industry; duty equals the specified per-metric-tonne amount in US dollars minus the landed value of imports, applies to listed producers and exporters under specified tariff headings, is payable in Indian currency, and is effective from the date of provisional duty with exchange rates determined by Government notification and the bill of entry date as the relevant date.

Anti-dumping duty on melamine imposed for dumped imports from specified Chinese producers, with differentiated rates and defined valuation.
Provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed on melamine imports under tariff item 29336100 from the People's Republic of China, set as the difference between specified US Dollar amounts per metric tonne (varying by producer/exporter) and the landed value per like unit. Landed value means assessable value under the Customs Act excluding certain customs duties; exchange rates are those notified by the Ministry of Finance and the relevant date is the bill of entry presentation. Duty is payable in Indian currency and effective until 1 October 2004.

SEZ import deadline postponed, extending the effective date for notification amendment and deferring prior exemptions.
The Central Government amends Notification No.115/2003-CUSTOMS by substituting the figures, letters and words "1st day of April, 2004" with "1st day of May, 2004" in paragraph 2, thereby postponing the recession of earlier exemption notifications and continuing import, manufacture, development and maintenance reliefs for Special Economic Zones.

Special Additional Duty exemption for SEZ sales in DTA extended, postponing its operative commencement under Customs Tariff amendment.
An amendment to Notification No.114/2003-CUSTOMS substitutes the operative commencement date in paragraph 2, deferring when the exemption from Special Additional Duty for SEZ sales into the Domestic Tariff Area takes effect; issued as Notification No.51/2004-Customs by the Department of Revenue and linked to the principal Gazette-published notification and its prior amendment.

Exemption deferment for SEZ-manufactured castor oil cake: operative date for customs relief postponed to May.
The notification amends Notification No. 113/2003-CUSTOMS by substituting the previously specified operative date with a later date, thereby deferring the commencement of the customs exemption for castor oil cake manufactured in a Special Economic Zone from indigenous castor seeds using plant and machinery.

Postponement of Special Economic Zones commencement date to early May under customs notification, replacing the prior April date.
The Central Government, invoking its statutory amendment power, directs substitution in paragraph 2 of each listed Customs (N.T.) notification to replace the earlier April commencement date with a May commencement date, applying this textual amendment to ten specified notifications originally published in July and August 2003.

Special Economic Zones commencement postponed to May, altering the effective date under Customs Procedures regulations.
Amendment to the Special Economic Zones (Customs Procedures) Regulations, 2003 replaces "1st day of April, 2004" in regulation 1(3) with "1st day of May, 2004", postponing the regulations' commencement; the Board acts under section 157(1) read with section 76C(2) of the Customs Act, 1962 and the amendment takes effect upon publication in the Official Gazette.

Effective date postponement for Special Economic Zones Rules shifts commencement to a later date through a formal amendment.
The Central Government issued the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Rules, 2004 under the Customs Act, substituting the prior commencement date in rule 1(2) of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2003 to postpone the effective date from the earlier April date to the first day of May, and providing that the Amendment Rules shall come into force on publication in the Official Gazette.

Special Economic Zone implementation date postponed by one month through amendment to the customs notification.
The Central Government amended the customs notification governing Special Economic Zone implementation by substituting the effective date of operation. The date originally fixed as 1 April 2004 was replaced with 1 May 2004. The amendment was issued under section 126 of the Finance Act, 2002 and postpones the commencement date under the principal notification.

Adjudicating authority appointment for customs show cause proceedings assigns specified commissioners to adjudicate DRI issued demand notice for named importer.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, invoking its authority under the Customs Act, appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Export Promotion), Mumbai to act as the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Nhava Sheva and Commissioner of Customs (General), New Customs House, Mumbai for adjudicating the show cause cum demand notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence against M/s. Scotish Chemical Industries, thereby conferring jurisdiction to those Commissioners to determine the specified proceedings.

Appointment of adjudicating authority to hear a specified customs show-cause notice, via delegated administrative notification.
The Board designated the Commissioner of Customs (Exports) at New Customs House, Ballard Estate, Mumbai to act as Commissioner of Customs (Exports) at Air Cargo Complex, Sahar, Mumbai for the purpose of adjudicating matters relating to the show-cause notice issued against M/s. S.K. Traders by the revenue intelligence wing; the appointment is effected by formal notification and limited to that specified proceeding.