Anti dumping duty on Aniline continued with country specific per tonne rates, payable in Indian currency under prescribed exchange rules.
The Central Government, relying on the designated authority's finding of dumping and injury, imposes anti dumping duty on Aniline (specified under the stated customs sub heading) with country and trade flow specific per metric tonne amounts as set out in the Table covering Japan, the United States and other trade permutations. The duty applies to all types of Aniline listed, is payable in Indian currency, and conversion uses the exchange rate notified by the Ministry of Finance with the bill of entry date as the relevant date.

Tariff exemption for pulses: duty waived for bulk imports through capable customs ports from specified effective date.
Amendment adds clause (f) to the proviso making the goods at Serial No.11A applicable from 1 April 2007 and inserts S.No.11A in the Table for tariff heading 0713 (pulses), specifying that pulses imported through customs ports having capacity to handle bulk imports attract a Nil rate of duty.

Exemption from special countervailing duty for primary imports from Nepal when wholly produced there, covering specified categories.
Exemption from the additional duty under the special countervailing duty provision is provided for specified primary goods imported from Nepal, when such goods fall within the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act and are wholly produced in Nepal; covered categories include unprocessed agricultural, horticultural and forest produce and minerals, rice, pulses and flour, timber, jaggery, animals, bees and honey, raw wool and related materials, milk and milk products, ghani-produced oil and oil-cakes, ayurvedic and herbal medicines, village artisan articles, yak tail and akra; the 2006 exemption was subsequently rescinded in 2020.

Newsprint exemption amendment revises eligible dimensions and updates applicable customs tariff treatment under the notification.
The Central Government substitutes S.No.154 in Notification No.21/2002-Customs to specify newsprint eligible in either strips or rolls of width not less than 34.92 cm, or rectangular (including square) sheets with one side not less than 34.92 cm and the other side exceeding 15 cm unfolded, and records the associated tariff table entries as 5% and Nil.

Anti-dumping duty on saccharin imports from China imposed, with producer and exporter specific provisional rates and exchange rules.
Provisional anti-dumping duties imposed on Saccharin (tariff item 2925 11 00) from the People's Republic of China after findings of dumped exports, material injury to domestic industry, and causal link; duties specified by producer/exporter in a table as per unit rates in US dollars per metric tonne, payable in Indian currency, with the exchange rate determined by Government of India notifications and the relevant date being the bill of entry presentation.

Tariff valuation updated: specified import values set for edible oils and brass scrap as customs benchmarks.
The Board, invoking powers under the Customs Act, substituted the Table in Notification No.36/2001-Cus (N.T.) with a new Table specifying tariff values in US dollars per metric tonne for crude palm oil, RBD palm oil, other palm oil, crude palmolein, RBD palmolein, other palmolein, crude soybean oil, and brass scrap (all grades) as the operative import valuation benchmarks.

Customs Tariff Amendment adds infant food subheading for cocoa-containing preparations, prescribing a specified import duty rate.
Amendment inserts a new tariff entry 41A under heading 1806 90 classifying food preparations for infant use with specified cocoa content thresholds: (i) goods of headings 0401-0404 with totally defatted cocoa at 5%-

Provisional anti-dumping duty on imported silk fabrics from China imposed, specifying product scope, exporters and calculation basis.
Provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed on silk fabrics (heading 5007) from China, calculated as the difference between specified per metre amounts by fabric type and weight-range and the landed value of imported goods; the notification lists covered tariff items, named producers and exporters, non-sampled and other exporters, requires payment in Indian currency, and defines "landed value" and applicable rate of exchange for calculation.

Continuation of anti-dumping duty extended on zinc oxide following sunset review recommendation, maintaining duty pending review outcome.
The Central Government, acting on a sunset review recommendation to extend anti-dumping measures, amends the earlier customs notification to insert a paragraph that keeps the anti-dumping duty on zinc oxide from China effective up to and inclusive of the specified date in April 2007, thereby extending the duty pending the outcome of review investigations under the Customs Tariff framework.

Anti-dumping duty on white cement continued pending sunset review, with government extending the duty until completion of investigations.
The Central Government, exercising powers under section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act and rule 23 of the Anti dumping Rules, has amended the prior notification to extend the anti-dumping duty on white cement originating in or exported from specified countries, making the duty effective up to and inclusive of the stated extended date pending completion of the sunset review investigations.

Exchange rate determination for exports set new statutory conversion rates effective June first, impacting valuation under customs law.
The Board fixes statutory exchange rates for conversion between specified foreign currencies and Indian rupees for export goods valuation, effective 1 June 2006, superseding the prior April 25 notification. Schedule I sets rupee equivalents for one unit of specified currencies; Schedule II sets the rupee equivalent for 100 units of Japanese Yen. The rates in the appended schedules are prescribed as the applicable conversion rates under the Customs Act authority.

Exchange rate determination sets new conversion rates for specified foreign currencies for import valuation effective immediately.
The Board, exercising statutory Customs authority, prescribes that the exchange rate for each foreign currency listed in the appended schedules shall be the rate shown against that currency for conversions into Indian rupees and vice versa for import valuation and related customs purposes, effective 1 June 2006. Schedule I supplies rates per one unit of foreign currency and Schedule II supplies a rate per one hundred units, and the notification supersedes the prior April 2006 exchange-rate notification.

Adjudication authority delegated to Commissioner of Customs, Tughlakabad to decide a specified show cause notice concerning M/s Garg Concast Ltd.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under section 4(1) and section 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, authorizes the Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad, New Delhi to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Chennai for adjudicating the show cause notice issued to M/s Garg Concast Ltd and others as per the DRI reference.

Adjudicating authority appointment: Commissioner delegated to Chennai to hear show cause notice concerning M/s Pioneer Exports.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under section 4(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Commissioner of Customs, Kanpur to act as Commissioner of Customs (Port Imports), Customs House, Chennai for adjudicating matters relating to the show cause notice issued to M/s Pioneer Exports and others by the Additional Director General, DRI Lucknow Zonal Unit (F.No.: DRI/LZU/SEIZ/41/2005 dated 22 February 2006) by Notification No. 58/2006 (N.T.).

Appointment of Adjudicating Authority under the Customs Act - Commissioner designated to adjudicate a specified DRI-issued show cause notice.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising powers under section 4(1) of the Customs Act, appoints the Commissioner of Customs (General), New Customs House, Mumbai to act as Commissioner of Customs (Imports), JNPT, Nhava Sheva for adjudication of the show cause notice issued to M/s Technical Associates Limited, including the corrigendum, thereby designating that Commissioner to exercise jurisdiction and adjudicatory functions in respect of those proceedings.

Appointment of adjudicating authority: Commissioner of Central Excise Thane-II authorised to adjudicate DRI show cause notices against FDC Limited and others.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, invoking section 4(1) and section 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 and sub rule (1) of rule 3 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, appoints and authorises the Commissioner of Central Excise, Thane II to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of three specified Commissioners for adjudicating show cause notices concerning M/s. FDC Limited and others issued by a revenue investigative agency.

Appointment of Adjudicating Officers designating specific customs officers to adjudicate listed show cause notices.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints designated Commissioners and Joint/Additional Commissioners at specified customs formations to act as the officers responsible for adjudication of the listed show cause notices concerning M/s Mahindra and Mahindra Limited and others, pairing each notice by file number and date with the corresponding officer and port for adjudicatory purposes.

Adjudication authority appointment reallocates customs adjudication jurisdiction to enable formal determination of a specified show cause notice.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising powers under the Customs Act, appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Nhava Sheva to act as Commissioner of Customs (Import), Air Cargo, Mumbai for adjudication of matters arising from a show cause notice issued by the revenue intelligence agency in relation to M/s Microtrack Business Systems Pvt Ltd and others, effecting an administrative reassignment of adjudication jurisdiction for those proceedings.

Appointment of special adjudicator authorises central excise commissioner to adjudicate specified customs show-cause notices relating to import matters.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication), New Customs House, New Delhi and authorises him to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the named Commissioners of Customs and a Commissioner of Central Excise for adjudicating the show cause notice issued by the Additional Director General, Delhi Zonal Unit, in respect of M/s Baba Leather Impex Pvt Ltd and others.

Customs duty exemption for mega power projects broadens eligibility for certified large interstate power plants, subject to distribution privatization.
Customs duty exemption applies to goods for setting up any Mega Power Project certified by a Joint Secretary level officer in the Ministry of Power, with separate capacity based eligibility criteria for interstate thermal and hydel plants depending on whether they are located in specified frontier and North Eastern States or other States. The Annexure condition now requires the power purchasing State to undertake, in principle, privatization of distribution in all cities of the State above the one million population threshold within a period to be fixed by the Ministry of Power.