Concessional duty for acetate rayon tow allows import for cigarette filter manufacture subject to specified customs procedural compliance.
Inserts a tariff entry exempting acetate rayon tow (HS 5502 00 10) for manufacture of cigarette filter rods from basic customs duty, subject to compliance with the Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty For Manufacture of Excisable Goods) Rules, 1996, pursuant to powers under the Customs Act and as an amendment to the principal notification.

Customs duty amendment revises exemptions and effective duty rates for specified medical devices, optical and tunnelling machinery.
Amendment to Notification No. 21/2002 modifies exemption and effective duty rates by substituting entries for S. Nos. 202 and 436, inserting S. No. 363A for ostomy products, replacing S. No. 598 to list tunnel boring machines and parts with Nil basic/additional duty treatment, inserting S. No. 604 for goods used in manufacture of optical disk drives (naming specific components), and adding pharmaceuticals and radiographic agents as items 160-170 in Annexure List 3.

Duty drawback rate on cotton yarn set to nil by amendment replacing chapter tariff entries.
The Central Government, invoking powers under the Customs Act, Central Excise Act and Finance Act read with the Drawback Rules, substitutes Schedule entries for specified Chapter 52 tariff items to record grey and dyed cotton yarn by kilogram with nil all industry duty drawback rates.

Drawback restriction: cotton yarn excluded from drawback eligibility by adding textile yarn headings to exclusion list.
Amendment expands the drawback exclusion by substituting "falling within heading 1006 or 2523" with "falling within heading 1006, 2523, 5205, 5206 or 5207" in rule 3(1) second proviso clause (v), rule 6(4) and rule 7(5), thereby excluding cotton yarn classified under the added headings from drawback.

Exchange rate determination for specified foreign currencies establishes import and export valuation rates effective from May 2010.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, determines specified conversion rates of listed foreign currencies into Indian rupees for import and export valuation, effective 1st May, 2010, superseding the earlier notification; operative rates are set out in Schedule I (per unit for major currencies) and Schedule II (per 100 units for Japanese Yen).

Anti-dumping duty on phenol imposed, tied to exporter/producer origin and payable in Indian currency until 18 October 2010.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on phenol imported from Thailand and Japan is ordered following preliminary findings of dumping, material injury and causation; duties are specified by origin, export route, producer and exporter combinations in a table as per tariff subheadings, expressed per metric tonne in US dollar terms, and are effective until 18 October 2010 payable in Indian currency with exchange conversion governed by government notification and bill-of-entry date.

Antidumping duty on R 134a imports from China and Japan imposed, targeting specified producers and exporters and payable in local currency.
Provisional anti dumping duty is imposed on 1,1,1,2 Tetrafluoroethane (R 134a) under Customs Tariff sub heading 2903 39 19 for imports originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China and Japan, with specified per kilogram duty rates in US dollars for named producer exporter combinations and default rates for other combinations. Duties are effective until 18 October 2010, payable in Indian currency, and the applicable exchange rate is that notified under section 14 of the Customs Act, with the bill of entry date as the relevant date.

Customs exemption extension for specified defence and security imports via amendment to the governing notification.
Amendment substitutes the expiry wording in the Table to Notification No.39/96-Customs at S.No.14, Column (3), Explanation, replacing "the 31st day of December, 2009" with "the 1st day of January 2011", thereby extending the temporal validity of the customs exemption applicable to specified defence and security-related imports.

Tariff Values amended for specified imports; substituted table lists updated per-tonne values for oils, brass scrap and seeds.
Fixation of Tariff Values by substituting the Table in Notification No. 36/2001-Cus (N.T.), listing per-metric-tonne tariff values for specified imported commodities. The amendment retains existing tariff values for several edible oil entries and specifies values for brass scrap (all grades) and poppy seeds, effected by Notification No. 31/2010-CUSTOMS (N.T.).

Anti-dumping duty on Chinese front axle beams and steering knuckles: definitive duties specified, payable in domestic currency.
Definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on Front Axle Beams and Steering Knuckles for medium and heavy commercial vehicles originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China, based on findings of dumped exports causing material injury and threat to domestic industry. Duty rates vary by producer, exporter and trade-route; duties are effective from the provisional duty imposition date, payable in Indian currency, with exchange rate as notified by the Government and determined as of the bill of entry presentation date.

Anti-dumping duty on circular weaving machines from China imposed per machine, effective for a period and payable in domestic currency.
Imposition of anti dumping duty on circular weaving machines with six or more shuttles for PP/HDPE fabrics exceeding 30 cms, originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China, based on preliminary findings of dumping, substantial dumping margins and material injury. A provisional anti dumping duty is specified per machine (currency: US Dollar) for any producer/exporter combination, effective until 11 October 2010, payable in Indian currency using the notified exchange rate with the bill of entry date as the relevant date.

Anti-dumping duty on recordable DVDs from Malaysia Thailand Vietnam; provisional country-specific rates and producer-exporter distinctions apply.
Provisional anti-dumping duty has been imposed on all kinds of recordable DVDs from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam based on preliminary findings of dumping, material injury to domestic industry and causation; the notification prescribes country-, producer- and exporter-specific duty rates (expressed in US Dollars per 1000 pieces), is effective until the stated expiry date, requires collection in Indian currency, and directs use of the government-notified exchange rate with the bill-of-entry date as the relevant date for conversion.

Anti-dumping duty continuation on imported nylon filament yarn enforces country- and producer-specific duties and preserves landed-value exemptions.
The Central Government continued definitive anti-dumping duty on synthetic nylon filament yarn following findings that dumped imports from specified countries caused material injury, amended the definitive notification to prescribe producer-specific and country-specific duty entries (including separate entries for a named Malaysian producer and other Malaysian combinations), and maintained an exclusion from duty for listed specialised nylon yarns where their landed value exceeds the prescribed thresholds.

Anti-dumping duty extension on narrow woven fastening tape sustains import controls and collection until the extension period ends.
The Central Government amended Notification No.76/2005-Customs to extend the anti-dumping duty on narrow woven pile weave fastening tape of manmade fibres from Peoples Republic of China and Chinese Taipei, inserting that the notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of 13th February 2011, unless revoked earlier; the measure was subsequently rescinded by Notification No.109/2010-Customs dated 06-10-2010.

Anti-dumping duty on acetone imports established, with specified exporter specific rates and conversion rules for payment in local currency.
Imposition of anti dumping duty on Acetone (subheading 2914 11 00) from Thailand and Japan follows findings that exports were made below normal value causing material injury to domestic industry. The notification sets exporter and producer specific duty rates per metric tonne in US dollars for specified origin-export combinations and residual categories, prescribes payment in Indian currency, and directs use of the government notified exchange rate with the bill of entry date as the relevant date for conversion.

Customs House Agent licensing tightened with annual exams, mandatory client due diligence and expedited suspension timelines.
Amends the Customs House Agents Licensing Regulations, 2004 to require annual licensing examinations and to deem certain prior examinees successful if declared so on a specified written test covering patents and copyright, central excise, export promotion schemes, appeal procedure, Prevention of Corruption law, electronic customs filing, narcotics law and foreign exchange law. Introduces a specific client due-diligence duty to verify antecedents and IEC accuracy using reliable documents. Expedites suspension and disciplinary timelines by mandating suspension within fifteen days of an investigating report, permitting expedited hearings and revising notice, report submission and decision periods under regulation 22.

Jurisdiction under Customs Act altered to assign Committee role to Commissioner of Service Tax I, Mumbai.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under sub section (1B) of section 129A of the Customs Act, amends Notification No. 49/2005 Customs (N.T.) by substituting "Commissioner of Central Excise Mumbai IV" with "Commissioner of Service Tax I, Mumbai" in the Table at serial number 45, column (2), and omitting the entry numbered (2), thereby designating the Commissioner of Service Tax I, Mumbai and removing the second entry within that serial position.

Constitution of Committees: specifies two Chief Commissioners compose designated Customs committees after textual amendment.
Amends Notification No. 39/2005 Customs (N.T.) by deleting the words "Mumbai IV" in column (3) against serial number 9 of the Table, thereby altering the identification of the committee composed of two Chief Commissioners of Customs; issued by the Central Board of Excise and Customs as a Gazette notification and recorded as a further amendment to the principal notification.

Customs exemption for cotton waste exports caps payable duty to a set ad valorem rate, exempting excess.
The Central Government exempts cotton waste, all sorts, when exported from India from customs duty to the extent that duty exceeds an amount calculated at the rate of 3% ad valorem, thereby capping the payable customs duty on such exports at that ad valorem rate.

Export duty exemption altered by removing specified table entries, changing which goods remain exempt under the principal customs notification.
The Central Government, under powers conferred by the Customs Act, amends Notification No.100/89-Customs by omitting Sl. Nos. 14 and 15 and the entries relating thereto from the Table of goods exempted from export duty, thereby modifying which goods qualify for the export duty exemption under the principal notification.