Incremental growth entitlement: compute export growth per IEC in freely convertible currency, excluding specified export categories.
Amendment requires that incremental growth for computation of export entitlement under the Foreign Trade Policy be determined for each exporter by Importer Exporter Code (IEC) without combining or transferring export performance between IECs, measured in freely convertible currency to designated markets. It enumerates excluded categories for performance calculation, including imports or trans-shipment, exports from or to SEZ/EOU/EHTP/STPI/BTP/FTWZ and supplies to SEZ units, deemed exports, service and third party exports, precious metals and stones, ores and concentrates, cereals, sugar, crude petroleum and primary petroleum products, milk products, exports requiring authorisation (except SCOMET), meat products, specified market exports, and SEZ products exported through DTA units.

Exchange rate notification updates import and export conversion rates for specified foreign currencies, effective from 13 June 2013.
The notification substitutes specified entries in the prior customs exchange rate schedules by prescribing rupee conversion rates for Canadian Dollar, Euro, Pound Sterling, Swiss Franc (Schedule I) and Japanese Yen (Schedule II) to be used for valuation of imported goods and export goods, with distinct rates for imports and exports, effective from 13.06.2013.

Exchange Rate Determination: Customs conversion rates for import and export goods revised, with specified schedules and amendments.
Determination under section 14 of the Customs Act prescribes distinct rate of exchange entries for specified foreign currencies for computation of Indian currency equivalents for imported and export goods, attaches two schedules listing per currency conversion rates (including a schedule quoting per 100 units), and records substitutions and corrigenda affecting particular currency entries while superseding an earlier notification.

Exchange rate notification: amended foreign currency conversion rates prescribed for customs valuation and documentation, effective immediately.
Notification under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 substitutes specified entries in Schedule I and Schedule II of a prior notification to set revised rupee-equivalent exchange rates for certain foreign currencies, distinguishing rates for imported and exported goods; the revised rates take effect from the stated effective date for use in customs valuation and documentation.

Customs tariff amendment revises specified table entries in prior customs notification, altering applicable duty rates.
The Central Government, invoking its statutory amendment power under the Customs Act, amends the principal miscellaneous exemption notification by substituting revised duty rate entries in the Table: replacing column (5) entries for S. No. 116 and S. No. 318, substituting the column (4) entry for item (i) of S. No. 321, and replacing column (4) entries for S. No. 323 and S. No. 328, with the amendments published for incorporation into the Gazette.

Tariff valuation: government amends customs notification to set new tariff values for specified commodities, including oils and precious metals.
CBEC, under section 14(2) of the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 36/2001 Customs (N.T.) by substituting TABLE 1 and TABLE 2 to prescribe specific tariff values in US dollars per metric tonne for listed commodities (various palm oils and palmolein, crude soybean oil, brass scrap, poppy seeds) and to fix unit tariff values for gold (per ten grams) and silver (per kilogram) for goods receiving specified notification benefits.

Safeguard product definition: Hot Rolled 304 stainless steel scope clarified; HS codes indicative, description prevails.
The corrigendum substitutes para 70 of the final findings to define the operative product scope as Hot Rolled Flat products of Stainless Steel-304 grade (up to 1625 mm width), encompassing all austenitic grades with chromium and minimum nickel content of 6%, and lists Customs Tariff sub-headings while specifying that HS codes are indicative and the product description shall prevail.

Customs notification amendment: substitutes table entry to permit unloading of imported goods and loading of export goods at specified locations.
The Central Government amends the Schedule to the principal customs notification by substituting the column (4) entry for serial number 15, item (d) (Madurai) in the State of Tamilnadu to authorize "Unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods or any class of such goods" at the specified customs location, effected under the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub section (1) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962.

Common Adjudicating Authority assigned to Commissioner of Customs to adjudicate DRI show cause notice against importer.
Pursuant to Notification No.15/2002-Customs (N.T.) under section 4(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, the Show Cause Notice in the matter of M/s J.R. International is assigned to the Commissioner of Customs, ICD Tughlakabad, as the Common Adjudicating Authority for adjudication, with copies forwarded to the issuing investigative unit and concerned administrative offices to enable procedural coordination.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment assigns DRI show cause notice to Customs Commissioner for adjudication in import-related matter.
The Board assigns the Show Cause Notice issued by the revenue intelligence unit to the designated customs adjudicating officer to enable adjudication under the Customs Act, transferring the matter for determination by the appropriate customs adjudicatory office while notifying concerned revenue and customs offices of the administrative assignment.

Assignment of Show Cause Notice - notice delegated to Commissioner of Customs for adjudication under Customs Act.
The Board, pursuant to Notification No.15/2002-Customs (N.T.) and statutory delegation under the Customs Act, assigns the Show Cause Notice issued by the Additional Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Chennai Zonal Unit in the matter of M/s Papyrus and M/s Papco and others to the Commissioner of Customs (Port-Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, as the Common Adjudicating Authority for adjudication, with copies forwarded to the originating DRI unit and specified customs commissioners.

Assignment of Adjudicating Authority transfers adjudication of a customs show cause notice to the designated Commissioner for hearing.
Pursuant to the enabling Notification under the Customs Act, the Board assigns a Show Cause Notice issued by a revenue investigation unit to the Commissioner of Customs (Import), JNCH, Nhava Sheva as the Common Adjudicating Authority for the purpose of adjudication, with copies of the administrative assignment circulated to relevant offices for compliance and record.

Common adjudicating authority assignment directs adjudication of a DRI-issued show cause notice by a designated customs commissioner.
The show cause notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence is administratively assigned to the Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Kandla for the purpose of adjudication, effecting an administrative transfer of the adjudication file and notifying the issuing unit, the receiving customs office, a related import commissioner office, and the departmental webmaster.

Tariff value fixation updates substitute tariff tables, setting revised commodity valuation for customs assessment and import duty calculation.
Amendment replaces TABLE-1 to fix tariff values per metric tonne for listed commodities including edible oils, brass scrap and poppy seeds, and replaces TABLE-2 to prescribe unit tariff values for gold and silver where specified notification benefits are availed, for customs valuation and assessment purposes under the statutory authority of the Customs Act.

Customs exemption expanded to cover specified oil cakes and de oiled soya extract, operative from the notified effective date.
Inserts a new tariff table entry (serial 104B) exempting specified oilseed products-de oiled soya extract and listed oil cake/oil cake meals-from customs duty (Nil), and adds a proviso clause making that exemption applicable to the goods at serial 104B on or after the notified effective date.

Exchange Rate Determination sets prescribed foreign currency conversion rates for import and export valuation, effective mid-May.
Determines specific foreign exchange conversion rates for customs valuation under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, superseding the prior notification and prescribing Schedule I (per unit) and Schedule II (per 100 units) rates for various currencies with distinct import and export values, effective from the stated date; includes substituted entries and corrigenda correcting certain currency rates.

Customs exemption amendments add service tax cross references and align debit recognition with central excise rules.
Amendments substitute textual references in specified Customs exemption notifications to add Service Tax notifications alongside Central Excise references, replace condition (2) of notification 104/2009 to bar issuance of the scrip where certain prior provisos or sub paragraphs are contravened, and amend notification 23/2013 to treat debits under a stated Central Excise exemption as debits "made under this exemption," thereby aligning cross instrument debit and eligibility rules.

Transferability of imported petroleum exploration goods allowed subject to DGH certification, transferee undertaking and remittance safeguards.
Amendment permits transfer of goods imported under the exemption notification for petroleum exploration and related operations where the importer, at the time of transfer, produces (i) a Directorate General of Hydrocarbons certificate approving transfer to the named transferee and confirming the goods are required for the transferee's petroleum operations; (ii) an undertaking from the transferee to comply with all notification conditions and be liable for duty, fine or penalty for non-compliance; and (iii) where foreign company participation exists, a certificate that no foreign exchange remittance is made for the transfer, except when the transferee is an Indian company.

Anti-dumping duty on peroxosulphates from China and Japan continued to guard against dumped imports harming industry.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on Peroxosulphates (tariff item 28334000) originating in or exported from China PR and Japan was continued after a Sunset Review which found likely continuation of dumping and injury to the domestic industry; definitive duties and per-unit rates were specified in a Table, made effective for five years from publication, payable in Indian currency with the exchange rate for conversion determined by separate Customs Act notifications; the measure was later rescinded by a subsequent notification.

Tariff value fixation for selected edible oils, metal scrap and precious metals amended under Customs Act powers.
Substitutes TABLE-1 and TABLE-2 of Notification No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.) to fix tariff values for specified goods under section 14(2) of the Customs Act, 1962, listing revised tariff values per metric tonne for various edible oils, brass scrap and poppy seeds, and prescribing unit tariff values for gold and silver in specified forms where notification benefits are availed, thereby amending the principal customs notification.