Common Adjudicating Authority appointment directs specified officers to adjudicate show cause notices under customs law promptly.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, invoking sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, appoints specified customs officers as Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise and discharge adjudicatory powers in respect of listed show cause notices, superseding earlier orders/notifications listed in the Table. The Table matches noticees and show cause references with the erstwhile adjudicating authorities and the newly appointed CAAs, and later substitutions to entries are noted by subsequent notifications.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointments centralise adjudication of specified customs show cause notices under Customs Act, enabling designated officers exercise adjudicatory powers.
The notification appoints named officers as a Common Adjudicating Authority under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act to exercise adjudicatory powers and discharge duties in respect of specified show cause notices, and expressly supersedes prior orders or notifications identified in the Table by allocating each noticee to the designated adjudicating officer(s).

Customs exemption amendment removes specified tariff entries and narrows exempt goods to those under serial eighteen and thirty six.
Notification No. 33/2016 amends Notification No. 39/96 Customs by omitting TABLE serial numbers 7, 21, 23, 26, 27 and 28 and their entries, thereby withdrawing those exemptions, and by substituting paragraph 2, item (ix) to apply to all goods falling under serial numbers 18 and 36 of the TABLE.

Anti-dumping duty on seamless steel tubes from China imposed provisionally to address dumped imports harming domestic industry.
Provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of seamless tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of iron, alloy or non-alloy steel (external diameter not exceeding 355.6 mm) originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China, for up to six months. Duties are set as the difference between the assessable "landed value" and specified benchmark amounts per specification and exporter/producer combination, payable in Indian currency; exclusions, specification codes (A-1-1 to A-1-8) and exchange rate and valuation rules under the Customs Act are prescribed.

Special warehouse licensing requires eligibility, solvency, insurance and compliance for storage of notified dutiable goods.
Licensing for special warehouses authorises storage of notified dutiable goods subject to eligibility (citizenship or incorporation), solvency certification, undertakings on terms, supervision cost recovery and appointment of an experienced warehouse keeper; licences may be refused for insolvency, convictions, penalisation, unsoundness of mind, pending bankruptcy or criminal proceedings, or unsuitable premises.

Private warehouse licensing criteria require eligibility, solvency, insurance and operational safeguards for storing dutiable imported goods.
Regulations create licensing requirements for private warehouses storing dutiable imported goods: applicants must meet eligibility criteria, furnish undertakings and a solvency certificate (except government undertakings), and may be refused where insolvency, conviction, unsound mind, pending proceedings, or unsuitable premises exist. Before grant, an all-risk insurance policy in favour of the President of India, undertakings to pay duties and indemnify customs, and appointment of an experienced warehouse keeper are required. Licences are non-transferable, valid until cancelled, and surrender is permitted subject to clearance of dues and absence of warehoused goods or pending proceedings.

Public warehouse licensing: eligibility, insurance and undertakings required before grant and subject to cancellation conditions.
Licensing framework requires applicants for a public warehouse licence to meet eligibility criteria including citizenship or lawful incorporation, specified undertakings and a solvency certificate except for certain government undertakings and notified ports; the authority may refuse licence for insolvency, convictions, penalties, unsoundness of mind, unsuitable premises or pending bankruptcy or criminal proceedings. Conditions precedent to grant include an all risk insurance in favour of the President of India, undertakings to pay duties and indemnify the customs authority, and appointment of an experienced warehouse keeper; licences are non transferable and may be surrendered and cancelled subject to clearance of dues and absence of goods or proceedings.

Special warehouse custody rules require licensed keepers, bond officer supervision, strict records and restricted transfers for compliance.
Regulations create a framework for licensed customs bonded warehouses requiring appointment of a digitally authorised warehouse keeper, physical security and a computerised accounting system; bond officers control locking, entry, receipt, transfer and removal of goods; transfers and removals require bond officer presence, prescribed forms and one-time locks on transport; licensees must maintain and preserve detailed records, file monthly returns, and are subject to penalties under the Act while the Board may exempt classes of goods.

Warehouse custody controls: verification, sealing and recordkeeping required before transfer or removal of bonded goods.
Licensees must appoint a qualified warehouse keeper with authorised digital signatures, provide security, examination facilities and a computerised accounting system, and follow strict procedures for receipt, transfer and removal of goods. Verification of a one-time-lock, prompt reporting of discrepancies to the bond officer, endorsements and retention of transport and customs documents, and limits on manipulation of goods are required. Detailed records must be maintained and preserved, monthly returns filed, non-compliance attracts penalties, and limited exemptions may be granted.

Warehoused goods removal: prescribed Form, one-time-lock transport, and duty liability for failure to produce arrival acknowledgement.
Regulations require filing the prescribed Form for transfer of warehoused goods between warehouses or to a customs station for export, recording import, warehousing, goods, dispatch and receipt particulars. Transport must ordinarily be under a one-time-lock affixed by the proper officer, licensee or bond officer, unless the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner permits otherwise. The owner must, within one month or an allowed extension, produce an acknowledgement from the receiving warehouse licensee, bond officer or export proper officer confirming arrival, failing which full duty with interest, fines and penalties under section 72 becomes payable.

Special warehouse goods: Precious metals and supply-destined goods must be warehoused for duty-free shops, ships, aircraft, and privileged persons.
Specifies goods to be deposited in a licensed special warehouse: gold, silver, other precious metals and articles thereof; and goods warehoused for supply to duty free shops, for use as stores on vessels or aircraft, and for supply to foreign privileged persons under the applicable customs privileges rules. An amendment removed semi-precious metals from the enumerated category.

Tariff value fixation updated for specified imports, changing customs valuation and applicable unit tariff references.
The Central Board of Excise & Customs, under sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, substitutes TABLE-1, TABLE-2 and TABLE-3 of the principal notification to prescribe revised tariff values in US dollars per metric tonne (and specified unit values for gold and silver) for listed imported goods including edible oils, brass scrap, poppy seeds, areca nuts and precious metals when concessional notification entries are availed.

Anti-dumping duty on DVD-R imports imposed to prevent recurrence of dumping and protect domestic industry for five years.
Definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on DVD-R imports under tariff heading 8523 from Vietnam and Thailand for five years, based on the Designated Authority's finding of likely continuation and intensification of material injury if duties were removed. The notification prescribes duty rates per 1000 pieces in US Dollars for imports directly from the subject countries and for goods exported via third countries, and provides that duties are payable in Indian currency using the exchange rate notified under the Customs Act with the bill of entry date as the relevant date.

Exchange rate determination for customs conversion establishes distinct import and export currency rates effective from early May.
Determines conversion rates of specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, effective 06 May 2016, superseding the earlier notification; distinct rates for imported and export goods are set out in two annexed schedules (per unit and per hundred unit listings) for customs conversion and assessment.

Exemption amendment removes mobile handset accessories from tariff notification's exemption list under customs law.
Amends the principal customs exemption notification by omitting the words "charger or adapter, battery, wired headsets and speakers of mobile handsets including cellular phones and" against serial number 39 in the table, thereby withdrawing those items from the exemption.

Import exemption for chargers and batteries for handset manufacture subject to concessional-rate customs procedure and Nil duty.
Inserts a new exemption entry for charger or adapter, battery, wired headsets for use in manufacture of mobile handsets including cellular phones, subject to compliance with the Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable Goods) Rules, 2016, and specifies Nil duty; deletes certain references to mobile phones and mobile handsets from other exemption entries to narrow their scope.

Customs tariff amendments expand and clarify import duty exemptions for telecom, mobile handset components and aircraft maintenance parts.
The notification amends tariff table entries to add and modify exempted imports-including silica preforms for optical fibre manufacture, chargers/adapters and batteries for handset manufacture, and detailed parts and sub parts for populated printed circuit boards-while excluding populated printed circuit boards from generic parts descriptions. It revises aircraft maintenance exemptions by substituting an Annexure condition requiring DGCA approved quality manager certification, maintenance of import/use accounts, periodic submission to the Commissioner of Customs, and execution of a bond to secure duty where goods are not proved to have been used, installed or consumed for permitted maintenance purposes; it also provides an export after repair qualification for imported aircraft components.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment centralises adjudication of specified customs show cause notices under the Customs Act.
Appointment of a Common Adjudicating Authority vesting the Commissioner of Customs, Nhava Sheva IV, with the powers and duties of the various officers listed in the Table to adjudicate the specified show cause notices, and superseding the prior orders and notifications indicated against those matters.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment reallocates adjudicatory responsibility for specified customs show cause notices.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs designates a Common Adjudicating Authority under the Customs Act to assume adjudicatory responsibility for the specific show cause notices listed, thereby reallocating the powers and duties originally vested in the officers identified in the table to that appointed authority for purposes of adjudication.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to centralise adjudication of specified customs show cause notices under the Customs Act.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Additional Director General (Adjudication), Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Delhi as the Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the adjudicatory powers under the Customs Act in relation to the specified show cause notices listed in the Table, expressly superseding the earlier orders and notifications identified in the Table's sixth column so that those matters are adjudicated by the DRI Additional Director General (Adjudication), Delhi in place of the previously named officers.