Anti-dumping duty on ceramic rollers from China to offset injurious dumped imports and protect domestic industry.
Definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on ceramic rollers (sub heading 6903) originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China to remedy injury found to the domestic industry; the notification prescribes specified US$ per MT duty rates for named producers and exporters and residual categories, requires payment in Indian currency with exchange rate as per section 14 notifications using bill of entry date, and remains effective for five years unless earlier varied.

Fixation of tariff values for specified imports updates valuation basis and applicability under Customs Act provisions.
Fixation of tariff values by exercise of powers under Section 14(2) of the Customs Act, 1962, substituting TABLE 1, TABLE 2 and TABLE 3 in Notification No. 36/2001 Customs (N.T.), and specifying commodity specific tariff values in US dollars for edible oils, brass scrap, poppy seeds, areca nut, and unit values for gold and silver where specified concessionary entries are availed.

Customs Broker licensing requires eligibility checks, prescribed examinations, bonds, and regulated issuance with enforcement procedures.
These regulations create a licensing regime for Customs Brokers requiring eligible Indian applicants to satisfy character, educational and financial criteria, clear prescribed written and oral examinations, furnish bond and security, and obtain non-transferable licenses (individual or firm/company) subject to prescribed obligations, record-keeping and supervision of authorised employees. Licenses are time-limited and renewable on satisfactory performance; material changes in firm constitution must be reported and may trigger fresh licensing; Principal Commissioners or Commissioners may suspend, prohibit, revoke licenses or impose penalties following a prescribed inquiry and appeal process.

Anti-dumping duty extension on persulphates sustained after sunset review, continuing protection under Customs Tariff Act.
The Central Government inserted paragraph 2A into Notification No.11/2013, Customs (ADD), to extend the anti-dumping duty on Peroxosulphates (Persulphate) from China PR, providing that the notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of 14th May 2019, pursuant to the Customs Tariff Act and rule 23 following initiation of a sunset review.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointments under section 152 - officers designated to adjudicate specified show cause notices.
The Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, under clause (a) of section 152 of the Customs Act, 1962 and prior notifications, appoints specified officers to act as Common Adjudicating Authorities to exercise the powers and duties of named adjudicating officers for adjudication of the specific show cause notices listed in the accompanying Table; the Table pairs each noticee and SCN with the original adjudicating authority and the officer(s) designated to perform the adjudicatory role for that notice.

Assignment of proper officer functions to Customs Audit officers extends statutory authority under sections governing custody and release.
The Central Board assigns functions of the proper officer under the Customs Act to specified Customs Audit officers-Principal Commissioners or Commissioners (Audit), Additional or Joint Commissioners (Audit), and Deputy or Assistant Commissioners (Audit)-for the purposes of section 17 and section 28 of the Act; the notification was later superseded by a subsequent notification.

Appointment of customs audit officers under section 99A designated specific ranks to conduct statutory audits and functions.
Designates officers in the Commissionerate of Customs (Audit) to exercise audit functions under section 99A of the Customs Act, 1962, by mapping Commissionerate posts to corresponding Customs officer ranks (Principal Commissioner or Commissioner; Additional Commissioner; Joint Commissioner; Deputy Commissioner; Assistant Commissioner; Superintendent or Appraiser; Inspector or Examiner) for the purpose of carrying out statutory audits.

Sea cargo manifest rules require electronic manifests, registration, bonds for transhipment and carrier compliance obligations.
The regulations mandate registration of persons required to file arrival and departure manifests, prescribe electronic submission of integrated manifest components (entry application, general declaration, vessel stores, crew effects and cargo declarations) with specified forms for foreign, domestic and coastal movements, and set procedures for transhipment and transit through designated foreign routes including bond or surety requirements, container sealing for land transhipments, carrier responsibilities for records and traceability, liability for loss or pilferage, suspension and revocation processes, and penalties with appellate rights under the Act.

Appointment of proper officer: Commissioner of Customs, Tuticorin designated to adjudicate show-cause proceedings for specified exporter.
Amendment replaces the table in Notification No. 17/2017-Customs (N.T.) to record the show-cause notice concerning M/s Fulchand Exports and to designate the Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Tuticorin as the appointed officer responsible for adjudication, while listing the other Commissioners previously answerable for the matter.

Electronic Integrated Declaration: late presentation charges, paperless self-assessment, and record retention obligations govern import clearance.
These regulations require electronic integrated declarations filed on the customs automated system as the bill of entry, signed by the authorised person or entered via a service centre. Filing must occur by the end of the next working day after arrival; self-assessment is completed when the system issues a bill of entry number. Delayed filing without sufficient cause attracts escalating late presentation charges subject to prescribed caps and potential waiver by the proper officer. Clearance orders may be recorded and conveyed electronically, and authorised persons must retain assessed bills of entry and original supporting documents for five years.

Anti-dumping rate calculation clarified: exchange rate rule and veneered engineered wooden flooring definition specified for duty assessment.
Amendment to Notification No.17/2018-Customs (ADD) substitutes the explanation to confirm that the exchange rate for calculating anti-dumping duty is the rate notified under the Customs Act and that the relevant date is the date of presentation of the bill of entry. It also defines Veneered Engineered Wooden Flooring as typically comprising Top Layer (real wood), Middle Layer (fibre board such as MDF/HDF) and Bottom Layer (real wood), and notes the Product Under Consideration may be of two or three layers.

Provisional assessment of jute exports pending new shipper review, with security and importer liability for potential anti dumping duty.
Provisional assessment is ordered for jute products exported from Bangladesh by M/s Roman Jute Mills Ltd. and M/s SMP International, LLC pending completion of a new shipper review. The provisional assessment may be secured by such security or guarantee as the proper customs officer deems fit to cover any deficiency if a definitive anti dumping duty is imposed retrospectively. If the review recommends anti dumping duty, importers will be liable to pay the recommended duty on all imports of the subject goods from the date of initiation of the review.

Customs exchange rate determination sets operative currency conversion rates for import and export valuation under statutory authority.
The notification prescribes rates of exchange for conversion between specified foreign currencies and Indian rupees for application to imported and export goods, by listing distinct rates for imports and exports in two schedules, and supersedes the prior exchange-rate notification to make the newly prescribed rates operative from the stated effective date.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointments enable delegated officers to adjudicate specified customs show cause notices.
The Director General appoints specified officers to act as a Common Adjudicating Authority under clause (a) of section 152 of the Customs Act, authorising them to exercise the powers and discharge duties of the originally named adjudicating authorities for adjudication of the show cause notices listed in the Table, with the appointments tied to each noticee and SCN reference.

Tariff value fixation for specified imported goods sets customs valuation standards and import duty calculation consequences.
Under Section 14(2) of the Customs Act, the CBIC substitutes TABLE-1, TABLE-2 and TABLE-3 of Notification No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.) to prescribe tariff values for specified imported goods, including several edible oils, brass scrap, poppy seeds, areca nuts (per metric tonne) and separate tariff values for gold and silver (per standard weight), establishing valuation benchmarks for customs purposes.

Anti-dumping duty on MEK imports from specified countries set as differential payable in Indian currency under customs rules.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) imports from China PR, Japan, South Africa and Taiwan, calculated as the difference between specified reference amounts per metric tonne and the per unit landed value where the landed value is lower. The notification sets entry-specific reference amounts tied to origin/exporter/producer combinations, requires payment in Indian currency, prescribes a three-year duration unless earlier altered, and defines landed value as assessable value under the Customs Act with exchange rates taken from Government notifications for the bill of entry date.

Exchange Rate Determination: notified conversion rates for specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees for import and export purposes.
Notification prescribing distinct rates of exchange for specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees for import and export purposes, set out in Schedule I (unit rates) and Schedule II (per one hundred units). The determination, issued under statutory authority and superseding a prior board notification for future operation, establishes the applicable conversion rates effective from the stated date for purposes of customs assessment and related transactions.

Anti-dumping duty on imported soda-lime glassware applies when landed value falls below specified reference value; exemptions specified.
Definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of soda-lime glassware under sub-heading 7013 from China PR and Indonesia where exported goods were found to be dumped and caused material injury, except for specified producer exemptions. The duty is the difference between a specified reference amount per unit and the per unit landed value when the latter is lower, with the Table listing producers, exporters, origin/export countries, reference amounts and units. Duty is payable in Indian currency for a five-year term; landed value and applicable exchange-rate rules are defined.

Anti-dumping duty extension on soda ash to continue pending sunset review or until an earlier specified date.
Extension of anti-dumping duty on imports of Soda Ash from Russia and Turkey is effected by inserting a paragraph into the principal notification providing that the duty shall remain in force until conclusion of the sunset review initiated by the Designated Authority or until an earlier specified date, thereby preserving the existing anti-dumping measure during the review period without changing the substantive rate or scope.

Fixation of tariff values establishes updated customs valuation for specified commodities affecting import duty calculation and compliance.
The Central Board of Excise & Customs, invoking Section 14(2) of the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 36/2001 Customs (N.T.) by substituting TABLE 1, TABLE 2 and TABLE 3 to fix tariff values in US dollars for specified imported goods. The substituted tables establish unit tariff values for edible oils (including crude and refined palm and palmolein, and crude soybean oil), brass scrap, poppy seeds, gold and silver where certain notification entries' benefits are availed, and areca nut, for customs valuation purposes.