Prospective customs exemption notifications bar concessional duty for earlier imports and support extended limitation for ineligible claims.

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....Customs duty exemptions apply according to the notification in force when Bills of Entry are filed. Carbon Less Paper Black Image classifiable under CTH 48099000 was not covered after Notification No. 46/2011-Cus. ceased to operate, while Notification No. 127/2011-Cus. extended the effective rate only to CTH 470790. Notification No. 35/2013-Cus. took effect prospectively upon Gazette publication and did not restore concessional duty for earlier imports; the exemption claim therefore failed. Claiming exemption under a superseded notification supported invocation of the extended limitation period for duty recovery, as importers are presumed to know applicable amendments.....