Trade Updates
CBIC extends IGST exemption on COVID vaccines till March 2026 · Anti-dumping duty on Chinese solar glass — effective Dec 2025 · DGFT updates SION norms for engineering goods exporters · New BIS mandatory certification for 47 electronics categories · Customs duty on gold revised to 6% — Finance Ministry notification · ICEGATE portal upgraded — new e-filing interface live from Jan 2026 · FTA duty benefits extended to 12 new product categories under ASEAN · Container dwell time at JNPT reduced to 3.2 days — APSEZ report · CBIC extends IGST exemption on COVID vaccines till March 2026 · Anti-dumping duty on Chinese solar glass — effective Dec 2025 · DGFT updates SION norms for engineering goods exporters · New BIS mandatory certification for 47 electronics categories · Customs duty on gold revised to 6% — Finance Ministry notification · ICEGATE portal upgraded — new e-filing interface live from Jan 2026 · FTA duty benefits extended to 12 new product categories under ASEAN · Container dwell time at JNPT reduced to 3.2 days — APSEZ report ·
Customs - Board's Instructions03.05.2021

Sample Authorization Format.

Document Text

On the official stationery of any nodal authority appointed by a State Government To, The Commissioner of Customs…….. This is to certify the M/s …..…, [address], has been authorised as the relief agency for free distribution of covid relief material received free of cost from outside India availing the exemption from IGST under the customs adhoc exemption order 4/2021-Cus, date the 3rd May, 2021. The said M/s …… shall import covid relief supply free of cost for free distribution in India as per details in the Annexure (attached), at…… Customs Station. Exemption from IGST is recommended for such imports by M/s…….. under the said adhoc exemption order. The relief agency shall provide the details of items so imported and distributed free of cost to the Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Customs at the Port/Airport of import within the period prescribed in the said order, after due certification by this authority. Annexure 1. 2. 3. Country of exports: Exporters details Items S. No. Description goods specification of with Customs-Tariff heading/sub- heading Quantity [Signatures] with official seal

Source: Government of India — Customs - Board's Instructions, dated 03.05.2021. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

HS Codes Referenced

2021

Need the current duty rate?

Calculate the full duty cascade — BCD, SWS, IGST and trade remedies — for any HS code, free.

Open duty calculator