Customs Information 

    Customs Hours 

       Mon-Fri 09:00-17:30 

       Every second Saturday of the month is a holiday. 

       Sunday: Off. 

Clearance Procedures 

    Approximate Clearance Time(Hrs) 

       Documents 2 

       Low Value 4 

       High Value 48 

Additional Information 

    Clearance of all Samples, Gifts and Packages are undertaken by customs during the normal working hours 

    i.e. between 1030 hours to 1700 hours only. 

    Shipments must be accompanied by a 'printed' Commercial Invoice that should declare the Actual Market 

    Value of the Goods. Customs reserve the right to adjudicate correct market values and Duty would be levied 

    on such re-assessed 'fair value'. 

    It is in the interest of the Shipper and the Consignee to declare the correct value of the goods. Values

    declared for customs purposes only, values wrongly declared, etc. would result in shipments being detained

    and the consignee being asked to produce Catalogues, Technical write-ups or Manufacturer's Price Lists, 

    which would result in clearance delays. 

    Every package is opened and examined by customs. Shipments may be required to be detained at customs for

    further paperwork or valuation purposes. 

    Shipments that are detained are submitted to the Express Industry Council Warehouse, which is a customs

    bonded warehouse, and a Detention Note is issued for each detained shipment. 

    All kinds of tapes will be considered as high value shipments and will be detained in customs for 

    valuation and will be cleared after investigation by the DRI (directorate revenue intelligence). 

Commodity Information 

       National Tax Rate 12.36 

       Low Value Limit 9999

       High Value Limit 10000

    Non Dutiables 

       Airline tickets, validated 

       Checks, blanks 

       Checks, cancelled 

       Checks, payroll 

       Computer printouts 

       Credit cards 

       Documents 

       Manuscripts 

    Dutiables 

       Advertising 

       Annual reports 

       Blueprints/drawings 

       Books 

       Brochures 

       Catalogs 

       Film, photos, slides 

       Invoices 

       Magazines 

       Manuals 

       Newspaper 

       Parts, aircraft 

       Parts, computer 

       Parts, electronic 

       Parts, machine 

       Software/CD ROM 

       Video tapes 

       Credit card blanks 

       Diskettes(with data or blank) 

       Video tapes 

    Unacceptables 

       Passports 

       Tobacco 

       Pornographic and Obscene materials 

       Maps and Literature where Indian External Boundaries have been shown incorrectly. 

       Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic substances 

       Counterfeit goods and goods violating any of the legally enforceable intellectual property right, in

          particular the following: 

          a) Spurious, misbranded drugs and cosmetics 

          b) Goods bearing fake trade marks, the copyright of which belongs to someone else. 

       Wild life products 

       Antiques and art treasures 

       Adulterated and misbranded foods and edibles 

       Alcohol 

       Checks, travellers 

       Drugs, prescription 

       Foodstuffs, non-perishable 

       BETA Tapes 

       Restricted items: 

       Telephone and telephony equipment of restricted frequencies 

       Arms & ammunition 

       Certain plants and their products 

       Medicines and drugs 

       Foreign currencies 

       Cut flowers, fruits and vegetables weighing 2 kg and above 

       Domestic pets, animals, and birds. 

       Chemical (organic /inorganic) 

       Chemical (organic) 

       Chemical products and miscellaneous 

       Commercial goods (in Baggage) 

    Additional Information 

       Please note that all the above items are firmly restricted to import into India and will be destroyed at 

       the time of arrival; otherwise, the concerned courier company will be penalized. 

       HUMAN ASHES – REQUIRED PPWKS (G.E. 107, SR NO 405, NTFN NO 21/2002, LIST 88) If the deceased person's

       certificate of goods ownership is produced at the time of goods clearance through the customs station.