Indian Customs and Baggage Rules
IMPORT OF PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT AS BAGGAGE
<For the purposes of baggage rules Professional Equipment means:
Such portable equipment, instruments, apparatus and appliances as are ordinarily required in the profession in which the returning passenger was engaged. This expression includes items used by carpenters, plumbers, welders, masons and the like; This concession is not available for items of common use such as Cameras, Cassette Recorders, Dictaphones, Typewriters, Personal Computers and similar items
Professional Equipment permitted to be imported to the following persons to the extent indicated below:
- Indian Passengers returning after a stay abroad of atleast 3 months : Rs. 10000
- Indian Passengers returning after a stay of atleast 6 months :Rs. 20000
IMPORT OF CIGARETTES, CIGARS AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS AS BAGGAGE
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Following quantities of tobacco products maybe included for import within the duty free allowances admissible to various categories of incoming passengers :
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- 200 Cigarettes or 50 Cigars or 250 gms of Tobacco
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IMPORT OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AS BAGGAGE
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Following quantities of Alcoholic drinks may be included for import within the duty free allowances admissible to various categories of incoming passengers :
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- Alcoholic liquors and Wines upto 1 litre each
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IMPORT OF GOLD AS BAGGAGE
Who can import gold as baggage?
- Any passenger of Indian origin (even if a foreign national).
- Any passenger holding a valid passport issued under the Passport Act, 1967.
Conditions
(i) The weight of gold (including ornaments) should not exceed 10 kgs. per passenger.
(ii) Such passenger is coming to India after a period of not less than six months of stay abroad. However, short visits during these six months shall be ignored if the total duration of such short visits does not exceed 30 days and the passenger has not availed of the exemption under this scheme, at the time of such short visits.
(iii) The duty at the rate of Rs.250 per 10 gms. is paid by the passenger in convertible foreign currency.
(iv) Ornaments studded with stones and pearls will not be allowed to be imported under the scheme mentioned above.
(v) The passenger can either bring the gold himself at the time of arrival or import the same within fifteen days of his arrival in India as unaccompanied baggage.
(vi) The passenger can also obtain the permitted quantity of gold from Customs bonded warehouse of State Bank of India and Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation subject to conditions (i) and (iii). He is required to file a declaration in the prescribed Form before the Customs Officer at the time of arrival in India stating his intention to obtain the gold from the Customs bonded warehouse and pay the duty before clearance.
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