| Date: |
11-04-2016
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| Notification No: |
CUSTOMS INSTRUCTION
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| Issuing Authority: |
Indian Customs
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| Type: |
Instruction
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| File No: |
F. No. 450/179/2015-Cus.IV |
| Subject: |
Import/Exports of Gifts by courier
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Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Excise and Customs
Instructions
New Delhi, Dated the 11th April, 2016
North Block
To
All Chief Commissioner of Customs/Customs & Central Excise
Subject : Import/Export of Gifts by Courier - regarding.
Sir,
Representations have been received in the Board regarding problems
faced by Indian abroad who wish to send gift items to India by means of courier.
- It has been brought to the notice that courier agencies abroad are
refusing to book
bonafide gift consignments for export to India citing non-clearance and embargo
imposed
on such gift-parcels by Indian Customs.
- Extant instructions on import of bonafide gift items through Post/Courier
should
be scrupulously followed.
- Any incident of the nature mentioned in Para 2 above may be brought to the
notice of the undersigned.
Yours faithfully,
(B. Konthoujam)
Under Secretary(Cus.III)
F. No. 450/179/2015-Cus.IV
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