Custom Clearance - DUTY FREE ALLOWANCES AND ENTITLEMENTS FOR TOURISTS

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DUTY FREE ALLOWANCES AND ENTITLEMENTS FOR TOURISTS

WHO IS A TOURIST?

A tourist is a passenger

  • who is not normally a resident in India:
  • who enters India for a stay of not more than six months in the course of any twelve months period for legitimate nonimmigrant purposes, such as: touring, recreation, sports, health, family reasons, study, religious pilgrimage, or business;

A tourist arriving in India shall be allowed duty free clearance of articles in his bonafide baggage to the extent as mentioned below:-

Tourists of Indian origin other than those coming from Pakistan by land  route 

Used personal effects and travel souvenirs, if -

  1. These goods are for personal use of the tourist, and
  2. These goods, other than those consumed during the stay in India, are re-exported when the  tourist leaves India for a foreign destination
  3. duty free allowances applicable to Indian Residents
Tourists of foreign origin  other than those of Nepalese origin coming    from Nepal or of  Bhutanese origin coming from Bhutan or of Pakistani origin coming from Pakistan

Used personal effects and travel souvenirs, if -

  1. These goods are for personal use of the tourist, and
  2. These goods, other than those consumed during the stay in India, are re-exported when the  tourist leaves India for a foreign destination
  3. Articles upto a value of Rs 8000/-
Tourists of Nepalese origin coming from Nepal or of Bhutanese origin coming from Bhutan No Free Allowance
Tourists of Pakistani origin or foreign tourists coming from Pakistan or tourists of Indian origin coming  from Pakistan by land route

Used personal effects and travel souvenirs, if -

  1. These goods are for personal use of the tourist, and
  2. These goods, other than those consumed during the stay in India, are re-exported when the  tourist leaves India for a foreign destination
  3. Articles upto a value of Rs 6000/- for making gifts


 

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