The Ministry of Finance’s Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) issued Notification No. 78/2024-Customs (N.T.) on 12th November 2024, amending the 1997 Customs notification. This update adds Jajpur in Odisha as an authorized location for the unloading of imported goods and loading of export goods under the Customs Act, 1962. Specifically, the amendment modifies the original Table entry for Odisha (Serial No. 6B) by including Jajpur in column (3) as item (iv) with associated permissions in column (4). This addition expands Jajpur’s role in customs operations, enabling it to support import and export activities as outlined by the Customs Act. This notification builds on prior amendments, including the latest revision on 11th November 2024, and was published in the Gazette of India by Sanjeet Kumar, Under Secretary of CBIC, with reference number F. No. 394/118/2020-Cus(As).
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS)
Notification No. 78/2024-Customs (N.T.) | Dated: 12th November, 2024
G.S.R. 704(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (aa) of sub-section (1) read with sub-section (2) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 12/97-Customs (N.T.) dated the 2nd April, 1997, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R 193 (E), dated the 2nd April, 1997, namely:-
In the said notification in the Table, against serial number 6B relating to the State of Orissa, in column (3) and (4), after item (iii) in column (3) and the entries relating thereto in column (4), the following item and entries shall be inserted, namely: –
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| “ (iv) Jajpur | Unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods or any class of such goods.”. |
[F. No. 394/118/2020-Cus(As)]
SANJEET KUMAR, Under Secy.
Note:- The principal notification No.62/94-Customs (N.T.), dated the 21st November, 1994 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 829 (E), dated the 21st November, 1994 and was last amended by notification number 21/2024-Customs (N.T.) dated the 11th November, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 697 (E), dated the 11th November, 2024.
