Transhipment of Cargo to Nepal under Electronic Cargo Tracking System (Amendment) Regulations, 2025
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued Notification No. 73/2025 – Customs (N.T.), amending the Transhipment of Cargo to Nepal under Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) Regulations, 2019. The amendment, effective upon its publication, substitutes Regulation 3 concerning the application scope of the ECTS system for cargo moving from India to Nepal. The updated regulations now explicitly apply to the transhipment of cargo originating from the Indian ports of Kolkata, Haldia, and Vishakhapatnam. Crucially, the amendment clarifies and expands the permissible routes and destinations. These routes now include rail transhipment to Birgunj and Biratnagar in Nepal. Additionally, the ECTS is mandated for two specific multi-modal routes: first, rail transport to Batnaha (India) followed by road transport to Biratnagar (Nepal); and second, rail transport to the Indian Customs Yard, Jogbani (India), followed by road transport to Biratnagar (Nepal). This change formally incorporates these key trade corridors under the electronic tracking and customs compliance framework.
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS)
Notification No. 73/2025 – Customs (N.T.) | Dated: 4th November, 2025
G.S.R. 816(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157 read with sub-section (1) of section 54 and section 143AA of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Transhipment of Cargo to Nepal under Electronic Cargo Tracking System Regulations, 2019, namely:-
1. These regulations may be called the Transhipment of Cargo to Nepal under Electronic Cargo Tracking System (Amendment) Regulations, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the day of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Transhipment of Cargo to Nepal under Electronic Cargo Tracking System Regulations, 2019, for regulation 3, the following regulation shall be substituted, namely: –
“3. Application. – These regulations shall apply to the transhipment of cargo from the ports of Kolkata, Haldia and Vishakhapatnam in India to –
a. Birgunj in Nepal by rail;
b. Batnaha in India by rail and from Batnaha to Biratnagar in Nepal by road;
c. Biratnagar in Nepal by rail; and
d. Indian Customs Yard, Jogbani in India by rail and from Indian Customs Yard, Jogbani to Biratnagar in Nepal by road.”.
[F. No. 554/2/2014-SO(LC)]
MEGHA BANSAL, Under Secy.
Note: The principal notification No. 68/2019-Customs (N.T), dated the 30th September, 2019 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R 704(E), dated the 30th September, 2019 and was last amended vide notification No. 51/2023-Customs (N.T.), dated the 11 July, 2023 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 498 (E), dated the 11th July, 2023.
