Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) will implement electronic processing for import/export transactions carried through personal carriage by air passengers from May 1, 2025. This will apply to specific airports and cover gems, jewellery, and machinery samples. Exports of gems and jewellery will be allowed at nine airports: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Kochi, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Jaipur. Imports of gems and jewellery will be permitted at seven airports: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Jaipur. Additionally, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, and Mumbai airports will facilitate the import/export of machinery samples and prototypes. These transactions will be subject to the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023 and the Handbook of Procedures (HBP) 2023. The initiative aims to streamline trade processes, ensuring compliance with FTP regulations while enhancing the ease of doing business for high-value sectors like gems, jewellery, and high-end manufacturing.
Ministry of Finance
CBIC to introduce electronic processing of import/ export through personal carriage by air passengers from 1st May 2025 at specified airports
Nine airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Kochi, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Jaipur to allow personal carriage export of gems and jewellery
Seven airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Jaipur to allow personal carriage import of gems and jewellery
Four airports at Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai to allow personal carriage samples/prototypes of machinery
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, has introduced electronic processing of Bill of Entry/ Shipping Bill pertaining to gems and jewellery/samples/prototypes through personal carriage by air passengers from 01.05.2025 onwards at specified airports.
The export/import through personal carriage shall be subject to the provisions of Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023 and Handbook of Procedures (HBP), 2023.
The facility of personal carriage will be available, for export of gems and jewellery in the nine airports (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Kochi, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Jaipur) specified in para 4.87 of HBP and for import of gems and jewellery in the seven airports (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Jaipur) specified in para 4.88 of HBP. In case of samples/prototypes of machinery, the facility is initially being made available in Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai airports.
The harmonised procedure and electronic processing will promote ease of doing business for such mode of transaction especially for gems and jewellery and high-end manufacturing.
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