Ministry of Finance issued Notification No. 31/2025-Customs dated 30th May 2025, amending prior customs notifications related to specified agricultural imports. The government has extended the exemption condition on imports of Yellow Peas (HS 0713 10 10) for bills of lading issued up to 31 March 2026. Additionally, it has reduced the basic customs duty on crude soya bean oil (HS 15071000), crude sunflower oil (HS 15121110), and crude palm oil (HS 15111000) from 20% to 10%. The revised duty rates replace previous entries in Notification No. 50/2017-Customs dated 30 June 2017, and the exemption period for Yellow Peas imports updates the timeline specified in Notification No. 64/2023-Customs dated 7 December 2023.
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
Notification No. 31/2025-Customs | Dates: 30th May, 2025
G.S.R. 355(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) read with section 124 of the Finance Act, 2021 (13 of 2021), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby amends the following notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), specified in column (2) of the Table below, to the extent specified in the corresponding entries in column (3) of the said Table, namely:-
TABLE
| S. No. | Notification No. and Date |
Amendments |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 1. | 50/2017-Customs, dated the 30th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 785 (E), dated the 30th June, 2017 | In the said notification, in the TABLE, –
i. against S. No. 57, in column (4), for the entry, the entry “10%” shall be substituted; ii. against S. No. 61, in column (4), for the entry, the entry “10%” shall be substituted; iii. against S. No. 70, in column (4), for the entry, the entry “10%” shall be substituted; |
| 2. | 64/2023-Customs, dated the 07th December, 2023, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 884(E), dated the 07th December, 2023 | In the said notification, in the TABLE, against Sl. No. 1, in Column (4), for the words and figures “31st day of May, 2025”, the words and figures “31st day of March, 2026” shall be substituted. |
2. This notification shall come into force with immediate effect.
[F. No. 190354/68/2025-TRU]
DHEERAJ SHARMA, Under Secy.
Note:
1. The principal notification No. 50/2017-Customs, dated the 30th June, 2017, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 785(E), dated the 30th June, 2017, and was last amended vide notification No. 25/2025-Customs, dated the 30th April, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 273(E), dated the 30th April, 2025.
2. The principal notification No. 64/2023-Customs, dated the 07th December, 2023, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 884(E), dated the 07th December, 2023, and was last amended vide notification No. 17/2025-Customs, dated the 7th March, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 165 (E), dated the 7th March, 2025.
