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Delhi Customs intercepts Pakistan-origin smuggled cosmetic goods weighing 2800 kg worth Rs 1.2 crore

04 December 2021 at 08:36

The Delhi Customs in a swift operation on 29.11.2021 busted a unique modus operandi and seized smuggled goods worth ₹1.2 crore.

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Senior Bureaucrat Vivek Johri Appointed as CBIC Chairman

30 November 2021 at 12:31

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has appointed Senior Bureaucrat Vivek Johri as the Chairman of CBIC.

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26 CBIC officers conferred with the Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for "Specially Distinguished Record of Service"

27 November 2021 at 08:40

Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman confers Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate to 26 officers and staff of CBIC for "Specially Distinguished Record of Service" at Investiture Ceremony in Lucknow

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CBIC launches online digital application for scheduling of examination of cargo for traders at ICD Tughlakabad, Delhi

12 November 2021 at 08:41

Customs at ICD Tuglakabad also inaugurates Baggage Scanner for non-intrusive examination of unaccompanied baggage/palletized import Cargo

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CBIC further extends the exemption from Customs Duty/Health Cess on Import of Covid Relief Items

31 August 2021 at 16:10

CBIC via Notification No. 41/2021 - Customs dated 30th August 2021 has further extended the exemption from Customs Duty/Health Cess on the Import of Covid Relief Items, including Covid 19 Vaccine and Oxygen Related Equipment.

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CBIC launches Compliance Information Portal (CIP)

04 August 2021 at 20:48

CBIC has launched the Indian Customs Compliance Information Portal (CIP) for providing free access to information on all Customs procedures and regulatory compliance for nearly 12,000 Customs Tariff Items.

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CBIC does away with expiry/renewal of Authorised Economic Operator certification after every three years for AEO-T1 entities

02 August 2021 at 05:59

It has been decided by CBIC that w.e.f. 1st August 2021, all AEO-T1 entities certified on or after 01.04.2019, shall be auto renewed in the system, without any end date.

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CBIC reduces compliance burden by abolishing renewals of licenses/registrations

25 July 2021 at 06:32

The net effect of the amendments carried out to the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018 and Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018, is that the existing licenses/registration would have a lifetime validity.

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CBIC proactively places a COVID Response Plan (CRP) for speedy clearances of COVID-19 vaccines at all major airports

15 July 2021 at 20:12

CRP provides for setting up of a COVID-19 Vaccine Response Team (CVRT) at each Air Cargo/Courier Terminal. The CVRT will function as a single point of contact for all the clearance related to COVID-19 vaccine shipments.

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Response from Ministry of Finance on reports relating to freezing of Indian assets in France

09 July 2021 at 05:32

There have been news reports that Cairn Energy has seized/ frozen State owned property of Government of India in Paris. However, Govt. of India has not received any notice, order or communication, in this regard, from any French Court.

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