Ease of Customs Duty Payment - Introduction of Payment Aggregator - Reg

Govemment of India 
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
(Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs)

Hall No 16049, Kart\ya Bhavan
New Delhi , 24th March ,2026

To
All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs/Customs (Preventive)
All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs & Centml Tax
All Principal Commissioners/ Commissioners of Customs/Customs @reventive)
All Principal Director Generals/Dtector Generals under CBIC

Subject: Ease of Customs Duty Payment - Introduction of Payment Aggregator - Reg.

Madam/Sir,

Various initiatives have been introduced by CBIC in the recent years for facilitating the Trade by simplification of procedures, introduction of online facilities and improving transparency,thus leading to reduced time and cost during import and Export.

2. One such initiative is Electronic Cash Ledger introduced in April 2023 for seamless integrationwith the banks and introduction of deposits for subsequent duty payrnents. This has been extended tocourier shipments in March 2024. Various facilities are being continuously added to ease customsduty payment including onboarding of additional banks for intemet banking.

3.1 Taking this initiative forward, ICEGATE e-Payment platform has enabled Payment aggregator as an authorised mode to facilitate customs duty payment with the following features:

• (a) Credit card or debit card or Unified Payment Interface (IIPI) introduced for the first time for customs duty payment
• (b) Intemet banking through Payment aggregator mode will now allow payment tkough 41 Banks instead of 23 live banks integrated directly.
• (c) This payment aggregator option will complement the existing palment modes such asIntemet Banking tkough authorised banker mode and NEFT/RTGS payment through RBI

Official copy of the circular has been attached