(To Be Published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-I Section-I)
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi.
Public Notice No. 33/2025-2026
New Delhi Dated
01
December 2025
Subject: - Amendments in Paras 4.87 (a) and 4.88 of Handbook of Procedures 2023.
In exercise of the powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 & 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2023, as amended from time to time, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendment with immediate effect.
2. The amendments in Paras 4.87 (a) and 4.88 of HBP-2023, are as under:
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S. |
Para |
Existing Para |
Amended Para |
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1 |
4.87 (a) |
Personal Carriage of gems & jewellery parcels by Foreign Bound Passengers from all EOU/SEZ units and all firms in DTA through Airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Kochi, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Jaipur is permitted. Procedure for Personal Carriage of exports shall be as prescribed by Customs. Export proceeds shall, however, be realised through normal banking channel. |
Personal Carriage of gems & jewellery parcels by Foreign Bound Passengers from all EOU/SEZ units and all firms in DTA through Airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Kochi, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Ahmedabad is permitted. Procedure for Personal Carriage of exports shall be as prescribed by Customs. Export proceeds shall, however, be realised through normal banking channel. |
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2 |
4.88 |
Personal carriage of gems & jewellery import parcels by an Indian importer/Foreign National may be permitted into all EOUs/SEZ units and all firms in DTA through airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Jaipur. Procedure will be same as for import of goods by air freight except that parcels shall be brought to Customs by Importer / Foreign National for examination and release. Clearance of imports under this scheme shall be as per normal customs clearance procedure. |
Personal carriage of gems & jewellery import parcels by an Indian importer/Foreign National may be permitted into all EOUs/SEZ units and all firms in DTA through airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Ahmedabad. Procedure will be same as for import of goods by air freight except that parcels shall be brought to Customs by Importer / Foreign National for examination and release. Clearance of imports under this scheme shall be as per normal customs clearance procedure. |
Effect of this Public Notice: Import and export of gems and jewellery parcels for personal carriage are now also permitted through Ahmedabad Airport.
(Aja Bhadoo)
Director General of Foreign Trade &
Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to Government of India
E-mail:
dgft@nic.in
(Issued from File No. 01/941180/028/AM26/PC-4)