Customs board to merge 31 duty notifications

Will ease compliance

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, Updated At : 03:39 AM Oct 26, 2025 IST

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has merged 31 different exemption and concessional duty notifications into a single consolidated customs notification. The new framework, issued on Saturday through a notification, will come into effect from November 1, 2025.The consolidation, considered a “trade-friendly and transparency-driven measure”, replaces the long-standing Notification No. 50/2017-Customs and 30 other standalone notifications with a unified reference document.

The intent is to eliminate the cumbersome process of referring to multiple notifications, which often causes challenges in interpretation for importers and customs officers alike.

The CBIC said the step would improve clarity, transparency and ease of doing business, aligning with the government’s ongoing “Next Generation Customs Reforms” that focus on simplifying procedures and digitising compliance.

The unified notification maintains existing exemptions and benefits, while presenting them in a more structured format, ensuring ease of reference for businesses and consistency in customs administration.

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Customs board to merge 31 duty notifications

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