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Baggage Rules Pertaining To Residents

Eligibility

A person holding a valid Indian passport and normally residing in India is referred to as a person resident under the Baggage Rules.

Articles Allowed

Residents are permitted to import the following articles subject to the specified limits:

I.	Used personal effects:
	A.	Used personal effects for satisfying daily necessities can be imported under this category. Jewellery is not included under the head of personal effects.
	B.	There is no value limit for import of these articles but they should be in reasonable quantities.
	C.	One watch is regarded as personal effect and can be imported freely.

II.

New Articles:

New articles can be imported subject to the following limit either on the person or in the accompanied baggage of the passenger. Articles cannot be imported as unaccompanied baggage and duty has to be paid at the specified rates, if imported in such manner.

Limit:

Passenger		Returning after stay abroad of more than three days	Returning after stay abroad of three days or less
Coming from countries other than Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar or China	12 years or above	Upto Rs.12,000/-	Upto Rs. 6,000/-
	Below 12 years	Upto Rs. 3,000/-	Upto Rs. 1,500/-
Coming from Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar or china other than by land route	12 years or above	Upto Rs. 3,000/-	Upto Rs. 750/-
	Below 12 years	Nil	Nil

Duty Payable:

Import of Articles in excess of the limit specified above will attract duty at the following rate:

Basic Duty	50%
Surcharge	10%
Special Additional Duty	4%
The total duty based on the above scale works out to 61.2%

Restricted Articles:

The following articles are allowed to be imported by residents subject to the specified limit:

Fire arms and catridges	Upto 50
Cigarettes	Upto 200
Cigars	Upto 50
Tobacco	Upto 250 gms
Alcoholic liquor and wine	Upto 1 litre each
Gold and Silver can be imported only in the form of ornaments.

Permitted Articles:

The following articles are allowed to be imported by residents without any restriction. However, the total value of all the articles being imported should not exceed the Duty Free Allowance limit specified above.

Bedding including blankets	Socks	Invalid Chair
Bedsheets, Sleeping bag	Shaving Kit	Jeans
Boiler Suit	Sarees	Lungis
Blouses	Salvars	Neckties
Dresses	Shoe Polish	Nighties
Dentures	Shoe Brush	Pants
Frocks	Spectacles	Peticoats
Gloves	Tops	Perfumes
Handkerchiefs	Towels	Toilet articles
Hair Dryer	Underwear dresses	Cosmetic in use
Hair Curler / Styler	Umbrella	Suits
Hearing aids	Walking stick	Shirts
Headgear	Shoes

Additional Limit for Professionals

Professionals coming to India are allowed to import the following articles at the specified scales:

Indian Passenger	Used Household Articles	Professional Equipment
Returning after three months	Upto Rs.6,000/-	Upto Rs.10,000/-
Returning after six months	Upto Rs.6,000/-	Upto Rs.20,000/-
Returning after a stay of 365 days during the preceeding two years on termination of his work (this concession was not availed in the preceeding three years)	Upto Rs.30,000/-

Professional returning from abroad after termination of his work can import the following items at a concessional Customs Duty @ 25%, Surcharge @ 10% and Special Additional Duty @ 4% (total duty @ 32.6%):

1.	Colour Television / Monochrome Television
2.	Video Cassette Recorder / Video Cassette Player / Video Television Receiver
3.	Washing Machine
4.	Electrical / Liquified Petroleum Gas Cooking Range (other than Electrical / Liquified Petroleum Gas stoves) with not more than two burners and without any extra attachment
5.	Dish Washer
6.	Music System
7.	Personal Computer
8.	Air Conditioner
9.	Refrigerator
10.	Deep Freezer
11.	Microwave Oven.
12.	Video camera or combination of such video cameras with one or more of the following goods:
	a.	Television Receiver
	b.	Sound recording or reproducing apparatus;
	c.	Video reproducing apparatus
13.	Word Processing Machine
14.	Fax machine

Household effects

The following are included in the list of items which can be imported as household effects by professionals:

Egg beater	Grill
Battery operated lights	Juicer
Big thermos	Linen
Blender	Liquidizer
Crockery	Oven
Cutlery	Portable Generator
Dry or Steam Iron	Pressure-cooker
Food carrier	Rotissoire
Glassware

Professional equipment

Professionals like carpenter, welder, plumber, manson, etc., can import portable equipments, instruments, apparatus and appliances used in their profession. However, items such as cameras, cassette recorders, dictaphones, personal computers, typewriters and other similar articles cannot be imported as professional equipment.

Photographic equipments like cameras, lens, battery charger, tripod, etc., can be imported free of duty by professional photographers as their personal baggage for using them in their profession. Following types of cameras are permitted to be imported under this category:

i.	Film cameras designed for film of not less than 35mm
ii.	Still cameras taking film of size 4" x 5" and above.
iii.	Photostat cameras
iv.	Microfilm cameras
v.	Photo composing cameras

Students of photography can import photographic equipment and cameras free of duty as part of their personal baggage and used abroad by them for the purpose of practical training. The students are required to produce a certificate from the Indian Embassy abroad that they are bonafide students of photography and the above articles are their own property and used by them in the course of their training.

Jewellery

Jewellery can be imported subject to the following limits:

	Male	Female
Indian Passenger who was residing abroad for over one year	Upto Rs.10,000/-	Upto Rs.20,000/-

Gold

Gold includes primary gold and ornaments made of gold other than those studded with stones or pearls.

Passengers (including minor children) holding Indian passport or of Indian origin (excluding nationals of Pakistan or Bangladesh) can bring gold upto 10 kgs per passenger.

Passanger should have stayed abroad for atleast 6 months. Short visits upto 30 days duration are ignored.

Duty is payable in convertible foreign exchange @ Rs.40/- per gram of gold imported into India.

		Silver
	1.	Silver includes silver in any form including ornaments other than those studded with stones or pearls.
	2.	Passengers (including minor children) holding Indian passport or of Indian origin (excluding nationals of Pakistan or Bangladesh) can bring gold upto 100 kgs per passenger.
	3.	Passanger should have stayed abroad for atleast 6 months. Short visits upto 30 days duration are ignored.
	4.	Duty is payable in convertible foreign exchange @ Rs.500/- per kg of silver imported into India.

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