Customs - Re-organisation of Customs Commissionerate (Preventive), Vijayawada consequent to transferring the customs functions hitherto handled by Central Excise Officers post implementation of GST

Customs jurisdiction transfer reallocates preventive and trade facilitation functions to Vijayawada commissionerate, expanding duties formerly with central tax.

All customs preventive, anti smuggling and trade facilitation functions, including customs functions formerly performed by Central Tax officers, are transferred to the Commissioner of Customs (Preventive), Vijayawada for specified districts of Andhra Pradesh, with operational responsibility allocated to named formations and units (ports, divisions and trade facilitation centres) and staffing delineated; the transfer takes effect from the notified date of the relevant Customs notification.