Prohibition on importing mobile phones with duplicate or fake IMEIs: GSMA IMEI certificates and Customs ICDR verification required. Imports of mobile handsets are prohibited if devices bear duplicate, fake, non genuine, or all zero IMEI/ESN/MEID; importers must obtain GSMA/MSAI IMEI certificates following TAC/IMEI allocation and submit consignment wise certificates to Customs. Customs will verify certificates via the ICDR system for genuineness, correct allocation to the Type Allocation Holder, matching make/model/form factor, and absence of prior entry into India, validate consignments on a 100% basis with limited random physical sampling for green channel consignments, and treat ICDR red marked shipments as improper imports subject to penal provisions and confiscation.
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Prohibition on importing mobile phones with duplicate or fake IMEIs: GSMA IMEI certificates and Customs ICDR verification required.
Imports of mobile handsets are prohibited if devices bear duplicate, fake, non genuine, or all zero IMEI/ESN/MEID; importers must obtain GSMA/MSAI IMEI certificates following TAC/IMEI allocation and submit consignment wise certificates to Customs. Customs will verify certificates via the ICDR system for genuineness, correct allocation to the Type Allocation Holder, matching make/model/form factor, and absence of prior entry into India, validate consignments on a 100% basis with limited random physical sampling for green channel consignments, and treat ICDR red marked shipments as improper imports subject to penal provisions and confiscation.
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