Customs cargo custodianship extension requires insurance, accountable handling, secure infrastructure, recordkeeping, and prior approval for transfers or outsourcing.
Custodianship of imported cargo and appointment as a Customs Cargo Service Provider are extended for five years or until further orders, subject to the Customs Act and cargo-handling regulations. The Custodian/CCSP must maintain prescribed bonds, guarantees and insurance; comply with customs requirements; account for goods and duty on pilfered or unaccounted imported goods; provide adequate facilities and manpower; keep handling records; obtain permission for removal of goods, transfer of premises, outsourcing, or structural alterations; and display service charges. Approval is subject to cancellation for contravention of applicable requirements.

Warehousing module electronic transfers required; manual rectification allowed for legacy errors with specific documentation and approvals.
All warehouse-to-warehouse movements must be executed electronically through ICEGATE; ex-bonding is permitted only if the warehouse ledger shows sufficient goods for the IEC, with ICES debiting only the ledger at that warehouse. Manual permissions for bond-to-bond transfers are disallowed except with written Principal Commissioner/Commissioner approval and electronic regularisation. For into-bond Bills of Entry dated before 01.09.2025, manual clearance will be allowed to remedy legacy errors (Error 70, Error 71, Error 137) where trade must submit an error screenshot, certified warehouse ledger, current stock statement, and the regulation 3 Annexure/Form with the Tracking ID.

Appointment of CPIOs and FAAs for Commissionerate of Customs (Port), Kolkata under RTI Act; appeals to designated FAAs.
Designations of Central Public Information Officers and First Appellate Authorities for the Commissionerate of Customs (Port), Kolkata are issued, superseding an earlier notice and reflecting recent establishment orders; Annexure A lists the named officers, their jurisdictions, and contact details. Aggrieved persons may appeal CPIO decisions to the corresponding FAA identified in Annexure A under the RTI Act. The notice prescribes fee payment to the RBI account of the Commissioner of Customs, Kolkata, permits online filing via the national RTI portal, and provides instructions for postal order payments.

Export proceeds shortfall: exporters must submit bank confirmations and invoices or face personal hearing and possible adjudication.
The circular instructs exporters to submit proof of realisation and documentary evidence (e.g., bank confirmation letters and export invoices) to justify any short realisation of export proceeds - noting CBIC guidance that agency commission and foreign bank charges may be allowed within a 12.5% FOB limit - and warns that absence of such documentary proof will generally lead the adjudicating authority to conduct a Personal Hearing before final decision.

Procedure for defacement of Certificate of Origin at TSK when preferential duty is claimed; importer may deface COO before registration.
Where a preferential rate of duty is claimed based on a valid Certificate of Origin and the Bill of Entry is facilitated by RMS for OOC, the importer or Customs Broker may get the COO defaced by the designated TSK prior to registration of goods to streamline assessment and clearance; implementation difficulties should be reported to the issuing authority.

Manufacture and other operations in bonded warehouses require an integrated licence, bond, prescribed records and GST/customs compliance.
The notice prescribes an integrated application and documentary regime for licensing a private bonded warehouse and obtaining permission to conduct manufacture and other operations therein, requires execution of a general bond satisfying customs and MOOWR requirements, mandates maintenance of specified digital accounts and records, and sets out GST and customs payment obligations for clearance of resultant products for home consumption or export.

Wings India 2026: temporary customs procedures, manual manifests, and duty-exempt temporary import rules for exhibition goods.
Temporary customs facilitation at Begumpet Airport for Wings India 2026 requires manual filing of Import/Export General Manifests and aircraft/cargo forms. Foreign aircraft and exhibition goods may be temporarily imported duty-exempt under ATA Carnet or Notification No. 8/2016, with bonds and Bills of Entry required; Notification No. 4/2019 removes the bank guarantee/cash deposit requirement for aircraft. Goods undergo open examination and value appraisal, Out-of-Charge is issued manually before exhibition use, transhipment procedures apply for transfers from ACC/ICD, and re-export and fuel-recording formalities are mandated for bond/guarantee cancellation.

Titanium Dioxide imports: anti-dumping duty collection halted; Chinese-origin shipments no longer subject to ADD immediate.
Directive orders immediate cessation of collection of anti-dumping duty on imports of titanium dioxide originating in or exported from China PR and instructs all customs field formations to stop applying the duty on such consignments with immediate effect, suspending administrative enforcement under Notification No. 12/2025-Customs (ADD).

Public Grievance Officer appointed for Tughlakabad ICD; contact emails, Turant Seva Kendra and facilitation centre details provided.
Appointment of a Public Grievance Officer for the Office of the Principal Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad (Import), naming Sh. Maneesh Nemiwal with designated contact details. A Turant Seva Kendra (TSK) is designated to handle faceless assessment grievances with nodal officer Shri Sumit Mishra and a dedicated TSK email. A Customs Facilitation Centre on the ground floor provides daily posted officer assistance for guidance on customs procedures.

Vessel entry inward and cargo discharge may commence upon Customs e mail authorization after Pilot on Board confirmation.
Entry inward may be granted by Customs on receipt and verification of an agent's e mail request and POB confirmation without waiting for physical boarding. The Boarding Officer shall verify details, grant Entry Inwards in ICES, and communicate by e mail; that e mail constitutes authorization to commence cargo discharge under Section 31 of the Customs Act, 1962. Agents must produce physical supporting documents upon boarding and ensure accuracy of the Entry Inward request form.

Transhipment permission renewal granted for courier cargo movement, subject to customs controls, documentation, sealing, escort, and acknowledgement conditions.
Renewal of transhipment permission is granted to M/s DHL Express (I) Pvt. Ltd. for movement of import goods from the New Courier Terminal, Delhi to specified air cargo ports through M/s Inter Globe Aviation Limited. The permission is extended up to 17.03.2026, subject to the transhipment bond, the applicable customs framework, and detailed conditions on manifested cargo, segregation, sealing, escort, documentation, acknowledgement at destination, and maintenance of records. The arrangement remains conditional on compliance and may be withdrawn at any time.

SWIFT 2.0 centralises PGA NOC processing through digital declarations, document uploads, tracking, payments and integrated import clearance workflows.
SWIFT 2.0 provides a unified digital platform for EXIM clearances involving Partner Government Agencies, enabling submission of NOC data and documents, application tracking, alerts, online fee payments, inspection notifications and digital access to approved NOCs. In its first rollout phase, Animal Quarantine and Certification Services, the Plant Quarantine Management System and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India are integrated. Required data fields and mandatory documents must be accurately declared through the Integrated Declaration in the Bill of Entry or the unified application dashboard where PGA clearance is required.

Voluntary post-clearance revision allows eligible importers to electronically amend Bill of Entry details, subject to declarations and verification.
Section 18A permits an importer or authorised person to electronically seek voluntary revision of Bill of Entry information after customs clearance at the port where duty was paid. Filing requires payment of the prescribed application fee, validation of Bill of Entry and payment details, and a mandatory declaration of eligibility. Revision is barred where specified audits, enforcement proceedings, reassessment or assessment, or notified excluded cases exist. Registered IEC holders may use the ICEGATE webform to amend, supplement or delete permitted Bill of Entry, invoice, item, supporting-document and declaration information, obtain a tracking identifier, and monitor filing status.

Containerized cargo movement at the new terminal follows established import, scanning, rail-transit, and pre-gate export procedures.
Containerized cargo movement at KPD-1(W) applies established customs procedures for imports, exports, DPD/DPE cargo, scan-selected containers, and Nepal-Bhutan movements. Nepal-bound imports move by road to the designated rail yard after RFID sealing and then by rail under ECTS, supported by verified Annexure-I records and the custodian's Import Continuity Bond. Scan-selected containers move to the container scanning division, while shipment-ready export DPE containers may use the pre-gate facility pending a dedicated facility.

First appellate authority designation under the Right to Information Act takes immediate effect for the Customs General office.
Shri Sunil Kumar Gautam, Additional Commissioner of Customs, is designated as the First Appellate Authority under the Right to Information Act, 2005 for the Office of the Commissioner of Customs (General), Air Cargo Complex, Mumbai Customs Zone-III. The designation takes effect immediately and continues until further orders. The authority's jurisdiction covers the Office of the Commissioner of Customs (General), Air Cargo Complex, Mumbai.

SWIFT 2.0 onboarding requires AQCS, PQMS and FSSAI mandatory filing from 01.12.2025 for NOC processing.
SWIFT 2.0 is launched as the single touch point for EXIM procedures and stakeholders must use the upgraded platform for AQCS, PQMS and FSSAI NOC processing; mandatory filing for these three PGAs via SWIFT 2.0 is effective from 01.12.2025 and stakeholders should report any implementation difficulties to the department.

NCLT monitoring team now placed under Legal Cell; NCLT and IBC matters to be handled by ADC(legal cell).
The NCLT Monitoring Team shall function under the Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Customs (Legal Cell), and all NCLT & IBC matters shall henceforth be handled by the Legal Cell (Port) supervised by ADC(legal cell); this revised text supersedes earlier versions of Point (e) of Standing Order No. 05/2025 and related corrigenda and entries in EO No. 74/2025.

Stainless Steel J3 grade CAVR order extended for one year from 29 November 2025 to 28 November 2026.
The Board extends the validity of CAVR Order No. 02/2023-Customs dated 15 November 2023 for Stainless Steel of J3 grade under the specified HS codes for one year with effect from 29 November 2025 until 28 November 2026, made under powers in the Customs Act read with sub rule (2) of rule 10 and rule 5 of the Customs (Assistance in Value Declaration of Identified Imported Goods) Rules, 2023.

Additional CBLR examination limits eligibility to already registered candidates and treats both exams as a single attempt.
Additional CBLR Regulation 6 examination is confined to candidates already shortlisted and registered for the CBLR Examination, 2025, whether or not they appeared earlier. No fresh applications will be invited, and the earlier examination together with the additional examination will count as a single attempt for Regulation 6(4). The test will be a bilingual computer-based examination with the same syllabus, followed by an oral examination for qualifying candidates.

Stuffing (SF) Message implementation lets custodians file container wise export stuffing via ICEGATE, with officer approval retained.
Pan India deployment of the Stuffing (SF) Message under SCMTR, 2018 takes effect 25 November 2025, enabling custodians to file container wise stuffing details via ICEGATE for officer approval at ICD/CFS/SEZ; SF filings will auto populate the officer's stuffing screen and remain editable, while the legacy officer entry method will continue in parallel during phased implementation. Technical guidance and SF error codes are available on ICEGATE.