Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has launched mobile app, namely, ‘Indian Customs- Guide to Travellers’.

The mobile App has been developed by Bengaluru Customs to inform international travelers who may, inter-alia, be traders/exporters/importers about Customs Baggage rules. The app is available on Android Play store, Apple Store and Windows Store.

This app serves as a ready reckoner of Customs Baggage Rules, 2016 and entitlements to International passengers. It is user friendly and serves as a useful tool for quick and effective dissemination of information about baggage rules and entitlements and thus serve to clarify doubts and concern of International passengers and also ensure better compliance.

This was stated by Shri Jayant Sinha, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.

Customs baggage rules clarified through mobile app to inform international passengers and improve compliance and entitlements. Central Board of Excise and Customs launched a mobile app developed by Bengaluru Customs to inform international travellers, including traders/exporters/importers, about Customs Baggage Rules, 2016; the app is available on Android Play Store, Apple Store and Windows Store and serves as a ready reckoner of baggage rules and entitlements to promote clarity and compliance.