Import of Samples

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....abroad, to know its characteristics and usage and to assess its marketability in India. Samples include consumer goods, consumer durables, prototypes of engineering goods or even high value equipment, machineries (including agricultural machinery) and their accessories 2. Legal provisions: 2.1 India is a signatory to a 1952 Geneva Convention to facilitate the Importation of commercial samples and advertising materials. The notifications issued in this regard enable duty free import of genuine commercial samples into the country for smooth flow of trade. It is, however, not to be used as a means to avoid paying Customs duty through repeated imports of samples in smaller lots. 2.2 Goods prohibited under Foreign Trade (Development and Regul....

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....ution to different parties in India can also be imported together for convenience of transport, if the packets are clearly marked and addressed to different persons in India. 2.4 A commercial traveller of foreign country is eligible to carry bonafide samples if the value of each of the item is not more than Rs.5,000/- per unit. He is also not required to produce the IEC code at the time of clearance of these goods. The traveller must declare that these goods are meant for securing export order or guidance of exporters, and that the total value does not exceed Rs.3,00,000/- per item during the 12 month period and that he has not imported more than 50 units of the said goods within the last 12 months. He also undertakes that he would not sel....