The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has merged 31 different exemption and concessional duty notifications into a single consolidated customs notification. The new framework, issued on Saturday through a notification, will come into effect from November 1, 2025.The consolidation, considered a “trade-friendly and transparency-driven measure”, replaces the long-standing Notification No. 50/2017-Customs and 30 other standalone notifications with a unified reference document.

The intent is to eliminate the cumbersome process of referring to multiple notifications, which often causes challenges in interpretation for importers and customs officers alike.

The CBIC said the step would improve clarity, transparency and ease of doing business, aligning with the government’s ongoi

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