Import of Consumer Electronic Items for Personal Use thru Post Enhanced to Rs. 50,000 from 20,000 – DGFT Amends FT(D&R) Act, 1992

[DGFT Notification No. 22 dated 12^th August 2016]

Effect of the notification: C.I.F. value of import of consumer electronic items at any one time by any person through post or otherwise for personal use is enhanced to Rs. 50,000.

In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, the Central Government hereby amends Clause 3(1)(i)(h) of Foreign Trade (Exemption from application of Rules in certain cases) order, 1993 as under:

Existing provision	Amended provision
Consumer electronic items (except hearing aids and life-saving equipments, apparatus and appliances and parts thereof): Provided that the c.i.f. value of goods imported as aforesaid at any one time shall not exceed rupees two thousand	Consumer electronic items (except hearing aids and life-saving equipments, apparatus and appliances and parts thereof): Provided that the c.i.f. value of goods imported as aforesaid at any one time shall not exceed rupees fifty thousand