Bring Duty-Free into India

Butthead · Sep 30th, 2004, 15:30

Is there a limit on the amount of Duty-free goods you can bring into India. Im talking mainly bottles of spirits here, and probably some chocolate to hand out to the children in the street (is this acceptable by the way??). I know that there is a limit on the amount of duty-free a person can purchase, but i will be able to shop in 2 different duty-free's before landing in India.

Alan D · Sep 30th, 2004, 16:08

I think the legal limit is one bottle of spirits and one bottle of wine per person. Then you can walk through the green channel with confidence. More than that attracts a high rate of duty, if declared.

I doubt if anyone would be interested in how many chocolate bars you are carrying.

So far we've never had our luggage searched at Delhi but we have only ever had one bottle of wine for a friend.

oldhippie · Sep 30th, 2004, 16:15

>>some chocolate to hand out to the children in the street <<
Why don't you buy them local Indian candy instead?

As for limits on booze..I think it is One Litre per passenger. I usually carry a couple of bottles of stuff with no problems. I did get stopped last month in Mumbai with 3 bottles but I let the customs have a bottle and they let me take the other two through. The worst they can do is tax you or you can toss the bottle/s in the trash.

Bill

hobbes · Oct 1st, 2004, 08:45

Alan is somewhat right - rule is actually 1 litre of whisky and 1 non whisky so could be wine, vodka, gin, whatever. Re chocolates - a great thing to hand out is biscuts. Bear in mind that the audience i.e. homeless street children do not have access to fridges so chocs are highly perishable and have to be eaten on the spot. U will probably be best off buying packets of biscuits in India in every city u visit and then handing them out.

eater · Oct 1st, 2004, 09:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butthead

.. and probably some chocolate to hand out to the children in the street (is this acceptable by the way??). ......

I posed this question before, one idea suggested was take some
t-shirts .............

Alan D · Oct 1st, 2004, 14:26

The Government of India, Central Board of Excise and Customs website clearly states that the allowance is one liter of spirits and one liter of wine per person for tourists entering India.

http://www.cbec.gov.in/cae/customs/i...s/tourists.htm

However I'm quite prepared to believe that there may be a certain amount of "flexibility" at the point of entry into India

Sep 30th, 2004, 15:30	#1
Butthead Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 50	Bring Duty-Free into India Is there a limit on the amount of Duty-free goods you can bring into India. Im talking mainly bottles of spirits here, and probably some chocolate to hand out to the children in the street (is this acceptable by the way??). I know that there is a limit on the amount of duty-free a person can purchase, but i will be able to shop in 2 different duty-free's before landing in India.

Sep 30th, 2004, 16:15	#3
oldhippie Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 413	>>some chocolate to hand out to the children in the street << Why don't you buy them local Indian candy instead? As for limits on booze..I think it is One Litre per passenger. I usually carry a couple of bottles of stuff with no problems. I did get stopped last month in Mumbai with 3 bottles but I let the customs have a bottle and they let me take the other two through. The worst they can do is tax you or you can toss the bottle/s in the trash. Bill __________________ Too Many Gandus, Too Few Bullets.

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Sep 30th, 2004, 16:08	#2
Alan D Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Southampton UK Posts: 1,869	I think the legal limit is one bottle of spirits and one bottle of wine per person. Then you can walk through the green channel with confidence. More than that attracts a high rate of duty, if declared. I doubt if anyone would be interested in how many chocolate bars you are carrying. So far we've never had our luggage searched at Delhi but we have only ever had one bottle of wine for a friend.

Oct 1st, 2004, 08:45	#4
hobbes Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: hong kong Posts: 45	Alan is somewhat right - rule is actually 1 litre of whisky and 1 non whisky so could be wine, vodka, gin, whatever. Re chocolates - a great thing to hand out is biscuts. Bear in mind that the audience i.e. homeless street children do not have access to fridges so chocs are highly perishable and have to be eaten on the spot. U will probably be best off buying packets of biscuits in India in every city u visit and then handing them out.

Oct 1st, 2004, 14:26	#6
Alan D Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Southampton UK Posts: 1,869	The Government of India, Central Board of Excise and Customs website clearly states that the allowance is one liter of spirits and one liter of wine per person for tourists entering India. http://www.cbec.gov.in/cae/customs/i...s/tourists.htm However I'm quite prepared to believe that there may be a certain amount of "flexibility" at the point of entry into India

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