Q573. Customs duty in India on TV taken from abroad by passenger as part of baggage allowance

Q695. Customs duty in India on TV - Duty free allowance India and TV imports

Question: Hi, I want to carry 32 inch television to India,Punjab. I am not sure whether there will be any customs on it. Could you please tell me whether there will be any custom on it. Thanks & Regards, Tilak Raj

Answer: In the past, Television sets could be taken to India as part of a passenger’s duty free allowance. Television sets up to Rupees 35000 usually qualified for duty free import. However, from August 26, 2013 the Government of India decided to impose customs duty on LCD/LED/Plasma television sets brought into India by passengers. The customs duty on television sets taken as part of baggage no longer qualify for any duty free allowance and customs duty has to be paid.

Rate of customs duty in India on TV sets

Passengers importing TV sets to India will now have to pay customs duty 35% plus educational cess tax of 3% making the total duty on television sets to be 36.05 percent.