The Ministry of Finance has issued Notification No. 37/2025-Customs, dated September 17, 2025, amending its earlier Notification No. 50/2019-Customs, which was originally issued on July 6, 2019.
The latest amendment, set to come into effect from September 22, 2025, expands the list of goods eligible for customs duty exemption or concession.
Under the amendment, new serial numbers 24 to 41 have been added to the existing table, covering a broad spectrum of defence-related items.
These newly included goods comprise military aircraft, unmanned underwater vessels, communication devices, ejection seats for fighter jets, as well as various parts, components, and accessories used in weapons and defence systems.
“In the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 37/2025-Customs, dated the 17th September, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 644(E), dated the 17th September, 2025, at page 4,- in line 31, in column (3), for ‘aircrafts, missiles, etc.’ read ‘aircrafts, etc.’,” the notification read.
Notification Details
Notification No. CBIC-190341/188/2025-TRU
Date: 09/09/2025
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