Unaccompanied baggage(UBC) Information

The passengers can send their baggage through cargo which is treated as unaccompanied baggage. However, no free allowance is admissible in case of unaccompanied baggage which is chargeable to Customs duty @ 35% ad valorem and only used personal effects can be imported free of duty. The applicable conditions are:

• Provisions of Baggage Rules are also extended to unaccompanied baggage except where they have been specifically excluded.
• The unaccompanied baggage should be in the possession abroad of the passenger and shall be dispatched within one month of his arrival in India or within such further period as the Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Customs may allow.
• The unaccompanied baggage may land in India up to two months before the arrival of the passenger or within such period, not exceeding one year as the Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Customs may allow, for reasons to be recorded, if he is satisfied that the passenger was prevented from arriving in India within the period of two months due to circumstances beyond his control, such as sudden illness of the passenger or a member of his family, or natural calamities or disturbed conditions or disruption of the transport or travel arrangements in the country or countries concerned on any other reasons, which necessitated a change in the travel schedule of the passenger.

Sanjay B Mehta

Assistant Commissioner

9825052571

sanjaybm[dot]g209201[at]gov[dot]in

UB Centre, Air Cargo Complex, Sahar, Andheri East Mumbai 400099

Shivam Chaudhary

P.O.

8826693776

shivam[dot]ch[at]gov[dot]in

UB Centre, Air Cargo Complex, Sahar, Andheri East Mumbai 400099

Alok Agnihotri

Superintendent of Customs

9711460727

aloka[dot]c071801[at]gov[dot]in

UB Centre, Air Cargo Complex, Sahar, Andheri East Mumbai 400099