FotoKrafts
(An
Ex-Software Professionals Enterprise)
Anything
to Declare ??
Welcome to India. Gone are those days when the customs desk had
fire exhaling
monsters. Currently the customs duties are very reasonable and payable
ranging
from
7.5 % to 12.5 %
only.
Customs duty cannot be levied on used goods and personal
articles.
Even if you are carrying some small gift articles there is a duty free
allowance.
If you are carrying a camera and/or lenses and/or other photographic
equipment
please list them in a type-written letter to the customs officer of the
concerned
International Airport in
India.
Your letter must contain your name, residential address, passport number,
country
of origin, telephone number, email
id.
The
letter must be addressed to 'Customs Officer Bangalore International
Airport'
or
whichever other airport you are landing at.
The contents of the letter are as
follows
Dear
Sir/Madam,
I am carrying on self the following used photographic/video equipment for
my personal
use
during my stay in India. I will be carrying them back with me on my return to
..........
The details of the equipment are as
under
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S.No
Description
Body
Serial Quantity
Number
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Cannon EOS-50E 35MM Film
Camera
XYZ098
One
2. Cannon 75-300 MM Zoom
Lens
ABCD12
One
3. Tamrac Camera
Bag
-- Two
4. Halliburton Camera
Box --
One
Please
issue me a signed and stamped receipt on the photocopy of this
letter.
Thanking
you
.......................
No you dont have to declare film on the above list but you will still have to
declare it
at
the customs desk and pay up the customs duty if any
!!
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