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IMPORT OF PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT AS BAGGAGE

Professional Equipment is permitted to be imported to the following persons to the extent indicated below:
a. Indian Passengers returning after a stay abroad of atleast 3 months : upto a value of Rs. 20000
b. Indian Passengers returning after a stay of atleast 6 months : upto a value of Rs. 40000
For the purposes of baggage rules Professional Equipment means:

Such portable equipment, instruments, apparatus and appliances as are ordinarily required in the profession in which the returning passenger was engaged. This expression includes items used by carpenters, plumbers, welders, masons and the like; This concession is not available for items of common use such as Cameras, Cassette Recorders, Dictaphones, Typewriters, Personal Computers and similar items.