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Customs Information
India
FOREIGN OR INDIAN NATIONALS, INCLUDING NON-RESIDENT INDIANS, TRANSFERRING RESIDENCE TO INDIA ARE ALLOWED TO IMPORT THEIR HOUSEHOLD AND PERSONAL EFFECTS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:-
* OWNER MUST HAVE LIVED OVERSEAS FOR ATLEAST TWO YEARS AND BE
TRANSFERRING RESIDENCE TO INDIA FOR ATLEAST ONE YEAR. FOREIGN
NATIONALS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A ONE YEAR VISA.
* AIR FREIGHT SHIPMENT MUST BE SHIPPED WITHIN 15 DAYS AND SEA FREIGHT
WITHIN 30 DAYS OF OWNER'S ARRIVAL INTO INDIA . ( IF THERE IS A DELAY IN
SHIPMENT, SPECIAL CONDONATION OF DELAY CAN BE OBTAINED BY US ).
* OWNER MUST HAVE ARRIVED INTO INDIA BEFORE CUSTOMS CLEARANCE
CAN BE COMPLETED.
ITEMS ALLOWED DUTY FREE :-
ALL OLD & USED HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL EFFECTS, INCLUDING FURNITURE, KITCHENWARE & SMALL KITCHEN APPLIANCES, GLASSWARE, CARPETS, AND OTHER NORMAL HOUSEHOLD ITEMS ARE ALLOWED DUTY FREE, PROVIDED THEY HAVE BEEN IN OWNER'S POSSESSION AND USE FOR ATLEAST ONE YEAR. HOWEVER, MAJOR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND ELECTRONIC ITEMS, WHETHER OLD OR NEW, ARE NOT ALLOWED DUTY FREE.
| Transportation |
India |
| Railways: |
total: 63,230 km (16,693 km electrified)
broad gauge: 45,718 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 14,406 km 1.000-m gauge; 3,106 km 0.762-m gauge and 0.610-m gauge (2004) |
| Highways: |
total: 2,525,989 km
paved: 1,448,655 km
unpaved: 1,077,334 km (1999) |
| Waterways: |
14,500 km
note: 5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for mechanized vessels (2004) |
| Pipelines: |
gas 6,171 km; liquid petroleum gas 1,195 km; oil 5,613 km; refined products 5,567 km (2004) |
| Ports and Harbors: |
Chennai, Haldia, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata ( Calcutta ), Mumbai ( Bombay ), New Mangalore, Vishakhapatnam |
| Merchant Marine: |
total: 299 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 6,555,507 GRT/11,069,791 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 85, cargo 75, chemical tanker 13, combination ore/oil 1, container 7, liquefied gas 14, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 9, petroleum tanker 91, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 10 (Australia 1, China 1, Greece 1, UAE 6, United Kingdom 1)
registered in other countries: 30 (2005) |
| Airports: |
333 (2004 est.) |
Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 234
over 3,047 m: 14
2,438 to 3,047 m: 47
1,524 to 2,437 m: 78
914 to 1,523 m: 74
under 914 m: 21 (2004 est.) |
Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 99
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 42
under 914 m: 45 (2004 est.) |
| Heliports: |
20 (2004 est.) |
| Geography |
India |
| Location: |
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan |
| Geographic Coordinates: |
20 00 N, 77 00 E |
| Map References: |
Asia |
| Area: |
total: 3,287,590 sq km
land: 2,973,190 sq km
water: 314,400 sq km |
| Area Comparative: |
slightly more than one-third the size of the US |
| Land Boundaries: |
total: 14,103 km
border countries: Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km |
| Coastline: |
7,000 km |
| Maritime Claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
| Climate: |
varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north |
| Terrain: |
upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north |
| Elevation Extremes: |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m |
| Natural Resources: |
coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land |
| Land Use: |
arable land: 54.4%
permanent crops: 2.74%
other: 42.86% (2001) |
| Irrigated Land: |
590,000 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural Hazards: |
droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes |
| Environment - current issues: |
deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; huge and growing population is overstraining natural resources |
| Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography - Note: |
dominates South Asian subcontinent; near important Indian Ocean trade routes |
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