Disposal of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)/Unmanned AerialVehicles (UAV)/Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)/Drones

Last updated: 05 March 2025

Notice Date : 04 March 2025

Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
(Investigation-Customs)
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New Delhi, Dated 04th March, 2025

To,

All Pr. Chief Commissioner/ Chief Commissioner, Customs/ Customs
(Preventive)/ CGST and Customs Zones,
Pr. Commissioner, Directorate of Logistics,
Pr. Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence/ Directorate of
Goods and Service Tax Intelligence,
Webmaster, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.

Madam/Sir,

Subject:- Disposal of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)/Unmanned AerialVehicles (UAV)/Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)/Drones-reg.

Kind attention is invited towards CBIC’s Circular No. 32/2019 dated20.09.2019 amended by Circular No. 05/2024-Customs dated 22.05.2024 on theabove-mentioned subject.

2.In partial modification to the said Circular, the following amendments arebeing made:-
(i)Para 4.b. of the said Circular shall be substituted as follows:
"All the Drones of all the categories shall be transferred to the warehouses ofthe following Customs formations, namely, Chennai (Airport), Delhi (IGIA),Kolkata (Airport), Mumbai (Airport) and Bengaluru (Airport & Air Cargo), whichshall be the focal Commissionerates for stocking, segregation, joint inspectionby all agencies and distribution. For this purpose, all the Customs Zones havebeen mapped to these focal Commissionerates as indicated at Annexure-A

Official copy of the circular has been attached