The Customs Division, Bangalore was formed in January 1979, and is headed by Assistant Commissioner of Customs. Till 1^st August 2010, the Customs Division catered to the administration (both Customs & Excise) of EOU/STP/EHTP units – Total 1633 units. Now, all the EOU/STP/EHTP units stands transferred to the jurisdictional Central Excise Commissionerates in terms of DG (EP) letter F.No.DG(EP)/EOU/120/2007 dated 18-05-2010. At present, Customs Division administers CWC Range & PAD.

CWC RANGE

Customs Division, Bangalore gets revenue mainly from CWC Range which is located in the Ground floor of the Division Office. On receipt of the duty free goods through into bond bill of entry from the port of import, the goods are warehoused in private / public bonded warehouses. Whenever the unit files ex-bond bill of entry seeking clearance of bonded goods the same are assessed to duty and after payment of the duty, pass out is issued to the unit. Based on this pass out the unit gets goods cleared from the respective warehouses. Whenever the unit seeks clearance of goods to EOUs (without payment of duty) the same are attended to similar to export of goods. There are 2 Public bonded warehouses maintained by Central Warehousing Corporation and 53 numbers of Private bonded warehouses.

POSTAL APPRAISING DEPARTMENT

The PAD is the oldest formation in Bangalore Customs Commissionerate dates back to 1970. It is located at the Foreign Post Office, Museum Road, Bangalore and caters to the entire state of Karnataka. For further details, view the webpage relating to PAD under ‘Field Formations.’