With the addition of two new
terminals, the number of ports and ICDs allowing new vehicle imports has risen
to 18.
“Mundra port and ICD Garhi
Harsaru are being added to the list of 16 existing ports/ICDs, thereby taking
the total number of ports/ICDs to 18, for importing new vehicles,” the
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has said in a notification.
Garhi Harsaru ICD
is near Gurugram.
The 18 customs ports include
nine sea ports (Nhava Sheva, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Ennore, Cochin,
Kattupalli, APM Terminals Pipavav, Krishnapatnam, Vishakhapatnam, Mundra);
three airports (Mumbai Air Cargo Complex, Delhi Air Cargo, Chennai Airport);
and four ICDs (Talegoan, Pune; Tughlakhabad, Faridabad, Garhi Harsaru).
ICDs, are dry
ports equipped for handling and temporarily storing containerized cargo as well
as empty containers. It helps in providing port
services to hinterland customers closer to their premises.
· Tags : car exports, Chennai, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA), Mumbai