Govt notfies Ultapani-Sarpang route via Saralpara for trade with Bhutan 

CBIC notifies Ultapani LCS route Road from Ultapani via Saralpara via Naharani (SSB Camp) to Sarpang District (Bhutan) by amendment of Principal Notification No. 63/1994-Customs (N.T.) dated 21st November, 1994 which was carried out by Notification No. 71/2024- Customs (N.T.) | Dated: 29th October, 2024.

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued Notification No. 71/2024-Customs (N.T.), dated October 29, 2024, amending the existing Notification No. 63/1994-Customs (N.T.), originally issued on November 21, 1994. This amendment specifically updates trade routes along the India-Bhutan border, facilitating smoother cross-border trade by adding the road route from Ultapani through Saralpara and Naharani (SSB Camp) to Sarpang District in Bhutan. The new route, detailed under serial number 3 of the original notification’s table, aims to strengthen trade links and logistical efficiency between the two countries. This amendment falls under the powers conferred by Section 7, clauses (b) and (c), of the Customs Act, 1962, enabling the CBIC to designate specific routes for land customs operations along India’s borders. The updated route, facilitated through the Saralpara and Naharani checkpoints, will provide an additional entry point for goods moving between India and Bhutan, fostering closer economic collaboration.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
NEW DELHI

Notification No. 71/2024- Customs (N.T.) | Dated: 29th October, 2024

S.O. …… (E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (b) and (c) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 63/1994-Customs (N.T.), dated the 21^st November, 1994, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 830 (E), dated the 21^st November, 1994, namely: –

In the said notification, in the TABLE, against serial number 3 relating to land frontier of Bhutan, against item (3) in column 3 relating to Ultapani, for the corresponding entries in column 4, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:-

(F.No. CBEC- 170554/5/2016-LAND CUSTOM SECTION-CBEC)

(Megha Bansal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.

Note: The principal notification No. 63/1994- Customs (N.T.), dated the 21^st November, 1994 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number S.O. 830(E), dated the 21^st November, 1994 and was last amended vide notification number 66/2023-Customs (N.T.), dated the 14^th September, 2023, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub­section (ii), vide number S.O. 4075 (E), dated the 14^th September, 2023.