Mobile Phones (Commercial) → India

No specific restrictions for personal mobile phones (commercial)

Details

No specific restrictions for personal mobile phones (commercial). In the reverse direction (taking mobile phones (commercial) out of India): restricted — Commercial-quantity mobile phones exported from India requires a commercial export declaration; samples at personal quantities move informally.

Quantity limit

Personal use

Leaving with this item

Commercial-quantity mobile phones exported from India requires a commercial export declaration; samples at personal quantities move informally.

Practical advice

Personal-use single phone clears as routine. Multiple unboxed phones may trigger commercial-intent scrutiny; Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) applies duty + 18% VAT above the personal allowance.

Customs authority

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) · https://www.cbic.gov.in