Campbell Bay and Car Nicobar notified as customs ports for imports and exports: Notification 76/2026-Customs (N.T.)

What has been notified

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has issued Notification No. 76/2026-Customs (N.T.) dated 23 September 2026, published in the Gazette as S.O. 5235(E). It adds two places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the list of customs ports: Campbell Bay and Car Nicobar.

The notification is issued under clause (a) of section 7(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 — the provision under which the Board appoints ports for the unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods.

The amendment

The change is made in Notification No. 62/1994-Customs (N.T.) dated 21 November 1994 (S.O. 829(E)). In the Table to that notification, against serial number 1 relating to the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar, two items are inserted after item (3):

With this, the entry for the Union Territory has five items instead of three. The purpose is worded widely: both ports are open for imports and exports alike, and the notification does not restrict them to a particular class of goods.

Where this notification sits

Notification No. 62/1994-Customs (N.T.) is the principal notification, whose Table lists the ports appointed under section 7 and the purpose of each. It was last amended by Notification No. 66/2026-Customs (N.T.) dated 20 July 2026 (S.O. 3961(E)). The present notification is issued from F. No. CBIC-50394/44/2023.

The notification does not set a separate date of commencement, and it does not deal with the appointment of a custodian, landing places or the customs formation that will have charge of the two ports.

What importers, exporters and shipping lines should note

• Campbell Bay and Car Nicobar are now ports appointed under section 7(1)(a) for unloading imported goods and loading export goods.
• The appointment covers imports and exports of all goods, or any class of them.
• Operational details — custodian, landing places, the customs formation in charge — are not in this notification, so confirm them before planning a shipment through either port.