Visakhapatnam Port has been added to the list of 15 facilities permitted to import new vehicles. A notification to this effect was issued by the Directorate-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) recently.
This takes the total number of ports/airports/lCDs through which import of new vehicles is permitted to 16.
Visakhapatnam thus joins the ports of Nhava Sheva, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Ennore, Cochin, Kattupalli, APM Terminals Pipavav and Krishnapatnam in this regard.
Import of new vehicles is also allowed through Mumbai Air Cargo Complex, Delhi Air Cargo Complex, Chennai Airport as well as through the ICDs Talegaon Pune, Tughlakabad and Faridabad.