Lok Sabha Question No. 693 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Reduction of Duty-free Articles
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

UNSTARRED NO. 693 (To be answered on

## LOK SABHA

the February 2020)

## REDUCTION OF DUTY-FREE ARTICLES

693.

SHRI LS. TEJASVI SURYA

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (2) whether the Government is considering a reduction in the limit of duty-free articles, a person can at duty-free stalls at airports, if $0, the details of articles, the concurrent limit and the proposed limit thereof and the reasons therefor; buy
2. () the details of the duty-free standards followed articles-wise in different countries like Indonesia, China; Japan, Korea and Brazil;
3. (b) whether the Government has conducted a study to estimate the potential gain Indian airports can make by the reduction 0f the limit of duty-free purchases and if s0, the details thereof;
4. (d) whether the limit change in India will conform with global standards and if $0, the details thereof; and
5. (e) the yearly turnover recorded at duty-free stores of Indian airports for the last 10 years?

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a): Reduction in the limit of duty-free articles a person can at duty free stalls at airports was oe Of the many suggestions made by the Department of Commerce for consideration in the Union Budget 2020-21. However, presently there is no proposal from buy

- (b): No such has been carried out by Ministry 0f Civil Aviation: study
- ( and (d: As per information received from Department of Commerce details of dutyfree standards followed in different countries is enclosed at Annex; Different countries have different norms for these limits. fixing
- (e): Upto the year 2014-15, Airports Authority of India (AAI) had awarded the license of Duty Free Stores on fixed license fee basis, for which details of turnover are not maintained. Since the year 2015-16, AAI has awarded Duty Free Stores contracts on revenue share basis at 15 airports, in which the concessionaires have recorded an approximate turnover of Rs. 400 crore per year.

## Statement referred to in the reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 693 for answer on 06.02.2020

| Country          | Alcohol (spirits)                       | Alcohol winelbeer)   | Cigarettes                | Cigars         | Tobacco   |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|----------------|-----------|
| Australia        | 2.2SL                                   |                      | 25 (plus an open packet _ | to 25g         | 25g       |
| Cambodia         | 2L                                      |                      | 200                       | 50             | 200g      |
| China            | 1.SL (over 12% ABV)                     |                      | 400                       | 100            | 500g      |
| Hong Kong        | 1L (over 30% ABV)                       |                      | 19                        | 1              | 25g       |
| India            | 2L                                      |                      | 100                       | 25             | 125g      |
| Indonesia        | IL                                      |                      | 200                       | 25             | 100g      |
| Japan            | 3x bottles of 760mL                     |                      | 200                       | 50             | 250g      |
| Laos             | 2L                                      | 2L (wine); SL (beer) | 200                       | 50             | 250g      |
| Macau            | 1L (over 30% ABV)                       |                      | 19                        | 1              | 25g       |
| Malaysia         | 1L                                      |                      | 200                       | Equal to 225g  | 225g      |
| Myanmar          | 2L                                      |                      | 400                       | 50             | 250g      |
| New Zealand      | 3x bottles of 1.125L                    | 4.SL                 | 50                        | Equal to 50g_  | 50g       |
| The Philippines_ | 2x bottles of 1L                        |                      | 400                       | 50             | 250g      |
| Saudi Arabia     |                                         |                      | 200                       | 24             | 500g      |
| Singapore        | IL                                      | 1L                   |                           |                | Og        |
| South Korea      | lx bottle of 1L (not more_than USS4OO)  |                      | 200                       | 50             | 250g      |
| Taiwan           | IL                                      |                      | 200                       | 25             | 450g      |
| Thailand         | 1L                                      | IL                   | 200                       | Equa] to 250g_ | 250g      |
| USA              | 1L                                      |                      | 200                       | 100            |           |
| Vietnam          | 1.5L (over 22% ABV); 2L (below 22% ABV) |                      | 200                       | 100            |           |