India all-rounder Hardik Pandya on November 16 dismissed reports of custom officials at Mumbai airport seizing his luxury watches, saying that only one watch worth ₹1.5 crore had been taken for “proper valuation” after he “voluntarily declared” the items brought by him.

The out-of-favour India all-rounder, who was returning from Dubai after an ordinary outing in the T20 World Cup, which led to his omission from the squad for the T20 series against New Zealand, refuted reports that claimed that the two wrist watches worth ₹5 crore were seized from him by the customs department.

There are certain rules for importing goods that you need to know. Even if you are not going abroad, your relatives, friends, etc. are going. This can be beneficial at any time with information.

Any goods imported from abroad must be reported to the customs department officials. The price of the goods, information related to the purchase has to be given to the customs department.

If imported goods are available in India, then its price here is also compared with the price of imported goods.

There are different rules for importing goods from any country to India. While customs duty is cheaper for many countries, green and red channels are also created at airports.

Most Indians buy gold from Dubai. In such cases, exemption in custom duty is given here. There are various charges for gold jewellery, with more being charged for bringing gold in the form of biscuits.

Anyone coming from abroad has to fill up a form, if you are bringing any goods for which no charge is levied, then the goods can be removed from the green-channel. But the goods of duty have to be removed from the red channel.

You may be penalized if you do not pay customs duty on any item. Punishment is also provided in some cases.