The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on March 16, 2026, issued a notification to amend notification no. 21 /2022-Customs (N.T.), dated the March 31, 2022, regarding the appointment of officers (Commissioners, Joint/Deputy/Assistant Commissioners) to specific jurisdictions and duties.
The following amendments have been stated:
• In the TABLE, for serial number 26 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"26. Principal Commissioner of Customs, Vishakhapatnam.
(i)Port of Vishakhapatnam, Gangavaram Port, Visakhapatnam International Airport, Container Freight Station at Bayyavaram Village, Kasimkota Mandal, Vishakhapatnam District, Vishakhapatnam, Special Economic Zone and areas under the Greater Vishakhapatnam Municipal Corporation of Vishakhapatnam in the state of Andhra Pradesh;
(ii)All Inland Container Depots, Airports, Export Oriented Units, Special Economic Zones, and warehouses in the districts of Anakapalli, Alluri Sitharama Raju, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram Manyam and Srikakulam;
(iii)Continental Shelf and Exclusive Economic Zone of India facing the baseline in the State of Andhra Pradesh to which the Customs Act, 1962 has been extended vide Ministry of External Affairs' notification number S.O. 189(E), dated the 7th February, 2002."
[Notification No. 26/2026-Customs (N.T.)]
