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The Gov­ern­ment has tight­ened cus­toms du­ty con­ces­sions on elec­tric and CNG ve­hi­cles, lim­it­ing who ben­e­fits and by how much, un­der an amend­ment tak­ing ef­fect from Jan­u­ary 1, 2026.

The Cus­toms (Re­mit­tance of Cus­toms Du­ty) (Amend­ment) Or­der, 2025 amends a 2024 or­der and in­tro­duces clear val­ue and en­gine-size caps on ve­hi­cles el­i­gi­ble for du­ty re­lief.

For pri­vate elec­tric ve­hi­cles, both new and used, the or­der now re­stricts con­ces­sions to ve­hi­cles with a C.I.F. val­ue not ex­ceed­ing $400,000. Im­ports above this thresh­old no longer qual­i­fy for the same treat­ment and fall out­side the re­mit­tance frame­work set out in the amend­ed or­der.