Cricket -Customs Captures Women's World Cup Trophy
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If duty has to be paid on the trophy, what is the value? How do you arrive at the correct value of a trophy, which has unimaginable value for the winner and the cost of making that would hardly be a few thousands?
More than three years ago AR Rahman the Music Maestro flew in to the Chennai airport with an Oscar golden statuette to a tumultuous welcome. I called up the Commissioner of Customs and asked him whether there was any exemption for the Oscar statuette and whether Customs would allow free clearance. The Commissioner told me that the value of the statuette was only one dollar and there was no requirement of any exemption. Rahman was allowed to walk through with the statuette.
No such luck for the Cricket trophy!