DDT 99 - 21 04 2005 - Appointment of ports – Muldwarka. What about Vizag?
So, as per the law, imported goods cannot be unloaded at Visakhapatnam and imported goods other than Petroleum products cannot be unloaded at Kakinada. But I have personal knowledge that imported goods are being unloaded at both these ports for any number of years. There are a lot of illegal imports going on in Vizag and Kakinada as they are not really recognised ports and this is going on for ages!
DDT 171 - 03 08 2005
DDT has pointed out several times that in the notification, Vizag is notified as a port only for loading of export goods but NOT for import of goods, but the Vizag Customs earns nearly a thousand Crores from Revenue on import of goods, which is totally illegal as per the notification. We hope one day the Government will rectify this defect.