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Customs - Board's Circulars31.10.2025

Continuation of online application facility under MOOWR Scheme- hosted on Invest India Portal.

Document Text

Circular No. 27 /2025-Customs F.No:47310212022-LC Govemment of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue (Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs) **** North Block. New Delhi Dated: 3l st October. 2025 To All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs Principal Directors General/Directors General of Customs All Principal Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs Subject: Continuation of online application facility under MOOWR Scheme - hosted on Invest India portal - reg. Reference is invited to Circular No. 19/2025-Customs dated 23.07 .2025 regarding continuation olthe online application facility hosted on Invest India up to 31.10.2025. 2. In continuation of the above working arrangement. it has been decided that the existing online lacility hosted by Invest India shall continue to remain operational up to l5th November. 2025, for receipt of applications under section 58 and section 65 of the Customs Act. 1962. 3. Applications submitted through this portal may continue to be processed by the jurisdictional Principal Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs in accordance with extant legal provisions and instructions. 4. A CBlC-hosted digital module for submission of MOOWR/MOOSWR applications is under final stages oftesting; detailed instructions regarding the timeline and deployment shall be issued separately. 5. under their jurisdiction. Field formations are requested to immediately inform trade and industry associations Hindi version tbllows (Ra S OSD (ICD)

Source: Government of India — Customs - Board's Circulars, dated 31.10.2025. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

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