I'm planning to enter India with electronics in my luggage.
1) What's the duty-free limit depending on:
- Method of travel (flight, car, train, boat)
- Visa type (tourist, business, family)
- Residency status (resident in India, resident elsewhere)
- Citizenship (e.g. Indian citizen resident in America)
- National origin (Indian, Pakistani, other)
- Type of electronics
- Country of purchase (e.g. an iPad bought in India)
- Age (e.g. children traveling with me)
- Number of people traveling with me (e.g. 5 people carrying 3 laptops)
2) How would the customs employees determine the cost of the items I'm holding? Would it help to repackage the items to make them look used?
3) Is it likely that I would be inspected by customs at the airport?
4) If I do have to pay duty, what amount can I expect to be charged?
Note that this is a broad question based on this meta-travel discussion. Replies should ideally be posted as a community wiki.
