Indian Customs
E168023
Indian Customs is the government authority responsible for regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting customs duties, and enforcing import-export laws across India’s ports and borders.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indian Customs canonical | 3 |
| Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs | 1 |
| Indian Customs EDI System (ICES) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1457087 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Indian Customs Context triple: [Madras Port, hasCustomsOffice, Indian Customs]
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A.
British customs authorities
British customs authorities were the government officials responsible for enforcing customs laws, collecting duties, and regulating trade in Britain.
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B.
French customs authorities
French customs authorities were the state officials responsible for regulating and policing France’s borders and trade, particularly during the Napoleonic era.
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C.
Indian passports
Indian passports are official travel and identity documents issued by the Government of India to its citizens for international travel and consular protection abroad.
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D.
World Customs Organization
The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental body that develops international customs standards and promotes cooperation among national customs administrations to facilitate trade and ensure border security.
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E.
Indian consulates
Indian consulates are official diplomatic missions of India located in foreign cities that provide consular services, promote Indian interests, and support Indian citizens abroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Indian Customs Target entity description: Indian Customs is the government authority responsible for regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting customs duties, and enforcing import-export laws across India’s ports and borders.
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A.
British customs authorities
British customs authorities were the government officials responsible for enforcing customs laws, collecting duties, and regulating trade in Britain.
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B.
French customs authorities
French customs authorities were the state officials responsible for regulating and policing France’s borders and trade, particularly during the Napoleonic era.
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C.
Indian passports
Indian passports are official travel and identity documents issued by the Government of India to its citizens for international travel and consular protection abroad.
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D.
World Customs Organization
The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental body that develops international customs standards and promotes cooperation among national customs administrations to facilitate trade and ensure border security.
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E.
Indian consulates
Indian consulates are official diplomatic missions of India located in foreign cities that provide consular services, promote Indian interests, and support Indian citizens abroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
customs authority
ⓘ
government agency ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Central Bureau of Investigation
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Bureau of Investigation (India)
Directorate General of GST Intelligence (India) ⓘ Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (India) ⓘ World Customs Organization ⓘ World Trade Organization ⓘ
surface form:
World Trade Organization (on trade facilitation matters)
state police forces in India ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| department | Department of Revenue (India) ⓘ |
| enforces |
anti-dumping duties
ⓘ
countervailing duties ⓘ prohibitions and restrictions on certain goods ⓘ rules on export duties ⓘ rules on import duties ⓘ safeguard duties ⓘ |
| goal |
facilitation of legitimate trade
ⓘ
protection of revenue ⓘ protection of society and national security at borders ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Customs field formations at airports
ⓘ
Customs field formations at land customs stations ⓘ Customs field formations at seaports ⓘ Directorate General of Audit (Customs) ⓘ Directorate General of Performance Management (Customs) ⓘ Directorate General of Systems and Data Management (Customs) ⓘ Directorate General of Valuation (Customs) ⓘ |
| implements |
Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programme in India
ⓘ
risk management systems for cargo clearance ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
India
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of India
|
| legalFramework |
Customs Act, 1962 (India)
ⓘ
Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations (India) ⓘ Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (India) ⓘ Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 ⓘ
surface form:
Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (India)
Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (India) ⓘ NDPS Act, 1985 (for narcotics control at borders) ⓘ Indian Wildlife Protection Act ⓘ
surface form:
Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (for wildlife trade control)
|
| parentAgency |
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
ⓘ
Ministry of Finance ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Finance (India)
|
| responsibility |
administration of customs tariffs
ⓘ
border control for goods ⓘ collection of customs duties ⓘ enforcement of export laws ⓘ enforcement of import laws ⓘ implementation of customs classification rules ⓘ implementation of customs policy ⓘ implementation of customs valuation rules ⓘ prevention of smuggling ⓘ regulation of international trade at Indian borders ⓘ trade facilitation ⓘ |
| usesPortal | ICEGATE (Indian Customs Electronic Gateway) ⓘ |
| usesSystem |
Indian Customs
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Customs EDI System (ICES)
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Indian Customs Description of subject: Indian Customs is the government authority responsible for regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting customs duties, and enforcing import-export laws across India’s ports and borders.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Department of Revenue (India)
this entity surface form:
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
this entity surface form:
Indian Customs EDI System (ICES)