About Us

In the North East, Customs was born on 1st April 1947 at Shillong with its twin sister Central Excise under the additional charge of Collector, Calcutta . In 1948, the independent functioning of the Customs & Central Excise Collectorate started with posting of a Deputy Collector in Shillong and in 1951 it grew up to a full-fledged Collectorate with the posting of a Collector.

However, with an increase in the scope of Customs work, a separate Collectorate of Customs (Preventive), North Eastern Region was carved out of this Collectorate of Customs and Central Excise, in September 1993 with its headquarter at Shillong.