The Customs Act 2025, which came into effect on Saturday, has added a Blue Lane option for customs clearance, expanding the total lanes to four. Like the Green Lane, it permits release of goods without document or physical inspection, but mandates post-clearance audits—unlike the optional audits under the Green Lane. The Act also introduces the concept of an Authorized Business Person (ABP) to ease trade processes but enforces much stricter punishments. Penalties for undervaluing goods have doubled from 50 percent to 100 percent, while submitting fake documents to evade tax can now incur a fine equal to 200 percent of the revenue loss and up to one year of imprisonment.
