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Address:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Custom House,<\/p>\n

Willingdon Island,<\/p>\n

Cochin,<\/p>\n

Kerala –\u00a0682 009<\/p>\n

Tele Phone no.: <\/strong>+91 484 2666422
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email: <\/strong>helpcentre@cochincustoms.gov.in<\/p>\n

Website: <\/strong>www.cochincustoms.nic.in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Address: Custom House, Willingdon Island, Cochin, Kerala –\u00a0682 009 Tele Phone no.: +91 484 2666422 Email: helpcentre@cochincustoms.gov.in Website: www.cochincustoms.nic.in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4713],"tags":[11235,11234,11236,45272,11238,11237,11233,11232],"class_list":["post-5388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-state-government-departments","tag-address-of-custom-house-cochin","tag-custom-house-cochin","tag-email-of-custom-house-cochin","tag-kerala","tag-phone-no-of-custom-house-cochin","tag-website-of-custom-house-cochin","tag-what-is-custom-house-cochin","tag-what-is-the-custom-house-cochin"],"yoast_head":"\nCustom House Cochin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Custom House Cochin The Customs work in Cochin Port has been in existence for over one and half century. 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