The Central Excise & Customs Commissionerate is responsible for collection of Union Excise duties on the manufactured goods, service tax on taxable services and Customs duties on goods imported into the country.

These duties form the biggest source of tax revenue for the Central Government and the Central Excise duties form the single largest source of Government revenue.

The Department of Central Excise and Customs comes under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.

The apex body of the Department is the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), which comprises of six members and is headed by the Chairman. Administratively, the entire country is divided into Commissionerate of Central Excise and Customs.

Each Commissionerate has a well defined jurisdiction and is headed by a Commissioner. At present there are 96 Commissionerate of Central Excise and 27 Commissionerate of Customs

Pune being one of the most vibrant industrial cities houses the following offices.

* Chief Commissioner, Customs and Central Excise, Pune.
* The Commissioner, Central Excise, Pune-I Commissionerate.
* The Commissioner , Customs, Pune Commissionerate.