How to Find the Right HS Code for Your Product (India Guide)
Your HS code decides your duty rate, which approvals apply and whether an anti-dumping duty bites. Getting it wrong is a misdeclaration, not a typo. Here is how to work it out properly.
Logistics & Trade Insights
Export Customs Clearance in India: The Shipping Bill Process
Exporting is not importing in reverse. The document is a Shipping Bill, the deadline is the vessel cut-off, and missing it costs you a sailing rather than a day of demurrage.
RoDTEP and Duty Drawback: Claiming Indian Export Incentives
Both schemes refund embedded costs on exported goods, and both are decided by what you declare at Shipping Bill stage. Claim them wrong there and the money is usually gone for good.
AEO Certification in India: Is It Worth It for Your Business?
AEO status buys you faster clearance, deferred duty payment and lower bank guarantees. It also takes months of paperwork. Here is the volume at which that trade becomes worth making.
How to Choose a Customs Broker in India: 10 Questions to Ask
Your customs broker signs declarations in your name and your liability survives their mistakes. Price is the easiest thing to compare and the least useful. Here is what to ask instead.
IEC Registration: How to Get an Import Export Code in India
The IEC is the first thing you need before importing anything commercially into India. The application takes an afternoon; the mistake that costs people months is forgetting the annual update.
LCL vs FCL: When Part-Container Shipping Actually Saves Money
LCL looks cheaper until you price the destination charges. There is a volume above which a full container is simply the better buy — and it is lower than most importers expect.
Customs Clearance in India: A Step-by-Step Guide for First-Time Importers
The clearance process looks opaque from the outside, but it is a fixed sequence of eight steps. Here is what happens to your container, in order, and where first-time importers usually lose time.
Understanding Customs Duty in India: BCD, IGST and the Surcharges
Import duty in India is not one number but a stack, and each layer is calculated on a different base. Here is the order of operations, with the arithmetic worked through.
ICEGATE Registration Explained: What Indian Importers and Exporters Need
ICEGATE is the front door to Indian customs. Registration is straightforward, but a handful of avoidable mistakes send applications back — most of them involving the digital signature.
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