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Import from India,
without the guesswork.

For overseas buyers: we source the goods, check them, handle Indian export paperwork and ship them to your port.

Why buyers source from India.

India makes almost everything at scale: it is one of the world’s largest producers of garments, cotton, rice, spices, generic medicines and two-wheelers, and electronics is its fastest-growing export.

India also has trade agreements with a growing list of partners, including the UAE, Australia, Japan, South Korea and the ASEAN countries. Where one applies to your country, a preferential certificate of origin can lower the duty you pay.

What VDG handles

Sourcing across all 19 product categories, consolidated into one shipment
Export documentation under VDG’s own IEC
Pre-shipment inspection by our team or a third party of your choice
FOB and CIF terms; other Incoterms by agreement
Payment by LC at sight or TT advance
Private label and market-specific labelling

Six steps to your first shipment.

Check your side
Confirm your import licence or registration, the duty on the product, and any product approval your country requires.
Send your requirement
Product, quantity, destination port and the documents your customs broker will ask for.
Approve sample and quotation
A sample of the real product and a written FOB or CIF quotation.
Arrange payment
Open an LC or pay the agreed advance by bank transfer.
We produce and ship
Production, inspection, export clearance and loading, with photos before dispatch.
You clear customs
Your broker clears the goods with the documents we send, and they are yours.

What stays on your side.

Your import licence or importer registration in your country
Import duty and local taxes at your end
A customs broker or clearing agent at the destination port
Product registrations your country requires (for example for medicines, food or agrochemicals)

Not sure what applies? Tell us your country and product in the enquiry and we will point out what to check before you order.

Documents you receive

Proforma invoice and sales contract
Commercial invoice and packing list
Certificate of origin (preferential under India’s FTAs where eligible)
Bill of lading or airway bill
Insurance certificate (CIF shipments)
Product documents: phytosanitary, health, COA, test reports, as the product and destination require