Export from India
VDG exports goods from India to your country under its own IEC, from enquiry to loading at the Indian port.
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Importing from India: a guide for buyers
What overseas importers need to know when buying from India: documents you receive, duties at your end, and how we work with your customs broker.
Available for buyers in every country we can ship to
What this covers.
- What you receive with every shipment
- Using India’s FTAs to lower your import duty
- Working with your customs broker
- Product registrations in your country
Key facts
- Your side
- Import licence or registration, customs broker, duties and local taxes
- Our side
- Goods, export clearance, documents, loading
- Origin
- Preferential certificate of origin where your country has a trade agreement with India
Who buys this from us.
- First-time importers
- Established importers adding India as a source
Buying for export? Tell us the destination and the documents your customs broker needs. Buying within India? Add your GSTIN for a GST invoice.
Documents for export
- 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
Enquire about Importing from India: a guide for buyers
Tell us what you need and where it should go. Our team replies within one working day with the specification, minimum quantity and a quotation.
Enquiry for Importing from India: a guide for buyers
- TodayYou get an email with your reference number.
- Within one working dayA VDG manager replies with specification, minimum quantity and next steps.
- Before you commitSamples, documents and a written quotation. No prices are ever fixed without you.
VDG Ashvi B2B holds an Importer-Exporter Code (IEC) and an FSSAI licence. Your details are used only to answer this enquiry.
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