Trade & Compliance

A mill can be fully eligible for zero duty under CEPA, ECTA or CETA and still have the buyer pay full tariff — because the origin paperwork was filed wrong, or the wrong certificate was requested.

Zero-duty machinery import in exchange for an export commitment — and a 25% lighter obligation if your mill qualifies as an MSME. Here is what actually needs tracking once the authorisation is issued.

Mismatches between the commercial invoice and packing list are one of the most common reasons shipments get held at customs or LCs get flagged for discrepancy. Here is what each document actually needs.

There’s no India-SACU trade agreement, so the common external tariff applies the same regardless of origin. Here’s what that means for comparing Indian mills against the alternatives.

Duty Drawback refunds duty you already paid. Advance Authorisation means you never pay it. For a mill managing working capital tightly, that difference is worth understanding properly.

There’s no India-Nigeria FTA, so the ECOWAS CET applies the same regardless of origin. Here’s what that means for a real sourcing comparison, and where the actual friction sits instead.

RoDTEP gets most of the attention, but the customs duty you paid on imported dyes, chemicals and machinery spares is a separate, older refund most made-ups exporters under-claim.

Unlike the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have no CEPA-style zero-duty access for Indian goods — shipments pay the standard 5% GCC duty. Here’s why India still competes on landed cost despite that, and how to model it honestly.

Every Indian export journey starts with the same two registrations — the IEC and the GST LUT. Here’s exactly how to get both right the first time, plus the AD Code step most first-time exporters miss.

RoDTEP refunds the embedded taxes GST and duty drawback don’t reach — but the rate is set per HS code, and misclassification is the single biggest reason exporters under- or over-claim. Here’s how the scheme actually works.