RE-EXPORT IN BOND · FTWZ · TRANSSHIPMENT · MERCHANTING

India as your duty-free trading hub.

Import from one country, hold the goods in an Indian customs-bonded warehouse or FTWZ, and re-export to a buyer in another country without paying Indian import duty. It's specialised, paperwork-heavy work, and very few forwarders in India run it end to end. We do.

In from overseas Held in bond, duty-free Out to a third country

Zero Indian duty Goods re-exported from bond don’t pay Indian import duty.

Sell in lots Hold one big shipment and release it as buyer orders arrive.

Closer to buyers India is a short sea or air hop from East Africa, the Gulf and South Asia.

Add value Repack, relabel and split under customs supervision before re-export.

HOW IT MOVES

Import. Hold in bond. Re-export.

Cargo lands in India from anywhere, waits in a customs-bonded warehouse without paying Indian duty, then ships out to a buyer in another country. We file every step, from the into-bond bill of entry to the re-export shipping bill.

Example routes. We bring cargo in from, and re-export it to, ports all over the world.

ROUTE EXPLORER

Four ways to trade through India.

Customs bonded warehouse

Goods are imported on an into-bond bill of entry and deposited in a public or private bonded warehouse without paying duty. When the buyer is ready, they are cleared for export under Section 69 of the Customs Act, and no Indian import duty is charged.

BEST FOR

Traders who need to hold stock close to buyers in Africa, the Gulf or South Asia, and sell it in lots.

LEGAL BASIS

Customs Act 1962: Sections 57/58 (warehouses), 59 (warehousing bond), 69 (export of warehoused goods)

KEY DOCUMENTS

✓ Into-bond bill of entry

✓ Warehousing bond

✓ Shipping bill for warehoused goods (ex-bond)

✓ Commercial invoice & packing list

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General guidance only. Warehousing periods, permitted operations and documentation are confirmed case by case against current CBIC rules.

FROM OUR FILES

One export. Eight journeys.

A steel tube mill for West Africa combined Indian manufacturing with specialised components from seven countries. We set up a customs bonded warehouse inside the port, consolidated every component there and exported it as one complete machine.

On the right: how a typical lot-by-lot re-export runs.

Day 0 Container ships from Shanghai to Nhava Sheva. YAM files the into-bond bill of entry.

Day 21 Arrives and is deposited in a bonded warehouse. No duty is paid.

Day 35 First buyer confirms. One-third is re-exported to Mombasa under Section 69.

Day 60 Second lot is relabelled for the buyer and shipped.

Day 80 Final lot is shipped and the bond is closed. Total Indian import duty: ₹0.

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