Export Documentation
Standard Documents for Export Shipments
- Commercial Invoice multiple copies
- Detailed Packing List multiple copies
- Copy of the Letter of Credit, Purchase Order, or Sales Contract
- Relevant correspondence related to the shipment
- Export Declaration form
- GR Form, filled in duplicate and stamped with your company seal
- Freight Certificate, signed and stamped
- Permanent Account Number (PAN) of the exporter
- Importer-Exporter Code (IEC) issued by the relevant licensing authority
- Shipping/forwarding instructions in the prescribed format
- Quota Certificate or E.I.A. Certificate, where applicable
Additional Documents for Exports under DEEC / DEPB Schemes
- Proforma Invoice (two copies)
- DEEC / DEPB passbook or the corresponding application along with the acknowledgment receipt
- Applicable scheme declarations
Additional Documents for Duty Drawback Claims
- Drawback claim copy of the Shipping Bill, signed on the reverse over the revenue stamp with company seal
- Bank account details (name, address, and account number) for crediting the drawback amount
- Drawback serial number
- For shipments through a merchant exporter — the manufacturer’s name and address on the invoice, along with a certificate from the Central Excise Department confirming Modvat credit availed on the goods supplied
Additional Documents for Exports Cleared from Mumbai
- E.D.I. Number allotted by Mumbai Customs — if not already obtained, registration must be completed prior to export
- N-Form and accompanying undertaking, duly signed and stamped
- Any shipment-specific requirements — such as palletisation, fumigation, phytosanitary certification, SGS inspection, or commission details to be declared on the GR — should be communicated at the time documents are submitted
Import Documentation
Documents Typically Required for Import Consignments
- Importer-Exporter Code (IEC) issued by the relevant licensing authority
- Permanent Account Number (PAN) of the importer
- Signed copy of the Commercial Invoice
- Signed copy of the Packing List
- Bill of Lading or Airway Bill
- Insurance policy or cover note
- Import License / CCP along with letter of transfer or authority — where the license is linked to another Bill of Entry, a photocopy may be used for initial processing, though the original is needed before the goods can be released. Alternatively, an OGL declaration citing the applicable appendix/list/serial number, plus Industrial License or SSI Registration Certificate (with English translation if the original isn’t in English)
- Importer’s Declaration and GATT Declaration, signed and stamped
- Certificate of Origin
- Product literature, certificate of analysis, catalogue, or technical write-up
- Purchase Order or Order Confirmation
- No Commission Declaration; for cargo in bags or drums, a packing material declaration per the applicable public notice
- Freight memo with bank freight certificate, when freight is payable in India
- Bank Draft or Letter of Credit
- Original shipping documents duly endorsed to you by your bank, and further endorsed by you in our favor, along with a bank-attested invoice — or alternatively, a letter of authority (three copies) on your letterhead authorizing us to collect the delivery order, together with the bank’s delivery order and attested invoice
Conditional / Case-Specific Documents
- Original DEEC / DEPB documents with the relevant declarations
- Concessional duty certificate issued by DGTD or another sponsoring authority
- Ad hoc exemption certificate, along with the end-use bond
- N-Form and undertaking (for clearance at Mumbai)
When Cargo Is to Be Bonded at a Warehouse
- Double-duty bond
- Transit bond
- Space availability certificate from the warehousing authority
- No Objection Certificate from Customs / Central Excise
- Insurance policy covering the duty amount, in favor of the Commissioner of Customs, for transit from the port to the public bonded warehouse
- A re-warehousing certificate should be obtained from the appropriate authority so the bond can later be cancelled — please confirm in advance whether the shipment is meant for home consumption or bonded storage
- Please also share the name of the transporter handling dispatch after clearance, along with the delivery address