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# What documents are needed to ship goods from India to Bangladesh?

Short answer

To ship goods from India to Bangladesh, an exporter needs an Importer-Exporter Code, a shipping bill filed on ICEGATE, a commercial invoice, a packing list and a transport document.

India has South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) in force with Bangladesh, so a preferential certificate of origin may apply. SSL has run occasional loads to the border. Confirm the lane with us before booking. Send the commodity and route to our desk and it will list what your shipment needs.

Period: 2024. Data as of 29 Sep 2026. [How we count](https://safeandsecure.in/facts/)

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## The numbers behind this answer

**Capital**: Dhaka

**Currency**: BDT

**Time zone in 2026**: UTC+06:00

**Land border with India**: Yes

**Trade agreement status**: South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA), from 2006-01-01

**How SSL helps**: SSL has run occasional loads to the border. Confirm the lane with us before booking.

## Sources

1. [DGFT: Importer-Exporter Code](https://www.dgft.gov.in/)
2. [ICEGATE: shipping bill and bill of entry](https://www.icegate.gov.in/)
3. [DGFT certificate of origin platform](https://coo.dgft.gov.in/)
4. [India free trade agreements, source cited in our dataset](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_trade_agreements_of_India)

Period: 2024. Data as of 29 Sep 2026.

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## On this site

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