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

Short answer

To ship goods from India to Bhutan, 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 India-Bhutan Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit in force with Bhutan, so a preferential certificate of origin may apply. 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**: Thimphu

**Currency**: BTN

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

**Land border with India**: Yes

**Trade agreement status**: South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and India-Bhutan Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit, from 2006-01-01

**How SSL helps**: SSL runs full truckloads into this country by road (volume in the FY2025-26 booking register). Border customs is handled by the shipper's customs broker.

## 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

- [Bhutan: country page](https://safeandsecure.in/global/countries/bhutan/)
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