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

Short answer

To ship goods from India to China, 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 Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) in force with China, so a preferential certificate of origin may apply. SSL moves your cargo by road to and from India's ports. Ask us about the international leg. 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**: Beijing

**Currency**: CNY

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

**Land border with India**: Yes

**Trade agreement status**: Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA), from 2006-09-01

**How SSL helps**: SSL moves your cargo by road to and from India's ports. Ask us about the international leg.

## 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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