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What documents are needed to ship goods from India to United Arab Emirates?
Short answer
To ship goods from India to United Arab Emirates, 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 India-UAE CEPA in force with United Arab Emirates, 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.
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The numbers behind this answer
- Capital
- Abu Dhabi
- Currency
- AED
- Time zone in 2026
- UTC+04:00
- Land border with India
- No
- Trade agreement status
- India-UAE CEPA, from 2022-05-01
- How SSL helps
- SSL moves your cargo by road to and from India's ports. Ask us about the international leg.
Sources
- DGFT: Importer-Exporter Code
- ICEGATE: shipping bill and bill of entry
- DGFT certificate of origin platform
- India free trade agreements, source cited in our dataset
Period: 2024. Data as of 29 Sep 2026.
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