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# What documents are needed to ship goods from India to United States?

Short answer

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

No in-force trade agreement with India is listed for United States in our dataset, so check duty with the importer's customs broker. 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**: Washington D.C.

**Currency**: USD

**Time zone in 2026**: UTC-04:00

**Land border with India**: No

**Trade agreement status**: None in force in our dataset

**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/)

Period: 2024. Data as of 29 Sep 2026.

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## On this site

- [United States: country page](https://safeandsecure.in/global/countries/united-states/)
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