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title: "Trade guides: exporting from and importing into India · SSL"
description: "Plain-English, source-cited guides to India's export and import procedure, the IEC, Incoterms 2020, duty drawback and RoDTEP, and the documents checklist."
url: https://safeandsecure.in/global/guides/
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updated: 2026-11-11
lang: en-IN
publisher: Safe & Secure Logistics Private Limited
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# Trade guides

How India's export and import rules work, step by step, with the DGFT, CBIC and ICEGATE sources behind every step.

- [Export and import documents checklist for India Every document an Indian export or import can need, grouped by stage: registrations, commercial documents, transport documents, customs filings, certificates of origin and product certificates, with who issues each and where.](https://safeandsecure.in/global/guides/documents-checklist/)
- [Duty drawback and RoDTEP: which applies and how to claim Two export refunds, often claimed together: duty drawback (All Industry Rate or brand rate) returns customs duty on inputs; RoDTEP returns embedded taxes as transferable e-scrips. Eligibility, rates, how to claim on the shipping bill, and the common reasons claims get stuck.](https://safeandsecure.in/global/guides/duty-drawback-rodtep/)
- [Export procedure from India, step by step How a shipment leaves India legally: IEC and AD code, export policy checks, GST under LUT, the e-way bill, the shipping bill on ICEGATE, Let Export Order, the bill of lading and getting paid.](https://safeandsecure.in/global/guides/export-procedure-india/)
- [Import procedure into India, step by step How goods enter India: IEC, import policy and regulator checks, the import manifest, the bill of entry on ICEGATE, assessment, customs duty (BCD, SWS, IGST), FTA rates under CAROTAR, out-of-charge and delivery.](https://safeandsecure.in/global/guides/import-procedure-india/)
- [Importer-Exporter Code (IEC): what it is and how to get it The IEC is DGFT's licence to import or export from India. Who needs one, how to apply online, the documents, the ₹500 fee, the yearly update due between April and June, and how to modify or reactivate it.](https://safeandsecure.in/global/guides/importer-exporter-code-iec/)
- [Incoterms 2020 for Indian exporters and importers The 11 Incoterms 2020 rules in plain words: where delivery and risk pass, who pays freight and insurance, who clears customs, which rules suit containers, and which leg in India you pay for under each.](https://safeandsecure.in/global/guides/incoterms-2020/)

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