Global Tax Guru: Mandatory documents required for import of goods into India as per new Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20

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Tuesday, September 08, 2015

Mandatory documents required for import of goods into India as per new Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20

Mandatory documents required for import of goods into India

1. Bill of Lading / Airway Bill / Lorry Receipt / Railway Receipt / Postal Receipt.

2. Commercial Invoice cum Packing List*

3. Bill of Entry

[Note:* (i) As per CBEC Circular No. 01/15-Customs dated 12/01/2015. (ii) Separate Commercial Invoice and Packing List would also be accepted.]

Government of India
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Notification No.08 /2015-2020 New Delhi, 4 th June , 2015

( Source:http://dgft.gov.in/Exim/2000/NOT/NOT15/note-08.15.pdf )

Global Tax Guru

I did my graduation from IIT Delhi ,Post Graduate Diploma in Supply Chain and Logistics from LIBA Chennai and LLB from CCSU,Meerut.Worked five years in the BHEL then fifteen years in the Customs department.Currently practicing as Indirect Tax Consultant.