Trade Agreements Checker

Claiming a lower duty, in three steps

1. Check the product qualifies. It must meet the agreement's rules of origin: made in India, or changed enough here (a tariff-heading change, a minimum value added, or both).
2. Get the preferential certificate of origin on DGFT's Trade Connect platform, trade.gov.in, before the goods arrive. Some agreements (the UK CETA, the EU FTA once in force) also let you declare origin yourself.
3. Send it to your buyer with the shipping documents, so their customs broker can claim the preference at import.