Welcome to the Indian Trade Portal

    World trade has expanded rapidly over the past decades. An important factor contributing to the growth in trade has been the periodic rounds of successful multilateral trade negotiations which have led to a considerable reduction in tariffs on goods crossing national borders.

    India has entered into trading agreements with various countries of the world with the objective of boosting its external trade. Foreign Trade Policy of India has always focused on substantially increasing the country's share of global merchandise trade. Accordingly the Government of India has been taking various steps towards boosting its trade with the rest of the world by adopting policies and procedures which would help to increase and facilitate both exports and imports with the other countries of the world. To facilitate and thereby increase external trade activities with the rest of the world, the Department of Commerce, Government of India has developed this web portal.

 Online Services available on the portal

	MFN/Preferential tariff of 87 Countries
	Rules of Origin to get preferential access to targeted markets  under Trade Agreements concluded by India
	Global trade and tender queries
	13000+ Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) measures and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) of 87 markets categorised under - Labelling & packaging requirements, Regulatory standards, Pesticide MRLs, Food Additive, Specific, etc. for every product
	Alerts on SPS-TBT Measures with option for trade and industry to submit their representation
	Search & identify ITC (HS) code of a product. Identify corresponding ITC (HS) code of products in other countries
	Item-wise Goods & Services Tax (GST) rates of India
	Item-wise rates of Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS), Duty Drawback & Interest Equalisation Scheme, Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA), Scheme for Rebate of State and Central taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) Rates
	Item-wise Export and Import Policy conditions of India
	Import statistics of 87 countries and India's contribution in their imports
	Free Business tool to Search, Select and Send business queries to Indian suppliers (data of around 80,000 companies from various industry sectors)
	India’s Export related Acts & Export procedure know how
	Monthly e-bulletins:  i) SPS Focus  ii) TBT Focus provides updates on global SPS and TBT measures. Free subscription
	Frequently Asked Questions on How to Export, Export Promotion Schemes, Banking, Customs, GST, Trade Agreements etc.
	Free SMS (only on India numbers)/E-mail (global) alerts on the updates on portal – Tariff, SPS/TBT matters, Item-wise Export-Import policy conditions of India, GST, MEIS, Duty Drawback, Interest Equalisation Scheme, TMA RoSCTL Rates. Subscription on the portal is free.

* - Chapters 98 & 99 are excluded from the coverage

Region/Country-wise break up of data availability

Trade Agreements Covered

• Agreement on South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA)
• Agreement on SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA)
• Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA)
• Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement Between India and ASEAN (FTA)
• Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement Between India and Singapore
• Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement Between India and Malaysia
• Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement between India and Mauritius
• Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Between India and Japan
• Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Between India and South Korea
• Duty Free Tariff Preference for Least Developed Countries (DFTP)
• Early Harvest Scheme (EHS) Between India and Thailand
• Free Trade agreement Between India and Sri Lanka
• Generalized Systems of Preferences Scheme of Australia for India
• Generalized Systems of Preferences Scheme of Eurasian Economic Union for India
• Generalized Systems of Preferences Scheme of European Union for India
• Generalized Systems of Preferences Scheme of Japan for India
• Generalized Systems of Preferences Scheme of New Zealand for India
• Generalized Systems of Preferences Scheme of Norway for India
• Generalized Systems of Preferences Scheme of Switzerland for India
• Preferential Trade Agreement Between India and Afghanistan
• Preferential Trade Agreement Between India and Chile
• Preferential Trade Agreement Between India and MERCOSUR