Solved before your shipment lands — never after it's stuck in a yard.
PGA holds are the most common avoidable cost in Indian customs. A BIS R-number that doesn't cover the model variant, an FSSAI label that's missing the importer address, a WPC ETA that hasn't been applied for — each one parks your container at the dock, accruing demurrage, while you wait for paperwork that should have been done six weeks earlier.
15-minute call to map your import profile, commodities and ports.
Pre-shipment classification, duty estimate and PGA mapping.
Filing, coordination, query response, payment, release.
Out-of-charge, last-mile, document archive.
Records held for SVB, post-clearance audit and CBIC scrutiny.
Container is held at the bonded yard. You can apply for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for re-export, or wait for BIS clearance — but demurrage and ground rent accrue daily. Best avoided by applying for the R-number 6–10 weeks before shipment.
Only items covered under the CRS (Compulsory Registration Scheme) notifications — but the CRS list has expanded considerably and now includes most consumer electronics, IT hardware, lithium-ion cells, and many components. We screen against the current CRS schedule.
Fresh application: 30–60 days realistically, faster with clean documentation. Modification or renewal: 15–30 days. ReFoM (registration of foods imported under modified terms) sits within the same FoSCoS workflow.
Tell us the commodity, the origin port and the destination ICD — we'll come back with a duty estimate and clearance plan.
