IEC Certificate

Overview

An Importer Exporter Code is mandatory to trade across India's borders. No consignment clears customs and no trade remittance is processed by a bank without one.

It is issued by the DGFT against the entity's PAN, covers all products and all ports under a single code, and does not expire. It does have to be updated annually to stay active — a step that is easy to forget and discovered at the worst possible time, with a shipment waiting.

The IEC is also the hook the export incentive schemes hang on, so it needs to be correct from the start. We obtain it, link the bank and business details properly, and keep the annual update in hand.

Why choose this

Benefits of IEC Certificate

• Mandatory to import or export

  No consignment clears customs and no foreign remittance is processed for trade without an IEC.

• Lifetime validity

  The code does not expire, though it must be updated annually to stay active.

• Gateway to export incentives

  Export promotion benefits are linked to the IEC.

• One code, all products

  A single IEC covers the entity across products and ports.

How it works

1. 01

   Entity and bank details confirmed

2. 02

   Documents collected

3. 03

   Application filed with the DGFT

4. 04

   Details verified

5. 05

   IEC handed over

6. 06

   Annual update diarised so it stays active