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How To Apply For PAN Card For Your Business

How To Apply For PAN Card For Your Business

A PAN Card is mandatory for any individual or organization undertaking business in India. This, naturally, applies to export businesses as well. This quick guide explains why your export business needs a PAN, and the steps for applying and registering for your own export business's PAN.

17 November 2021 7 min read
Choosing the Right Market for your Export Product

Choosing the Right Market for your Export Product

Just as crucial as picking the right product to export is picking the right market to export to. With technology enabling easy access to virtually any market in the world, it is important to choose one's buyer markets carefully, especially when starting out as an exports business. Here are a few guidelines to make this decision easier for you.

17 November 2021 7 min read
How to select the right product to export from India

How to select the right product to export from India

With ever-increasing global demand for a wide variety of goods from all over the world, the opportunities for exports are immense -- as is the competition. Hence, picking the right product to export can be crucial. We break down the process and logic that can help you make this importance decision.

17 November 2021 6 min read
Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) - Regulations, Guidelines & More

Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) - Regulations, Guidelines & More

Since it was drafted in 1999, the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been the legislation guiding the administration of India's foreign trade and forex reserves. We take a look at the Act's salient features and key points.

17 November 2021 9 min read
How To Start Import Export Business In India - The Complete Guide

How To Start Import Export Business In India - The Complete Guide

So you've decided to take the plunge and set up an export business. But what documents will you need? Are there specific laws you will need to abide by? How will you get finance and money for your shipments? Forget all that -- how will you choose what products to export, and which markets to export to? These are some of the most common questions fresh exporters face when entering the world of international trade, and the answers aren't always easy to find. Fortunately, we have a solution, with this step-by-step guide to setting up an export business. Follow the steps laid out here, and we should have your export business up and running in no time. Good luck!

17 November 2021 6 min read
How to Find Buyers For Your Export Business

How to Find Buyers For Your Export Business

Finding buyers for your export business is crucial, to keep your business up and running. However, for a first-time exporter, the process of finding a buyer can often be confusing and daunting. This guide breaks down some of the most useful ways you can search for, and sign on, new buyers for your exports.

17 November 2021 8 min read
Deemed Exports | Meaning, Eligibility, and Benefits

Deemed Exports | Meaning, Eligibility, and Benefits

The objective of the deemed export scheme is to extend the benefits or incentives enjoyed by exporters to suppliers who either contribute to exports indirectly (for example, a supplier who supplies his goods to an export-oriented unit) or suppliers who contribute to specified infrastructure projects.

17 November 2021 5 min read
9 Documents Generated in Post Export Shipment Banking Activities

9 Documents Generated in Post Export Shipment Banking Activities

An export exercise can only reach completion if the exporter has successfully delivered the consignment following the export contract and in exchange received full payment for the goods.

17 November 2021 2 min read