EXWEx Works
Buyer takes over at the factory gate. Cheapest quote on paper, most work for you — export clearance in India becomes your responsibility.
Resources
Things worth knowing before you order
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Gallery
Products, shipments and factory visits — photographs from our own inspections.
Open galleryProforma Invoice Generator
Build and print a professional PI in the browser. Nothing uploaded, nothing stored.
Open the toolIncoterms 2020 Guide
All eleven terms in plain language, with the ones we actually quote flagged.
Read the guideExport Documents Checklist
Ten documents, what each one proves, and who issues it.
See the checklistFAQ
MOQs, sampling times, payment terms and inspection-only engagements.
Read the FAQ
Guide
Incoterms 2020, in plain language
An Incoterm decides where risk and cost change hands — not who arranges what. Compare quotes on the same term or you are comparing nothing.
We quote EXWFOBCIFDDP
FCAFree Carrier
Seller hands over to your nominated carrier, cleared for export. Useful when you control the freight but not the local leg.
FOBFree on Board
Seller loads on the vessel at the named Indian port. The most common term we quote for ocean shipments.
CFRCost and Freight
Seller pays ocean freight to your port; risk still passes at loading, so insure it yourself.
CIFCost, Insurance and Freight
As CFR plus minimum insurance cover. Common for first-time buyers who want one number to the destination port.
CPT / CIPCarriage Paid To / Carriage and Insurance Paid
Multimodal equivalents of CFR and CIF — used for air and door-to-terminal moves.
DAPDelivered at Place
Seller delivers to your named address, import duty excluded. Good for sample and replenishment air shipments.
DPUDelivered at Place Unloaded
As DAP, with unloading at the seller’s cost and risk.
DDPDelivered Duty Paid
Seller carries everything including import duty. Quote it only when the supplier genuinely understands your customs regime.
Checklist
Export documents, and what each one proves
Proforma invoice
Issued before payment. Sets specification, price, Incoterm, ports, payment terms and validity. Use our generator.
Commercial invoice
The final priced document, matching the PI unless a change was agreed in writing.
Packing list
Carton-level detail: net and gross weight, dimensions, marks and numbers, carton count per line.
Bill of lading / Airway bill
Title document from the carrier. Check consignee, notify party and description against your LC wording.
Certificate of origin
Chamber-issued, or preferential where a trade agreement applies. Required for duty treatment in several of our markets.
Inspection certificate
Our AQL report, or a third-party agency report where your buyer or bank requires one.
Phytosanitary / fumigation
For agricultural goods and wooden packaging (ISPM-15). Arranged at the port of loading.
Lab / test reports
Food, cosmetics, food-contact and medical lines. Batch-linked, issued by NABL-accredited labs.
Insurance certificate
Under CIF and CIP terms; minimum 110% of invoice value is standard.
LC documents set
Where payment is by Letter of Credit, documents are prepared strictly to the credit — discrepancies delay payment, not shipment.
Product-specific certificates — FDA prior notice, CE marking, REACH statements, BIS — are confirmed per order before production starts.
FAQ
Sourcing questions we answer daily
MOQ is set by the factory, not by us. Typical ranges: 5,000 pieces for towels, 2,000 sets for tableware, 5 MT for spices, one FCL for tiles. We tell you the real MOQ before you invest in samples.
Seven to fifteen working days for existing designs; three to five weeks where tooling, a new glaze or a lab dip is involved. Courier adds three to five days.
The buyer pays sample and courier cost, usually adjusted against the first order. Existing stock samples are often free apart from freight.
30% advance by TT with the balance against inspection sign-off and a copy of the bill of lading, or an irrevocable LC at sight for larger orders.
We book with your nominated forwarder, or ours if you do not have one. Freight forwarding is a supporting step in our process — sourcing and quality are the service.
Yes. Inspection-only engagements are quoted per man-day plus travel, with the same AQL report and photo set.
Next step
Still unsure where to start?
Send the product and the market. We will tell you the realistic MOQ, lead time and landed cost band before you commit to anything.