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India FTA Duty Toolkit

About India FTA Duty Toolkit

India FTA Duty Toolkit is a free set of calculators and guides that help Indian importers and exporters work out the real landed cost, duty savings, and Rules-of-Origin qualification for goods moving on the India–UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). Type in an 8-digit HS code and a value, and the tool shows the standard MFN duty next to the CEPA preferential rate, the rupee difference, and whether your product can legitimately claim the benefit. We cover one corridor deeply rather than every trade lane shallowly.

What the toolkit does

Three calculators do the heavy lifting. The import-duty calculator breaks a shipment into Basic Customs Duty, Social Welfare Surcharge, and IGST so you see each component, not just a total. The landed-cost calculator adds freight, insurance, and assessable-value adjustments to give the all-in cost per unit. The Rules-of-Origin calculator checks whether your goods meet the CEPA origin criteria — regional value content and change-in-tariff-heading tests — that decide if the preferential rate actually applies. Alongside the calculators, our guides explain eCoO 2.0 certificates, how to claim the CEPA benefit at customs, and the origin rules in plain language.

Who it is for

It is built for the people who file the paperwork: importers comparing a UAE supplier against a non-FTA source, exporters checking whether their goods qualify for preferential entry into the UAE, customs brokers sanity-checking a duty figure, and founders pricing a first import. You do not need a tariff subscription or a customs background — the maths is transparent and the rate fields are editable, so you can match the exact 8-digit HS code on your invoice.

Our methodology

Every calculator runs the standard Indian customs arithmetic — Basic Customs Duty, Social Welfare Surcharge, and IGST — and compares the standard MFN rate against the CEPA preferential rate. The calculation runs entirely in your browser; nothing is sent to a server. The most common mistake we see is claiming the CEPA rate without a valid Certificate of Origin, or assuming a product qualifies on origin when it is merely assembled in the UAE from third-country parts — which is exactly what the Rules-of-Origin tool is designed to catch before you file.

Our sources

We build on official, public data:

  • CBIC — customs notifications and tariff changes.
  • DGFT — foreign-trade policy, eCoO 2.0, and Certificate-of-Origin rules.
  • ICEGATE — HS-code lookup and live duty rates.

A note on accuracy

Rates and rules change, and the examples baked into our tools are illustrative starting points, not an authoritative tariff schedule. Always confirm the live rate for your HS code against the official sources above before filing. This site is general information, not legal or customs advice.