Customs for automotive

Parts, sub-assemblies and complete kits can fall under different HS codes with different duty rates. Getting it right avoids disputes and delays.

Several, including tyres and automotive safety glass. We check each part against current BIS requirements.

Yes. Parts can be stored in a Lozy warehouse and sent out as your line needs them.

Yes. We handle the export paperwork and check whether drawback applies to the duty paid.

One consignment can carry a crate of production kits and a box of individual spares, and they are filed as separate lines with their own classifications and values. The desk notes which parts are urgent for a line and which can wait in storage, so urgency never gets stuck behind volume inside the same file. The plant sees one delivery plan instead of two vendors swapping explanations, and the desk tracks every exception against it.

Rates for neighbouring lines can differ sharply, and on a container of assemblies the swing shows up in the landed cost of a whole project rather than a rounding error. Prevention is the only clean fix: codes are agreed from part drawings and product data before the supplier invoices anything, and anything doubtful is settled with a written rationale attached to the file. That rationale is also what defends the entry if customs asks questions later.

Urgent single spares travel by air through IGI and are released straight to the workshop. Bulk consumables and scheduled replenishment can take the slower ICD route at a lower freight cost. Workshop spares import orders are usually a mix of both, so the desk splits the file at planning stage and keeps the two speeds from fighting each other. The workshop gets its part; the accounts get the cheaper freight. That split is settled when the order is placed, not when the crate reaches the airport.

By the value of what is actually in the box. Each component on the kit list is shown at its own value on the invoice, and customs assesses the consignment against that. A kit list that matches the packing list line for line is the difference between a smooth assessment and a discussion, so the desk reconciles the two before filing. Where a kit is genuinely sold as a single unit, the invoice should say so plainly, and the desk reflects it in the entry.

Usually yes. Tooling and dies carry their own classifications and sometimes their own conditions, separate from the parts they produce, and consumables such as oils and adhesives sit on their own lines too. The desk keeps the three families distinct, which is the sort of housekeeping every customs for automotive industry file quietly depends on. Mixed crates are normal; mixed classifications inside a single invoice line are not.

Each supplier ships its own consignment, but the desk lines them up against the same production plan. Entries are filed per consignment, and the plant receives one shared dispatch schedule instead of tracking five forwarders. Where consolidation would save freight or time, the desk raises it at quote stage rather than after booking. One schedule at the gate is worth a morning of phone calls, and when something slips, the plant hears it from the desk with a revised plan attached.