Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) shipping
Pickup to doorstep with duties and taxes already settled. Your customer receives the goods, with no customs forms and nothing to pay at delivery.
- Across our network
- 227+ Warehouses
- Under management
- 75,348.1 Lakh+ Sq. Ft. Live Space
- Customs to storage
- One team
Short answer
What is DDP shipping?
DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) is an Incoterms 2020 rule where the seller takes on all costs and risks up to delivery, including import duties and taxes. With Lozy’s DDP service, we manage pickup, freight, customs clearance, duty payment and final delivery for one agreed price.
What’s included
One price covers the whole journey, duties included.
Pickup and freight
Collection at origin and the international leg by air or sea.
Import clearance
Filing, assessment and release at the Indian port or airport.
Duties and taxes paid
Import duty and IGST settled before delivery and itemised in your quote.
An importer when you need one
If the receiver can’t be the importer, our Importer of Record service fills the gap.
Final delivery
To the door: an office, a store, a site or a Lozy warehouse.
Proof of delivery
Signed delivery records and customs documents shared when the job closes.
DDP into Delhi NCR, door by door
Most DDP runs clear at the NCR ICDs or IGI Airport and deliver across Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad with nothing to pay at the door.
Duties and taxes are settled before delivery, so your customer sees a driver, not a customs bill.
What DDP includes on our side
Four things ride with the shipment when the Lozy customs desk runs it, and the buyer sees none of them separately. All of it sits inside the single figure you quote your buyer.
Duty and taxes settled at the border
Import duty and IGST on the Bill of Entry are paid at the port or ICD before delivery is attempted. The amounts follow the HS code, the value customs accepts and the rate in force, and they reach you as settled line items rather than a lumped handling figure.
Clearance handled under one file
Filing, assessment, examination if customs calls for one, and Out of Charge all sit with the desk. The Bill of Entry travels in the name of the importer we appoint for the job, so receiving goods does not ask you to sign declarations or hold an IEC.
Door delivery, planned properly
The last leg runs by road to the address on the quote — an office in Nehru Place, a shop in Karol Bagh, a workshop in Faridabad. Where access is tight, the vehicle and the unloading are planned before the truck is booked, not argued about at the gate.
One price the buyer sees
Your customer meets a driver, not a duty demand. No clearance invoice lands a week later either; the accounting between duty, freight and fees stays with you and the desk. That single settled figure is the whole point of a delivered duty paid sale.
Reading a DDP price
A DDP shipping price into India is a stack of costs, and it helps to know the order they sit in. Duty and IGST follow from the HS code and the value customs accepts. The freight leg and the mode shape the middle of the number, and clearance with final delivery closes it. When a quote comes in unusually low, look for a thinner duty assumption or a longer exclusions list — it is rarely a cheaper journey.
Duty and IGST
Both are paid at clearance, and both depend on classification, valuation and any exemption the goods qualify for. The desk shows them as line items on the quote and again on the closing statement, so the number you approved is the number you can audit.
Freight and mode
Air prices largely by chargeable weight and lands at IGI Airport; sea trades time for a lower rate and adds an inland haul to an NCR ICD. What your supplier sold on — Ex Works, FOB or CIF — decides how much of this leg already sits inside the price you paid for the goods.
Clearance and terminal charges
Terminal handling, ICD or CFS charges, examination expenses when a container is opened, and the desk’s own fee. These are modest against duty, but they move with the gateway and with how smoothly assessment runs.
Delivery and site access
A distribution centre off NH-48 unloads quickly; a first-floor office without a lift takes a smaller vehicle and a hand-cart. Tell the desk what the address needs when you ask for the price, and the delivery line reflects it.
Ask what the price leaves out before comparing two quotes. Demurrage, detention, storage past the free window and re-consignment are the usual extras a DDP price can quietly exclude.
When DDP is not the right answer
DDP shipping India suits tidy commercial flows: ordinary goods, a settled HS code, a buyer at a known address. Around the edges it gets awkward. Restricted, hazardous or licence-holding cargo rarely belongs in a delivered duty paid promise, and personal effects almost never do. Returns need their own plan as well, since goods that have crossed the border and paid duty travel back as an export with a re-export or drawback file attached.
DDP vs DAP is really a question about who owns the customs relationship. Buyers who import regularly often want the Bill of Entry, and the input credit that comes with it, in their own name — for them, DAP is the sharper arrangement. Put the DDP vs DAP question on the table when you ask for a quote, and the desk will price both versions side by side. Where DDP does fit, the number you agree is the number that lands — that is the quiet promise of the service.
How it works
Five steps from pickup to proof of delivery.
Quote
Share origin, destination, goods and values. Get one DDP price.
Pickup
Goods collected and booked on the international leg.
Clear
Import filing, assessment and duty payment in India.
Deliver
Final delivery to the address you name.
Close
Proof of delivery and documents sent to you.
What you’ll need
Keep these ready and clearance moves faster.
Missing something? Send what you have and we’ll tell you what’s needed.
- Commercial invoice
- Packing list
- Pickup and delivery addresses
- HS codes or clear product descriptions
- Certificates for regulated goods
Who uses it
Pick your kind of business for the paperwork, checks and timelines that apply.
Customs and warehousing with one team
Most importers juggle a customs broker, a transporter and a warehouse. With Lozy, the paperwork and the space sit with the same people.
Clear it, then store it
Cleared goods can go straight into one of 227+ Warehouses across our network.
One point of contact
One team follows your shipment from filing to delivery, so nothing falls between vendors.
Checked before it ships
HS codes, licences and paperwork are reviewed at origin, where problems are cheapest to fix.
An itemised quote
Duties, taxes and our charges listed before you commit. Port or examination charges are flagged as they come up.
Frequently asked questions
Can’t see your question? Ask it in the quote form and we’ll answer it with your quote.
What’s the difference between DDP and DAP?
Under DAP (Delivered at Place), the buyer pays import duties and handles clearance. Under DDP, the seller covers duties and clearance, so the buyer simply receives the goods.
Who is the importer in a DDP shipment to India?
The importer on the Bill of Entry must hold an IEC. If neither the seller nor the receiver can act as importer, Lozy’s Importer of Record service can.
Is DDP more expensive?
The total is usually similar, because the duties and taxes are payable either way. DDP puts them into one upfront price so neither side is surprised.
Is DDP a good fit for eCommerce?
Yes. Customers don’t want to pay duty at the door. DDP makes an international order feel like a local one.
How does DDP shipping work for an import into India?
DDP shipping works as one contract from pickup to your buyer’s door. The Lozy customs desk books the freight, files the Bill of Entry, pays import duty and IGST at the port or ICD, clears the goods and delivers them. You agree a single price with the duty inside it, and the receiver is never asked for a customs payment. Air and sea legs into Delhi NCR are routine, and other cities are served through the warehouse network that follows the NCR gateway.
Do you offer DDP shipping India-wide, or only into Delhi NCR?
Both. The desk files most DDP entries at the NCR ICDs or the IGI air cargo complex, and delivers around Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad. For other cities, goods are routed on through the Delhi NCR network first, so the same team that cleared them also plans the final leg. Either way, the buyer pays nothing on arrival.
What shows up on my invoice for a DDP shipment?
One figure for the shipment, with duty and IGST broken out beneath it. The desk itemises freight, clearance charges and taxes, so you can see what the customs portion actually cost and pass on what you choose to your buyer. If an examination or terminal charge arises mid-clearance, it is raised with you at that point rather than discovered on the closing invoice.
Which shipments are a poor fit for DDP?
Restricted and prohibited lines, hazardous materials, personal effects and anything held behind a licence are hard to promise on DDP terms. Very high-value flows deserve a look at DAP instead, especially when your buyer wants the import bill in their own name. And returns: once duty is paid, sending goods back means an export from India with its own paperwork, not a standard pickup.
Can the receiver ask for delivery to be held, or the address changed?
Yes, within reason. If a site is not ready, the goods can rest in a Lozy warehouse and the last leg re-booked; the storage terms are agreed before that happens. An address change is a re-quote rather than a phone call, because the delivery line and sometimes the vehicle change with it. Neither is a problem if it is raised before the truck sets out.
Should I quote my Indian buyers DDP or DAP prices?
That depends on your buyer. DDP gives them one number and no dealings with customs, which suits consumers and smaller businesses. DAP leaves duty and clearance with the buyer, and works when they already import as a matter of routine. We can run DDP vs DAP figures on the same quote, so the choice stays yours.
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Tell us what you’re shipping. We’ll reply with duty, taxes and our charges itemised, so you can decide before anything moves.
- Product description or HS code
- Value and quantity
- Origin and delivery city
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