Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) on March 12, 2015 reduced mandatory documents for Import and Export of goods to below 3 documents:
a) Mandatory Documents Required for Export of Goods From India:
- Bill of Lading/Airway Bill
- Commercial Invoice cum Packing List
- Shipping Bill/Bill of Export
b) Mandatory Documents Required for Import of Goods into India
- Bill of Lading/Airway Bill
- Commercial Invoice cum Packing List*
- Bill of Entry
* Separate Commercial Invoice and Packing List would also be accepted
Further, RBI has removed below documents
- SDF Form (For Export)
- A 1 Forms (For Import)
Reference
- DGFT Circular: Specifying documents required for Export and Import
- Ministry of Commerce: Mandatory Documents Required For Export And Import Reduced To Three Each
How about the cases where the exported/imported commodities don’t have packing list like oil or software etc??