Online event
Pitch perfect India: Selling into India for first‑time UK exporters
Wednesday 08 July at 10:00AM
Event endedJoin this practical session designed to help UK exporters understand the key financial and compliance considerations when selling goods into India.
What you’ll learn
- Understand how Indian GST, customs duties, and cross-border tax rules affect the total landed cost of goods
- Identify how to use the UK–India FTA in practice, including rules of origin and exporter registration requirements
- Gain confidence in building compliant and competitive pricing strategies for the Indian market
Description
Join this practical session designed to help UK exporters understand the key financial and compliance considerations when selling goods into India.
Grant Thornton will provide clear guidance on Indian GST, customs duties, and cross-border tax fundamentals, helping you understand how goods are taxed at import and how this affects pricing, margins, and competitiveness.
Alongside this, the FTA Utilisation team will introduce the UK–India Free Trade Agreement and explain how to access preferential tariffs in practice. You’ll learn how rules of origin work, why exporter registration is essential, and how to complete origin declarations correctly to benefit from reduced duties.
Together, these insights will give you a joined-up view of how tax, duties, and trade agreements interact—equipping you to price effectively, remain compliant, and confidently enter the Indian market.
Speakers
Rachel Spiegelhalter
Deputy Lead - India and GCC, Department for Business and Trade
Coming soon.
Krishan Arora
Partner, India Investment Advisory, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP, Delhi
Krishan has over 22 years of professional experience in advising clients on an entire gamut of indirect taxes, including customs, foreign trade policy, GST and other allied laws.
He is leading India Investment Road map offering which provides end to end support to businesses with setting up in India and promoting investment in India.