Every month, when your goods arrive at port, customs duty is collected upfront — before your materials enter your factory, before they generate a rupee of revenue. That is your working capital, locked away. And you are paying your bank interest on funds that the government could have waited a month to collect.
The Government of India has brought out schemes that enable you to clear your goods first — and pay customs duty only after a month. Your cash stays in your treasury, working for your business, for 30 full days.
The irony — most CFOs of India's largest enterprises, Maharatnas, Navratnas, global conglomerates, have never heard of these schemes. The benefit exists. The legal basis is clear. We are former IRS, IAS, and ITS officers who helped design these schemes from inside CBIC — and we activate them for enterprises like yours in as little as 15 days.
When your goods arrive at port, customs duty is demanded upfront — before your materials enter your factory, before they become products, before they generate a single rupee of revenue.
For a manufacturer importing ₹100 crore of goods every month at 15% duty, that is ₹15 crore leaving your account at the port gate — funds that could be financing your operations, servicing your working capital cycle, or simply sitting in your treasury earning returns.
You have accepted this as an unavoidable cost of doing business in India. It is not. The government created legal pathways to defer this payment by a full month. Most enterprises — including some of India's largest — have never used them.
Three separate CBIC circulars and notifications create legal entitlements to defer customs duty. Each targets a different class of importer. We match you to the right one — and activate it as fast as 15 days.
| Feature | EMI Scheme Circular 08/2026 |
Authorised PSU Notification 37/2020 |
AEO-T2 / T3 Circular 33/2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duty deferred by | 1 Month | 1 Month | 1 Month |
| Interest charged | None | None | None |
| Private manufacturers | Yes | No | Yes |
| MNC subsidiaries | Yes | No | Yes |
| CPSEs (Maharatna / Navratna) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pre-certification required | None | None | AEO-T2 minimum |
| Goods restriction | Manufacturing use | None | None |
| Fastest activation by BFN | 15 Days | 30–45 Days | Post AEO-T2 |
| BFN track record | 100% success | 100% success | 100% success |
Duty deferral is not a retroactive benefit. The crores you paid upfront last month are gone. The question is only about every month from now.
We are retired officers of the Indian Revenue Service, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Trade Service, and allied central services. We have led customs formations at India's busiest ports. We have sat on CBIC committees that designed these very deferral schemes. We have administered the Foreign Trade Policy, enforced FEMA, and overseen SEZ compliance.
Between us, we carry decades of frontline experience in the system your enterprise navigates every day. When we file your application, the customs authority is not dealing with a consultant — they are dealing with former colleagues who know the process from the inside.
We watched India's finest enterprises — Maharatnas, global conglomerates, world-class manufacturers — pay customs duty they never needed to pay upfront. We watched crores in working capital sit locked at port gates when government schemes existed to free it.
We watched because nobody told them. And the consultants who should have told them either did not know, or complicated it enough to create fear instead of action.
Your business is your business. Your products, your people, your strategy — entirely yours. Every regulatory and compliance headache that slows you down, drains your capital, or keeps you from competing at full strength — that is ours to carry.
We manage the entire process end to end. Your team spends zero time on government interface, documentation, or follow-up. You simply start receiving the benefit.
Our team — former IRS, IAS, and ITS officers who administered these schemes from inside CBIC — will assess your eligibility and respond within 48 hours with a clear recommendation and a precise estimate of your monthly savings.