Import Furniture from China to India, duty, VAT & compliance.
Latest customs duty, sales tax / VAT and mandatory certifications for Furniture imported from China into India, plus the way Fortune Sourcings runs the ground. Verified February 2026, actual duty depends on exact HS code; verify at quote time.
BCD 25% + 10% SWC + 18% IGST
Most furniture imports into India attract BCD 25% + 10% SWC + 18% IGST customs duty plus 18% IGST (most), 28% on luxury on the assessable value. The number above is the working baseline, exact duty depends on the precise tariff line within HS chapter 94 (esp. 9403 / 9401).
FORM-E required from AD bank. Effective rate ~50% on CIF.
BIS for electronics, FSSAI for food contact. FORM-E required from authorised dealer banking.
- BIS for some treated wood
Foshan / Shunde / Dongguan / Anji clusters. Multi-supplier consolidation, 40HQ-loaded mark-separated by SKU group.
For your India programme, we pre-validate every shipment against the destination compliance matrix, coordinate certifications with the manufacturer-side technical files, and ensure documentation is L/C-compliant and clearance-ready before the container leaves China.
- · Commercial Invoice
- · Packing List
- · Bill of Lading
- · Certificate of Origin
- · Pre-shipment Inspection Report
- · FORM-E + BIS docs
- · MSDS / Phytosanitary as applicable
- · L/C-compliant set when required
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Source furniture from China, destination-ready for India.
Submit your brief and we'll return a factory shortlist, indicative landed cost in INR, and the compliance roadmap within one working day.