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Duty Payment

When you have the money but cannot pay

A dormant ICEGATE registration will stop a clearance just as surely as an empty bank account. So will an expired digital signature, an unlinked bank account or a signatory who has left the company. Saarthi Credit pays the challan against your Bill of Entry and you settle with us the same day.

Is this you

The cargo is ready. The payment is not going through.

New IEC not yet mapped

Your import-export code is issued but the ICEGATE registration has not gone live, and the consignment has already arrived.

Registration dormant

You import a few times a year and the account has lapsed since the last consignment.

Digital signature expired

The certificate has run out and reissuing it will take longer than your free days.

Bank mandate broken

The linked account has changed, or the authorised signatory has left, and the mandate needs redoing.

Clearing today, not next week

Everything works, but the payment window has closed for the day and demurrage is running.

How it works

Three steps, one day

01Send the Bill of EntryWe confirm the assessment iscomplete and the duty payable,and verify the consignment02We pay customsPayment is made against yourBill of Entry and you receivethe reference. Out of charge03You settle with usSame day, by NEFT or RTGS,against our invoice. The fee isfixed and disclosed before we
What you get

Nothing changes on your customs file

Your Bill of Entry, your name

We never sign as importer of record. Your assessment, your out of charge, your file.

Your input tax credit is untouched

Credit on import IGST runs off the Bill of Entry, which names you. Who transmits the payment does not affect it.

Proof of remittance, every time

You get the challan reference and confirmation of payment to customs, not just our word that it went.

No credit assessment

This is a payment service settled the same day, not a loan. There is no facility to sanction and no security to create.

Pricing

One fee, quoted before we act

Duty Payment is charged as a flat percentage of the duty transmitted, disclosed in writing before any payment is made. There is no interest, because there is no credit — the amount is settled the same working day. Fees vary with consignment size and are confirmed on your first enquiry.

Where same-day settlement is not possible, the consignment moves to a Duty Finance facility instead and is priced accordingly.
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Payment stuck at the port?

Send us the Bill of Entry number and we will confirm today whether we can clear it.