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If you’re a global brand, India is no longer a “someday” market, it’s one of the last truly large, fast‑growing consumer markets you can still enter early and meaningfully. Over the coming decades, the population is heading towards roughly 1.6 billion, but what matters more is the 300‑million‑plus Indians who already have the purchasing power to buy global products and subscriptions today. This middle class is not confined to Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru. India’s consumer growth is decentralisi
Bank guarantees, SBLCs and letters of credit are basically risk‑sharing tools that help importers and exporters trust each other across borders. They do this by pulling a bank into the middle of the deal so that someone reliable promises to pay if things go wrong. A letter of credit (LC) is a contractual commitment by a buyer’s bank to pay the exporter once the exporter ships the goods and presents compliant documents. A bank guarantee (BG) is a promise by a bank that if its customer does not
Indian pet parents are spending more on food, treats, accessories and vet care than ever before, but the regulatory lens on pet‑product imports has also become much sharper. Many of these products are either animal‑origin or veterinary in nature, so they sit at the intersection of animal‑health laws, food safety, drug control and customs rules instead of normal FMCG. This article focuses on commercial imports of pet products for resale and distribution, pet food, treats, toys, leashes, gadgets
If you already run your global stack on Stripe, India looks deceptively simple: turn on international cards, maybe UPI, and you’re done. In reality, India is now a UPI‑first market running on RBI‑specific rules and a new cross‑border regime (PA‑CB) that Stripe was never designed around. This article is for teams who trust Stripe globally, but are now looking at India seriously - SaaS founders, marketplaces, PSPs, and fintech infrastructure players who want to accept payments from India without
India is now a market where serious foreign merchants treat “how do we collect INR via UPI and local methods, with offshore settlement, under RBI’s PA‑CB regime?” as a core strategy question, not a side project. PayGlocal and EximPe both sit in this new, regulated layer, the choice between them is less about “is this legal?” and more about whether your India checkout is card‑first or UPI‑first. Why INR collections from India now matter India is one of the fastest‑growing digital economies, wi
If you are importing or exporting from India, your HSN code determines your customs duty, IGST, export incentives, and even whether your shipment is stopped at the port. The full form of HSN code is Harmonized System of Nomenclature, and using the wrong code can literally be the difference between paying 5% and 25% duty on the same product. What is an HSN Code? HSN code is a globally standardised numerical system used to classify goods in international trade. In simple words, it is the "prod
