5th Customs & Trade Compliance Summit India 2023
Strengthening export control practices through reinforced compliance, regulatory changes and evolving geopolitical environment.
Increasing trade volumes together with greater scrutiny of cross-border flows and a stringent focus on compliance with export control and customs regulations create significant challenges for supply chains. Moving goods internationally can be complex and costly for businesses in today's competitive - global markets. Effective trade compliance ensures that goods are classified correctly, and the origin and valuation of goods are accurately declared according to the laws, sanctions, and regulations. Any professional involved in the cross-border buying or selling of goods is touched by trade compliance considerations. Whether employed in supply chain operations, planning, procurement, or finance, the failure to understand and plan around import/export regulatory requirements can lead to unanticipated costs and a lot of wasted time. Product delays, stock-outs, emergency shipments, additional warehousing costs, and customs penalties are all common consequences of compliance failures.
For a firm to truly be successful in its international operations, trade compliance must be an essential part of its international business strategy and its strategic planning and operations. By attending this summit attendees will learn not only about the most important and critical aspects of trade compliance, but also how to integrate trade compliance into the strategic and operational dimensions of their company.
THOUGHT LEADERS

Aagu Chaudhary
Director Sales
OCR Inc

Aasmee Mangla
Associate Partner
NITYA Tax Associates

Ajay Singh
Vice President - Supply Chain Management
Hindustan Platinum

Amit Rajvanshi
Customs & Trade Compliance Specialist
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc

Aparna Sahana
Head Customs Compliance
OPPO India Ltd

Bhavesh Desai
Customs and Trade Compliance Leader
Reliance Retail Ltd

Bhavik Thanawala
Partner
GLS Corporate Advisors LLP

Cardozo Blaise
Global Customs Compliance Leader
GE HealthCare Pvt. Ltd

Dhaval Davada
Director
Babaji Shivram Clearing & Carriers Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Harshad Kothawade
Industry Expert

Dr. Pramod Sant
Industry Expert, Ex Vice President -Head of Import Export and Customs
Siemens Ltd

Ganesh Kumar
Managing Partner
GLS Corporate Advisors LLP

Gopal Digaskar
Customs & Trade Compliance Leader
Dow Chemical International Pvt. Ltd. (Dow India)

Kamal Jain
Co-founder and Director
Cargomen Logistics

Ketan Tadsare
Associate Partner
Taxcraft Advisors LLP

Kunal Shinde
Head of International Trade & Customs Compliance CoE – Asia Pacific
Bayer Crop Science

Nilesh T. Naik
Executive – Project logistics and Head Trade compliance
Toyo Engineering India Pvt. Ltd

Prabhat Ranjan
Head – Taxation
Pernod Ricard India

Rajat Chhabra
Founding Partner
Taxcraft Advisors LLP

Rajeev Kumar Thukral
Chief Strategy Officer
Cargomen Logistics

Rajesh Pednekar
Head - Supply Chain, Operations and Strategy
Healthcare SF

Ravi K Tiwari
Trade Commissioner (Ontario)
Government of Ontario (Consulate General of Canada, Mumbai)

R Sampath Raghavan
Head – Exim & Logistics
Raymond Ltd. (Garmenting Division)

Shirish Ashok Bangade
Head of Trade Operations & Compliances – India & APAC Region
Cummins Inc

Tushar Deshmukh
Senior Director - Customs Brokerage & FTWZ
DSV Air & Sea Pvt Ltd

Ugrasen Singh
Associate Director - Lead Imp/Exp & Logistics Procurement
Cipla Ltd

Vishal Gupta
Partner
Taxcraft Advisors LLP

Vishal Singh
Regional Head Trade Compliance – Asia & Japan
Texas Instruments

Yogesh Gaba
Managing Partner
GABA & CO

KEY TOPICS OF DISCUSSION
- Using Free Trade Agreements as a strategic management tool
- Rules of origin and the role of it in international trade today
- Customs audit and how best to prepare for it
- The need for Internal Compliance Program (ICP)
- Managing Transfer pricing and customs valuation
- Harmonizing with the US and EU compliance programs
- Overview of the Indian export control - SCOMET

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Customs/ Import/ Trade/ Export Compliance
- Global/ International Trade Compliance
- Trade/ Regulatory Counsel
- EXIM Compliance
- STPI/ SEZ Compliance
- Commercial
- Legal, Regulatory & Government Affairs


WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
- Utilizing free trade agreement to the fullest
- Assessing the effectiveness of your Global Customs Compliance Program
- How to implement strategies to help you to manage duty costs by utilizing free trade agreements, special programs and transactional structuring
- Best practices for obtaining and maintaining AEO certification
- Opportunity to exchange views with the experts, gain insight into recent cases and gather new ideas for your daily practice
- Case study on developing and implementing a Centralized Customs Clearance Pilot