9th Customs & Trade Compliance India Summit 2025
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 the 9th Customs & Trade Compliance India Summit 2025, 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

Anand Iyer
Head Corporate EXIM and Commercial
Thermax Ltd.

Arun Khedwal
Senior General Manager – Planning, Logistics
Third Party and Key Account Management, Fermenta Biotech Ltd.

Ashish Keskar
Trade Compliance Head
Aptiv

Bhavesh Desai
Customs and Trade Compliance Leader
Reliance Retail Ltd.

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

Edwin Jesudass
GM- Head of Import Export & Customs
Siemens Ltd.

Ganesh Borge
Head Customs & Foreign Trade
BASF India Ltd.

Gopal Digaskar
Senior Logistics Leader (India & Subcontinent)
Dow Chemical International Pvt. Ltd

Haresh Calcuttawala
CEO
Trezix Software Pvt. Ltd.

Jeevan G Raosahib
Founder Director
Indelox Services Pvt Ltd.

Jitendra Kore
Head Procurement
Oetiker Group India Pvt. Ltd.

Josef Derfler
Senior Solution Consultant, Unit Manager Trade Content Creation
MIC

Karthik Krishna
CTO
AugustInnovate

Ketan Tadsare
Partner
Taxcraft, Advisors LLP

Kiran Sawale
DGM - Indirect Tax
Tata Motors

Kumar Iyer
Partner
SKJ & Associates

Shri. Hardeep Batra
Commissioner of Customs Exports
Air Cargo Mumbai

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

Meetika Baghel
Associate Partner
Aurtus

Mohan Rajendran
Director – Operations, Customs & Trade Compliance
Dimerco Express Group

Nilesh Girdhari
Global Customs Advisory (South Asia)
Cargill India

Nitin Jagadish
CEO
AugustInnovate

Paresh Bafna
CEO
Covoro

Priyank Shah
Team Manager Trade Content Creation
MIC India

Rajat Chhabra
Partner
Taxcraft Advisors LLP

Rakesh Sehgal
Head Customs Compliance
Babaji Shivram Clearing & Carriers Pvt Ltd.

Ritesh Kanodia
Partner
Aurtus

Rocky Joseph
Sr. Product Manager
Descartes OCR

Sanjay Gagare
Export Control Advisor
Tetra Pak India Pvt. Ltd.

Saurabh Chaudhari
Associate Director
Taxcraft Advisors LLP

Shridhar Ladane
Country Lead - Customs and Trade Operations
Syngenta

Subodh Kumar
Global Ops. Lead- EXIM & Logistics
UPL - Global Business Services

Swarnim Jain
Global Export Controls Manager
Cummins

Tapaswi.PVN
Vice President EXIM Commercials & Logistics
Arvind Ltd & Group Companies

Vishal Gupta
Partner
Taxcraft Advisors LLP

Vishal Kulkarni
Head Customs and Foreign Trade Policy
Tetra Pak India Pvt. Ltd.

Yogesh Gaba
Managing Partner
GABA & CO.

KEY TOPICS OF DISCUSSION
- Latest international trade policies and regulations
- Export control regulations and compliance obligations
- Global customs compliance program
- Transfer pricing adjustments and customs valuation
- Customs clearance audits & post-clearance audits
- Recent disputes and enforcement trends

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