News & market updates

Space, rates, flight schedules and Indian customs changes on the China–India lane. Written for shippers, not for search engines.

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Publish one of these a month and you will out-rank most forwarders on this lane inside a year. Each card should become its own page.

Flight updateMonthly

Space situation: South China to India

Which lanes are tight this month, which cut-offs have moved, and how far ahead you should book. Update this at the start of every month — it is the page repeat customers come back to.

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CustomsIndia

AD code registration: the delay nobody plans for

Why a consignee's AD code has to be registered at the specific airport of import, what happens when it is not, and how long it takes to fix once cargo has already landed.

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GuideDangerous goods

Lithium batteries to India without losing the cargo

UN3480 versus UN3481, what UN38.3 and an MSDS actually have to show, which packing instruction applies, and the declarations that get shipments offloaded.

Battery reference table →
GuidePricing

Why your 120 kg shipment is billed as 400 kg

Volumetric weight explained with a worked example, plus when repacking into smaller cartons saves more than it costs.

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DutyAPTA

Can an APTA certificate of origin cut your duty?

China and India are both members of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement. On eligible tariff lines a certificate of origin reduces the duty your consignee pays — here is how to check whether yours qualifies.

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SeasonalPlanning

Chinese New Year: the cut-off calendar

Factories stop, then everyone ships at once and rates spike. The dates that matter and how far in advance to book so you are not paying peak rate for cargo that could have flown in January.

Plan your CNY shipments →

How to turn this page into your best salesperson

Each card above should become its own HTML page — copy tracking.html, replace the body, and link it from here. That is what makes the page rank: one URL per question your customers actually type into Google.

  • One post a month is enough. Consistency beats volume on a niche lane like this.
  • Write what you tell customers on WhatsApp. The answers you repeat five times a week are exactly the pages that rank.
  • Put a date on every post. Freight readers discount anything undated.
  • Link each post back to Contact and to Resources. A post with no next step earns nothing.

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