​​An Introduction to AD Code Registration

According to Indian government rules, you need two registrations to start an import/export business. One is IEC registration, and another is AD code registration. Without these two registrations, you can't start an import-export business in India. The AD code is needed to get your goods out of customs.

An AD (Authorized Dealer) Code is a 14-digit number. The goal of the AD Code is to make sure that foreign currency transactions in an exporter's current account come from legal channels.

For each port, a separate AD Code registration is needed in order to clear goods through customs for export or import.

Advantages of Registering an AD Code

AD Code Registration has many benefits, which are listed below.

 1. AD Code Registration will help you grow your business and reach out to a wider market around the world. Your business will grow quickly because of this.

 2. The one-time step is registering an AD code. It means you won't have to send in any returns. Once the code is given to you, you won't have to do anything else or file a return.

 3. An AD code works as long as the entity does. In other words, the AD Code is valid for the rest of your life. So, if you sign up for AD Code, you will never have to worry about having to renew it.

 4. Depending on how they registered their AD code, the DGFT, the Export Promotion Council, Customs, and other government programs may offer the companies different incentives for their imports and exports.

​​Why is AD code registration needed?

AD Code registration is a must if you want to do business with other countries. These are some of the most important ones:

 1. The AD Code must be registered by anyone who wants to ship goods out of India.

 2. A shipping bill is one of the three documents that must be shown to clear customs for export. Without registering an AD code, you can't make a shipping bill on Ice gate, which is an electronic data exchange platform for Indian Customs.

 3. With AD Code Registration, you can send credit directly to the trader's current account.

 4. If you have an AD Code registered with customs, any government benefits you want to use, like duty rebates and exemptions, GST (Goods and Services Tax) refunds, and so on, are added to your current account right away.

 5. You must register or submit the AD code at each port from which you intend to export a shipment.

 6. When sending goods out of the country, exporters must give both the IE code and the AD code.

 7. When a business or person gets money from abroad, banks can ask for the business's or person's AD code.

​​The process of registering an AD code, step-by-step

 1. Give our web portal the business information and details we need.

 2. Pick a package and pay online. You can pay online in different ways.

 3: When you place an order, one of our dedicated professionals will take care of your application.

 4: Our professional will prepare the documents and file the application form for AD Code registration.

 5. Our professionals will keep in touch with the Port Department on a regular basis to make sure that the online registration of the AD Code is going well.

 6: When you get an AD code, we'll send you an AD code certificate by email.

​​Documents needed to register an AD code

Here are the documents you will need for the AD Code.

 1. The letter from the bank authorizing the use of the AD code is in Annexure-A. (original)

 2. A letter from the exporter on letterhead asking for or giving permission for the registration of the AD code.

 3. A letter on letterhead from a customs broker asking to register an AD code

 4. GST registration certificate

 5. Import-Export Code License

 6. PAN Card

 7. Certificate for Export House (if any)

 8. License to Make Things (if any)

 9. The owners' PAN, Aadhaar, and voter ID or passport

Our experts can help you put together the paperwork you need for AD code registration. Write to us.

​​How do I register an AD code?

Professionals at Certpedia can help you get an AD code registration (authorized dealer code). With the help of our professional experts, registering an AD Code is a quick and easy process that can be done online in a few easy steps.

 Step 1: Talk to our experts to find out if you are eligible and what documents you need.

 Step 2: Our team will help you get all of the required documents ready in the right format.

 Step 3: We assist you in completing the AD Code application form.

 Step 4: Officials from the DGFT will check the application and handle it within a week.

 Step 5: If the verification is successful, we'll send you an AD Code certificate or document via email.

List of Ports/ICD for Registration of AD Code

 1. ACC Coimbatore Sriperumbudur ICD (INCJB4)

 2. AGARTALA LCS (INAGTB)

 3. AZHIKKAL PORT (INAZK1)

 4. Agra ICD (INBLJ6)

 5. Ahmedabad ACC (INAMD4)

 6. Alang (INALA1)

 7 . Alang (INALA1)

 8. Amingaon ICD (INAMG6)

 9. Amritsar ACC (INATQ4)

 10. Amritsar Rail Cargo (INASR2)

 11. Ankaleshwar ICD (INAKV6)

 12. Arakkanom ICD (INAJJ6)

 13. BADDI ICD (INBDI6)

 14. BAIRGANIA (INBGUB)

 15. BALASORE CONCOR ICD (INBLE6)

 16. BANBASA LCS (INBSAB)

 17. BANKOT PORT (INBKT1)

 18. BARHI ICD (INRUG6

 19. BHAMBOLI ICD (INGRW6)

 20. BHIMNAGAR (INBNRB)

 21. BHITAMORE (INBTMB)

 22. BIRPARA (INDLOB)

 23. Ballagharh ICD (INFBD6)

 24. Bangalore ACC (INBLR4)

 25. Banglore ICD (INWFD6)

 26. Bawal ICD (INBAW6)

 27. Bedi Port (INBED1)

 28. Behrni LCS (INBNYB)

 29. Beypore Port (INBEY1)

 30. Bhavnagar Port (INBHU1)

 31. Bhilwara ICD (INBHL6)

 32. Bhiwadi ICD (INBWD6)

 33. Bhubaneswar Air Cargo (INBBI4)

 34. Bhusswal ICD (INBSL6)

 35. Borkhedi ICD (INBOK6)

 36. Butibori ICD (INNGB6)

 37. CFS Albartoss ICD Dadri (INAPL6)

 38. CFS Mulund (INMUL6)

 39. CFS STARTRACK DADARI (INSTT6)

 40. CGM DADARI (INCPL6)

 41. CH Chennai (INMAA1)

 42. CH Cochin (INCOK1)

 43. CH Goa (INMRM1)

 44. CH Kakinada (INKAK1)

 45. CH Kandla (INIXY1)

 46. CH Mangalore (INNML1)

 47. CH Mundra (INMUN1)

 48. CH Tuticorin (INTUT1)

 49. CHAMURCHI (INCHMB)

 50. CHANGRABANDHA (INCBDB)

 51. CHAWAPAYAL ICD (INCPR6)

 52. CONCOR DADARI (INDER6)

 53. CONCOR ICD JHARSUGUDA (INJSG6)

 54. CSF Nashik (INNSK6)

 55. CUDDALORE PORT (INCDL1)

 56. Calicut ACC (INCCJ4)

 57. Chakeri Kanpur ICD (INCPC6)

 58. Cheherta ICD (INASR6)

 59. Chennai ACC (INMAA4)

 60. Chettipalayam Tirpur ICD (INCHE6)

 61. Chinchwad Pune ICD (INCCH6)

 62. Cochin ACC (INCOK4)

 63. Concor Kanakpura Jaipur ICD (INKKU6)

 64. Custom House Pondicherry (INPNY1)

 65. DABGRAM ICD (INNJP6)

 66. DABHOL PORT (INDHP1)

 67. DAPPAR ICD (INDPR6)

 68. DESUR ICD (INDRU6)

 69. DHAHANU PORT (INDHU1)

 70. DHAMRA Port (INDMA1)

 71. DHANNAD ICD (INDHA6)

 72. DHARCHULA LCS (INDLAB)

 73. DIGHI PORT (INDIG1)

 74. Dahej Port (INDAH1)

 75. Dashrath Badodra ICD (INBRC6)

 76. Delhi ACC (INDEL4)

 77. Dharmatar Port Mumbai (INDMT1)

 78. Dighi ICD (INDIG6)

 79. Durgapur ICD (INDUR6)

 80. Ennor Port (INENR1)

 81. FULBARI (INFBRB)

 82. Faridabad Sec-25 ICD (INBVC6)

 83. GALGALIA (INGALB)

 84. GHOJADANGA LCS (INGJXB)

 85. GOPALPUR PORT (INGPR1)

 86. GRFL Sahnewal Ludhiana ICD (INSGF6)

 89. Gari Harasaru ICD (INGHR6)

 90. Goa ACC (INGOI4)

 91. HTPL ICD Kilaraipur (INQRH6)

 92. Hazira Port, Surat (INHZA1)

 93. Hira Boruse Surat ICD (INHIR6)

 94. Hosur ICD (INHSU6)

 95. Hyderabad ACC (INHYD4)

 96. Hyderabad ICD (INSNF6)

 97. ICD CONCOR Dhandari Kalan Ludhiana (INLDH6)

 98. Intore ACC (INIDR4) Irugur ICD (INIGU6)

 99. Irungattukottai Sriperumbudur ICD (INILP6)

 100. JAJPUR ICD (INJJK6) JAKHAU PORT (INJAK1)

 101. JAMNAGAR AIR CARGO (INJGA4)

 102. JAMSHEDPUR ICD (INIXW6)

 103. JAYANAGAR (INJAYB)

 104. JHULAGHAT LCS (INJHOB)

 105. JNCH (INNSA1)

 106. JRY Kanpur ICD (INKNU6)

 107. Jaigarh Port Maharashtra (INJGD1) Jaipur ACC (INJAI4) Jaipur ICD (INJAI6) Jalandhar ICD (INJUC6) Janori ACC (INJNR4) Janori ICD (INJNR6)

 108. Jattipur ICD (INDWN6) KALINGANAGAR ICD (INSKD6) KAMARDWISA LCS (INPBLB) KANECH ICDSAHNEWAL (INSNI6) KARAIKAL SEA Port (INKRK1) KARIMGANJ LCS (INKGJ1)

 109. KELSHI PORT (INKSH1) KERN ICD MADURAI (INMDU6) KILARAIPUR ADANI ICD (INQRP6) KODINAR PORT (INKDN1) KRIBHCO Surat ICD (INKBC6) KUNAULI (INKNLB)

 110. Karwar Port (INKRW1) Kashipur ICD (INHPI6) Kattupalli Port (INKAT1) Khatuwas ICD (INCML6) Kheda ICD (INKHD6) Khurja ICD (INAIK6)

 111. Kolkata ACC (INCCU4) Kolkata CH (INCCU1) Kollam Port (INKUK1) Kota ICD (INKTT6) Krishnapatnam Port (INKRI1) LAUKAHA (INLKQB)

 112. LCS Attari Road (INATRB) LCS DARRANGA (INDRGB) LCS HILLI (INHLIB) LCS Jaigaon (INJIGB) LCS Jogbani (INJBNB)

 113. Vizag Port (INVTZ1)

 114. Waluj Aurangabad ICD (INWAL6)

 115. Wardha ICD (INCHJ6)

 116. concor Jodhpur ICD (INBGK6)

 117. karur ICD (INKAR6)

 118. kottayam ICD (INKYM6)

 119. Vapi ICD (INVPI6)

 120. Varanasi Air Cargo (INVNS4)

 121. Veerappandi ICD (INTHO6)

 122. Verna ICD (INMDG6)

 123. Vijaydurg Port (INVYD1)

 124. Vishakhapatnam Air Cargo (INVTZ4)

 125. Tuglakabad ICD (INTKD6)

 126. Tumb ICD (INSAJ6)

 127. Tuticorin ICD (INTUT6)

 128. VIRAMGAM ICD (INVGR6)

 129. VIZHINJAM PORT (INVZJ1)

 130. Vadinar Port (INVAD1)

 131. Thudiyalur ICD (INTDE6) Tikonia LCS (INTKNB) Tiruchirapalli Air Cargo (INTRZ4) Tirupur Paakiyapalayam ICD (INTUP6) Tondiapet ICD (INTVT6) Trivandrun ACC (INTRV4)

 132. Talegaon Pune ICD (INTLG6) Tarapur ICD (INBNG6) Thar Dry Port Jodhpur ICD (INTHA6) Thar Dry Port sanand ICD (INSAU6) Thimmapur ICD (INTMX6) Thrissur ICD (INTCR6)

 133. Sahar ACC (INBOM4) Singanallur ICD (INSLL6) Sonauli LCS (INSNLB) Sonepat ICD (INBDM6) Srinagar Air Cargo (INSXR4) TUNA PORT (INTUN1)

 134. SIKKA PORT (INSIK1) SINGHABAD RAILWAY STATION MALDA (INSNG2) SONABARSA (INSNBB) SRIMANTAPUR LCS (INSMPB) Sabarmati Ahmedabad ICD (INSBI6) Sachin ICD (INSAC6)

 135. Rewari ICD (INREA6) SACHANA ICD (INJKA6) SALAYA PORT GUJRAT (INSAL1) SATTVA BENGALURU ICD (INKQZ6) SEA PORT- PORT BLAIR (INIXZ1) SHED KIDDERPORE TT (INTTS1)

 136. RANPAR PORT Ratnagiri Maharashtra (INRNR1) REDI PORT (INRED1) REVDANDA PORT (INRVD1) Raiganj LCS (INRGJ2) Raipur ICD (INRAI6) Ratlam ICD (INRTM6)

 137. Piyala ICD (INBFR6) Porbandar Port (INPBD1) Powarkheda ICD (INPRK6) RADHIKAPUR RAILWAY STATION (INRDP2) RAJSICO Basni Jodhpur ICD (INJUX6) RANAGHAT RAILWAY STATION NADIA (INRNG2)

 138. Paradeep Port (INPRT1) Patli ICD (INPTL6) Patparganj ICD (INPPG6) Pimpri ICD (INPMP6) Pipavav Port (INPAV1) Pitampur ICD (ININD6)

 139. Pali Rewari ICD (INPKR6) Palwal ICD (INPWL6) Panaji Port (INPAN1) Panipat ICD (INPNP6) Panki ICD (INPNK6) Pantnagar ICD (INHDD6)

 140. PCCCC Bandra-Kurla Complex (INDPC4) PIPRAUN (INKJIB) PSWC Dhandari Kalan Ludhiana (INDDL6) PULICHAPALLAM ICD (INPNY6) PUNE AIR CARGO (INPNQ4) Pakwara Moradabad ICD (INMBD6)

 141. Nagpur ICD (INNGP6) Navlakhi Port (INNAV1) Okha Port (INOKH1) Old Mangalore Port (INIXE1) Old Mundra Port (INOMU1) PANITANKI NAXALBARI (INPNTB)

 142. Marripalaem(Leap International Ltd.) ICD (INGNR6) Modinagar ICD (INMUZ6) NAGPUR AIR CARGO (INNAG4) NAYA RAIPUR CONCOR ICD (INRML6) NCH Mumbai (INBOM1) Nagapattinam (INNPT1)

 143. Madhosingh ICD (INMBS6) Madurai Air Cargo (INIXM4) Magdalla Port (INMDA1) Malanpur ICD (INMPR6) Maliwada ICD (INMWA6) Mandideep ICD (INMDD6)

 144. LUCKNOW AIR CARGO (INLKO4) Loni ICD (INLON6) Lucknow Air Cargo (INLOK4) MIHAN ICD (INKPK6) MOREH LCS (INMREB) MUHURIGHAT LCS (INMHGB)

 145. LCS MAHADIPUR (INMHDB) LCS Nepalgunj Road (INNGRB) LCS Pertapole (INPTPB) LCS Raxaul (INRXLB) LCS Thoothibari (INNTVB) LOKSAN LCS (INCRXB)