28/04/2026
Every wafer tool destined for Gujarat's semiconductor build-out enters India through one port.
Mundra.
Tata Electronics' Dholera fab. Tokyo Electron's Dholera office. NextGen's SiC platform. Kaynes' OSAT line in Sanand — the equipment supply chain for all of it routes through 26 berths on the Kutch coast.
And the legal exposure travels with the cargo.
A 10-slide brief on the six compliance pillars foreign suppliers, EPC contractors, and Indian importers should plan for before the first container arrives 👇
01 — SCOMET
The October 2025 expansion pulled semiconductor fab tools into India's dual-use control list. Category 7 is now live.
02 — End-User Certificate
The DGFT clock takes ~4 months. It starts at the purchase order, not at the port.
03 — Customs Classification
Chapter 84 vs Chapter 90. Heading 8486 is rarely the safe default it looks like.
04 — CKD Tariff Engineering
A 15–25% duty differential — but EPCG conditions decide whether the saving survives audit.
05 — Port & In-Transit
CHA empanelment, ICEGATE filings, and the Gulf war-risk premium that repriced from
