Who actually clears your cargo?
JPARKS INDIA handles your import compliance. Our sister concern, S. K. Agency, is the licensed customs broker that files your Bill of Entry and clears the cargo. One group is answerable for the paperwork and the port, from registration to Out of Charge.
Your consultant sets up the scheme. Someone else files the Bill of Entry.
Most importers hire a compliance consultant for IGCR, MOOWR or SVB, and a separate customs broker for the clearance. The two have usually never worked together.
The consultant has no say over the Bill of Entry. The broker was not part of the compliance decision. So when Customs raises a query, each one points at the other, and you end up running the coordination yourself.
What it costs when the two sides do not line up
The concession is not applied
The IIN and bond particulars have to appear correctly on the Bill of Entry. If they are missing or wrong, it is assessed without the concession, and you either pay the full duty or leave the cargo waiting while it is amended.
The cargo waits, and the charges run
Every day a container sits at the port while a query goes back and forth adds terminal storage and shipping line detention charges. Your production or delivery date moves with it.
The mismatch surfaces months later
What cleared at the port has to reconcile with what you declared and what you file in your returns. When two unconnected firms run each side, the gaps tend to show up at return or audit time, with duty and interest attached.
Who does what
Two separate firms, each doing the work it is qualified and licensed for, run as one job.
JPARKS INDIA handles
EXIM compliance consultancy, for importers and exporters anywhere in India.
- Eligibility and exemption notification review
- Registration and IIN on ICEGATE
- Continuity bond and security
- Periodic returns and reconciliation
- Utilisation records and audit support
- Bond closure
S. K. Agency handles
Licensed customs broker, clearing cargo at Mumbai, JNPT, Mundra and Kandla.
- Bill of Entry filing and assessment
- Customs clearance at the port
- Examination and Out of Charge
- Freight forwarding, air and sea
- Bonded and general warehousing
- Inland transportation
From registration to Out of Charge, without the relay
- 1We confirm eligibility and the right route, IGCR, MOOWR or SVB, before the consignment ships.
- 2We complete the registration, IIN and continuity bond, and pass the particulars straight to S. K. Agency.
- 3S. K. Agency files the Bill of Entry with those particulars and clears the cargo at the port.
- 4If Customs raises a query, it is taken up directly with the officer, not relayed through a third party.
- 5We keep your returns and reconciliation in step with what actually cleared.
Credentials you can check yourself
We publish the numbers so you can verify them rather than take our word for it. The Customs Broker Licence in PAN format is the identifier to check against ICEGATE.
Customs Broker Licence
11/864
PAN format AANFS5040DCH001, lifetime validity from 16.02.2022
AEO-LO certificate
INAANFS5040D0F240
Issued 10.04.2024, valid to 09.04.2029
Kandla and Mundra
5/7-215/CHA/2009
Commissioner’s order dated 26.06.2009
BCBA membership
0746
Brihanmumbai Custom Brokers Association, current for 2026-27
Quality certification
ISO 9001:2015
Certified quality management system
GSTIN
27AANFS5040D1Z9
Maharashtra registration
Sister concerns, in the same building
JPARKS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED and S. K. Agency are sister concerns. They are separate legal entities with separate scopes of work, and neither is a parent or subsidiary of the other.
JPARKS INDIA is an EXIM compliance consultancy handling IEC, ICEGATE, AD Code, IGCR, SVB, MOOWR, EPR, BIS and DGFT work. It does not hold a Customs Broker licence. S. K. Agency is a partnership firm that holds the licence and clears the cargo.
Frequently asked questions
Who actually files the Bill of Entry?
S. K. Agency, as the licensed customs broker. JPARKS INDIA handles the compliance side, including the IGCR registration, IIN and continuity bond, and supplies those particulars so they appear correctly on the Bill of Entry.
Is JPARKS INDIA itself a licensed customs broker?
No. JPARKS INDIA is an EXIM compliance consultancy. The Customs Broker licence is held by S. K. Agency. We say this plainly because it decides who is accountable for what.
What is the relationship between JPARKS INDIA and S. K. Agency?
They are sister concerns. S. K. Agency is a partnership firm and JPARKS INDIA is a private limited company. Neither is a parent or subsidiary of the other. They work as one group from the same building in Vashi, with JPARKS INDIA handling the compliance scope and S. K. Agency holding the Customs Broker licence.
How do I verify the customs broker licence?
The licence is No. 11/864, which in PAN format is AANFS5040DCH001. That is the identifier to check against ICEGATE. The AEO-LO certificate number is INAANFS5040D0F240, valid to 09.04.2029.
Which ports does S. K. Agency clear at?
Mumbai, JNPT and Nhava Sheva, Mundra and Kandla, for air and sea cargo. JPARKS INDIA handles compliance work such as IEC, IGCR, SVB, MOOWR and EPR for importers and exporters anywhere in India.
Who do I contact if Customs raises a query at the port?
Your JPARKS INDIA point of contact. The customs broker is within the same group, so the query is taken up directly with the officer rather than relayed through a third party.
Does using both firms mean paying twice?
No. Compliance and customs brokerage are separate scopes of work and are quoted separately, as they would be with any consultant and any broker. The difference is that the two scopes are coordinated, so you are not paying anyone to redo work the other has already done.
What is AEO-LO, and what does it tell me?
Authorised Economic Operator is a status Indian Customs grants after it verifies a firm's compliance record, financial solvency, record keeping and security procedures. The LO category covers logistics operators such as customs brokers. It means the firm filing your Bill of Entry has been vetted by Customs itself, not only licensed.
Line up the compliance and the clearance before the cargo ships
A mismatch caught before the vessel sails costs a conversation. The same mismatch caught at the port costs duty, detention and days. Tell us what you are importing and under which scheme, and we will tell you what needs to be in place.
