AD Code Registration Online On ICEGATE Portal - Process & Fees

AD code is an authorized dealer code issued by the account holder bank branch, which has to be linked online on the ICEGATE portal with the help of a class 3 digital signature certificate. IEC Code & AD Code Registration on the ICEGATE portal is important so that the custom authority can check the shipping documents & approve it for export.

Once the AD code has been approved on the ICEGATE portal, necessary documents have to be uploaded & a URT number is being generated for reference. Specific port has to be linked on the ICEGATE portal from which the export or import of goods will be taking place.

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Table of Content

What is the AD Code Registration on the ICEGATE Portal?
Documents Required for AD Code Registration for ICEGATE
AD Code Registration Process for ICEGATE
AD Code Registration Fees for ICEGATE
AD Code Registration Timeline & Validity on ICEGATE Portal
AD Code Port Registration on ICEGATE
Ports / ICD for AD Code Registration
Conclusion
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question

What is the AD Code Registration on the ICEGATE Portal?

In order to facilitate seamless customs clearance and obtain export benefits, exporters in India must register their AD Code on the ICEGATE portal. The exporter's bank issues the 14-digit Authorized Dealer (AD) Code, which needs to be registered with Indian Customs via the ICEGATE portal. This code enables smooth foreign exchange transactions and the creation of shipping bills by connecting the exporter's bank account with their Import Export Code (IEC). The ICEGATE AD Code Registration Process is an essential step in ensuring accurate documentation and compliance.

Exporters are unable to submit shipping bills or apply for government incentives such as duty drawbacks and GST refunds if they do not have an AD Code. The registration process is now quick, paperless, and easy to use thanks to the ICEGATE portal. Documents such as the bank's AD Code letter, GST certificate, IEC copy, and other fundamental information must be submitted by exporters.

Following approval, the AD Code is connected to the chosen port, guaranteeing expedited export paperwork and easier adherence to customs laws.

Documents Required for AD Code Registration for ICEGATE

These documents are required to verify your AD Code for ICEGATE registration.

Documents Required for AD Code Registration on ICEGATE

AD Code letter on banker’s letterhead
GST Registration Certificate
Import Export Code
PAN Card
Copy of Canceled Cheque
Request Letter or Authorisation letter for AD Code on the letterhead
PAN, Aadhaar Card and Voter ID/Passport of the owners/Partner/Director’s
MOA, AOA & COI in case of Company
Partnership Deed in case of Partnership Firm

Our Team of Professionals can help you in getting the documents prepared for your application.

AD Code Registration Process for ICEGATE

Follow these steps to complete your AD Code registration on ICEGATE easily.

Documentation
Application to ICEGATE Portal using Organization based Class 3 DSC
Regular follow up with the concerned Port for processing of AD Code registration.
Approval of AD Code from Customs

AD Code Registration Fees for ICEGATE

Here is the overview of the fee structure for AD Code Registration on the ICEGATE portal:

Application Fee for AD Code registration on ICEGATE is Rs. 2,999/- (a one-time fee paid by the exporter). There is no government fee for registering the AD Code on the ICEGATE portal.

Note: The aforementioned Fees is exclusive of GST.

AD Code Registration Timeline & Validity on ICEGATE Portal

The AD Code is usually registered on the ICEGATE website within 2 to 3 business days. This quick process lets exporters create shipping bills and get customs approval without any delays. The AD Code never expires and acts as a lasting identifier for all your export activities. If there are any changes, like a new bank, AD branch, or shipping port, you need to update the AD Code on ICEGATE with the new details.

Keeping the AD Code registered and up to date makes exporting easier, speeds up customs clearance, and helps follow RBI and FEMA rules. This creates a reliable and smooth setup for doing business internationally

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AD Code Port Registration on ICEGATE

AD code registration can be done online on the ICEGATE portal for each port separately. It is mandatory to register AD code on the port where you intend to import goods. The 13 major ports in India are listed below.

Port Location	ICEGATE AD code Registration	Port Code
Mumbai	Nhava Sheva Port registration	INNSA1
Tamil Nadu	Ennore Port Registration	INENR1
Gujarat	Kandla Port Registration	INIXY6
Chennai	Chennai Port Registration	INMAA6
West Bengal	Kolkata Port Registration	INCCU1
Karnataka	New Mangalore Port Registration	INNML1
Kerala	Cochin Port Registration	INCOK4
Orissa	Tuticorin Port Registration	INPRT1
Maharashtra	Mumbai Port Registration	INBOM6
Andhra Pradesh	Visakhapatnam Port Registration	INVTZ6
Tamil Nadu	Tuticorin Port Registration	INTUT1
Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair Port Registration	INIXZ1
Goa	Mormugao Port registration	INMRM1

Ports / ICD for AD Code Registration

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
ACC Coimbatore Sriperumbudur ICD (INCJB4)	AGARTALA LCS (INAGTB)	AZHIKKAL PORT (INAZK1)
Agra ICD (INBLJ6)	Ahmedabad ACC (INAMD4)	Alang (INALA1)
Alang (INALA1)	Amingaon ICD (INAMG6)	Amritsar ACC (INATQ4)
Amritsar Rail Cargo (INASR2)	Ankaleshwar ICD (INAKV6)	Arakkanom ICD (INAJJ6)
BADDI ICD (INBDI6)	BAIRGANIA (INBGUB)	BALASORE CONCOR ICD (INBLE6)
BANBASA LCS (INBSAB)	BANKOT PORT (INBKT1)	BARHI ICD (INRUG6)
BHAMBOLI ICD (INGRW6)	BHIMNAGAR (INBNRB)	BHITAMORE (INBTMB)
BIRPARA (INDLOB)	Ballagharh ICD (INFBD6)	Bangalore ACC (INBLR4)
Banglore ICD (INWFD6)	Bawal ICD (INBAW6)	Bedi Port (INBED1)
Behrni LCS (INBNYB)	Beypore Port (INBEY1)	Bhavnagar Port (INBHU1)
Bhilwara ICD (INBHL6)	Bhiwadi ICD (INBWD6)	Bhubaneswar Air Cargo (INBBI4)
Bhusswal ICD (INBSL6)	Borkhedi ICD (INBOK6)	Butibori ICD (INNGB6)
CFS Albartoss ICD Dadri (INAPL6)	CFS Mulund (INMUL6)	CFS STARTRACK DADARI (INSTT6)
CGM DADARI (INCPL6)	CH Chennai (INMAA1)	CH Cochin (INCOK1)
CH Goa (INMRM1)	CH Kakinada (INKAK1)	CH Kandla (INIXY1)
CH Mangalore (INNML1)	CH Mundra (INMUN1)	CH Tuticorin (INTUT1)
CHAMURCHI (INCHMB)	CHANGRABANDHA (INCBDB)	CHAWAPAYAL ICD (INCPR6)
CONCOR DADARI (INDER6)	CONCOR ICD JHARSUGUDA (INJSG6)	CSF Nashik (INNSK6)
CUDDALORE PORT (INCDL1)	Calicut ACC (INCCJ4)	Chakeri Kanpur ICD (INCPC6)
Cheherta ICD (INASR6)	Chennai ACC (INMAA4)	Chettipalayam Tirpur ICD (INCHE6)
Chinchwad Pune ICD (INCCH6)	Cochin ACC (INCOK4)	Concor Kanakpura Jaipur ICD (INKKU6)
Custom House Pondicherry (INPNY1)	DABGRAM ICD (INNJP6)	DABHOL PORT (INDHP1)
DAPPAR ICD (INDPR6)	DESUR ICD (INDRU6)	DHAHANU PORT (INDHU1)
DHAMRA Port (INDMA1)	DHANNAD ICD (INDHA6)	DHARCHULA LCS (INDLAB)
DIGHI PORT (INDIG1)	Dahej Port (INDAH1)	Dashrath Badodra ICD (INBRC6)
Delhi ACC (INDEL4)	Dharmatar Port Mumbai (INDMT1)	Dighi ICD (INDIG6)
Durgapur ICD (INDUR6)	GRFL Sahnewal Ludhiana ICD (INSGF6)	GUWAHATI AIR CARGO (INGAU4)
Gangavaram Port (INGGV1)	Ennor Port (INENR1)	FULBARI (INFBRB)
Faridabad Sec-25 ICD (INBVC6)	GALGALIA (INGALB)	GHOJADANGA LCS (INGJXB)
GOPALPUR PORT (INGPR1)	Gari Harasaru ICD (INGHR6)	Goa ACC (INGOI4)
HTPL ICD Kilaraipur (INQRH6)	Hazira Port, Surat (INHZA1)	Hira Boruse Surat ICD (INHIR6)
Hosur ICD (INHSU6)	Hyderabad ACC (INHYD4)	Hyderabad ICD (INSNF6)
ICD CONCOR Dhandari Kalan Ludhiana (INLDH6)	Intore ACC (INIDR4)	Irugur ICD (INIGU6)
Irungattukottai Sriperumbudur ICD (INILP6)	JAJPUR ICD (INJJK6)	JAKHAU PORT (INJAK1)
JAMNAGAR AIR CARGO (INJGA4)	JAMSHEDPUR ICD (INIXW6)	JAYANAGAR (INJAYB)
JHULAGHAT LCS (INJHOB)	JNCH (INNSA1)	JRY Kanpur ICD (INKNU6)
Jaigarh Port Maharashtra (INJGD1)	Jaipur ACC (INJAI4)	Jaipur ICD (INJAI6)
Jalandhar ICD (INJUC6)	Janori ACC (INJNR4)	Janori ICD (INJNR6)
Jattipur ICD (INDWN6)	KALINGANAGAR ICD (INSKD6)	KAMARDWISA LCS (INPBLB)
KANECH ICD SAHNEWAL (INSNI6)	KARAIKAL SEA Port (INKRK1)	KARIMGANJ LCS (INKGJ1)
KELSHI PORT (INKSH1)	KERN ICD MADURAI (INMDU6)	KILARAIPUR ADANI ICD (INQRP6)
KODINAR PORT (INKDN1)	KRIBHCO Surat ICD (INKBC6)	KUNAULI (INKNLB)
Karwar Port (INKRW1)	Kashipur ICD (INHPI6)	Kattupalli Port (INKAT1)
Khurja ICD (INAIK6)	Kolkata ACC (INCCU4)	Kolkata CH (INCCU1)
Kollam Port (INKUK1)	Kota ICD (INKTT6)	Krishnapatnam Port (INKRI1)
LAUKAHA (INLKQB)	LCS Attari Road (INATRB)	LCS DARRANGA (INDRGB)
LCS HILLI (INHLIB)	LCS Jaigaon (INJIGB)	LCS Jogbani (INJBNB)
LCS MAHADIPUR (INMHDB)	LCS Nepalgunj Road (INNGRB)	LCS Pertapole (INPTPB)
LCS Raxaul (INRXLB)	LCS Thoothibari (INNTVB)	LUCKNOW AIR CARGO (INLKO4)
Loni ICD (INLON6)	Lucknow Air Cargo (INLOK4)	LOKSAN LCS (INCRXB)
Vizag Port (INVTZ1)	Waluj Aurangabad ICD (INWAL6)	Wardha ICD (INCHJ6)
concor Jodhpur ICD (INBGK6)	karur ICD (INKAR6)	kottayam ICD (INKYM6)
Vapi ICD (INVPI6)	Varanasi Air Cargo (INVNS4)	Veerappandi ICD (INTHO6)
Verna ICD (INMDG6)	Vijaydurg Port (INVYD1)	Vishakhapatnam Air Cargo (INVTZ4)
Thudiyalur ICD (INTDE6)	Pitampur ICD (ININD6)	Tikonia LCS (INTKNB)
Tiruchirapalli Air Cargo (INTRZ4)	Tirupur Paakiyapalayam ICD (INTUP6)	Tondiapet ICD (INTVT6)
Trivandrum ACC (INTRV4)	Talegaon Pune ICD (INTLG6)	Tarapur ICD (INBNG6)
Thar Dry Port Jodhpur ICD (INTHA6)	Thar Dry Port Sanand ICD (INSAU6)
Tuglakabad ICD (INTKD6)	Tumb ICD (INSAJ6)	Tuticorin ICD (INTUT6)
VIRAMGAM ICD (INVGR6)	VIZHINJAM PORT (INVZJ1)	Vadinar Port (INVAD1)
Thimmapur ICD (INTMX6)	Thrissur ICD (INTCR6)	Sahar ACC (INBOM4)
Singanallur ICD (INSLL6)	Sonauli LCS (INSNLB)	Sonepat ICD (INBDM6)
Srinagar Air Cargo (INSXR4)	TUNA PORT (INTUN1)	SIKKA PORT (INSIK1)
SINGHABAD RAILWAY STATION MALDA (INSNG2)	SONABARSA (INSNBB)	SRIMANTAPUR LCS (INSMPB)
Sabarmati Ahmedabad ICD (INSBI6)	Sachin ICD (INSAC6)	Rewari ICD (INREA6)
SACHANA ICD (INJKA6)	SALAYA PORT GUJRAT (INSAL1)	SATTVA BENGALURU ICD (INKQZ6)
SEA PORT- PORT BLAIR (INIXZ1)	SHED KIDDERPORE TT (INTTS1)	RANPAR PORT Ratnagiri Maharashtra (INRNR1)
REDI PORT (INRED1) REVDANDA PORT (INRVD1)	Raiganj LCS (INRGJ2)	Raipur ICD (INRAI6)
Ratlam ICD (INRTM6)	Piyala ICD (INBFR6)	Porbandar Port (INPBD1)
Powarkheda ICD (INPRK6)	RADHIKAPUR RAILWAY STATION (INRDP2)	RAJSICO Basni Jodhpur ICD (INJUX6)
RANAGHAT RAILWAY STATION NADIA (INRNG2)	Paradeep Port (INPRT1)	Patli ICD (INPTL6)
Patparganj ICD (INPPG6)	Pimpri ICD (INPMP6)	Pipavav Port (INPAV1)
Pali Rewari ICD (INPKR6)	Palwal ICD (INPWL6)	Panaji Port (INPAN1)
Panipat ICD (INPNP6)	Panki ICD (INPNK6)	Pantnagar ICD (INHDD6)
PCCCC Bandra-Kurla Complex (INDPC4)	PIPRAUN (INKJIB)	PSWC Dhandari Kalan Ludhiana (INDDL6)
PULICHAPALLAM ICD (INPNY6)	PUNE AIR CARGO (INPNQ4)	Pakwara Moradabad ICD (INMBD6)
Nagpur ICD (INNGP6) Navlakhi Port (INNAV1)	Okha Port (INOKH1)	Old Mangalore Port (INIXE1)
Old Mundra Port (INOMU1)	PANITANKI NAXALBARI (INPNTB)	Marripalaem ICD (INGNR6)
Modinagar ICD (INMUZ6)	NAGPUR AIR CARGO (INNAG4)	NAYA RAIPUR CONCOR ICD (INRML6)
NCH Mumbai (INBOM1)	Nagapattinam (INNPT1)	Madhosingh ICD (INMBS6)
Madurai Air Cargo (INIXM4)	Magdalla Port (INMDA1)	Malanpur ICD (INMPR6)
Maliwada ICD (INMWA6)	Mandideep ICD (INMDD6)	MIHAN ICD (INKPK6)
MOREH LCS (INMREB)	MUHURIGHAT LCS (INMHGB)

Conclusion

Every Indian exporter must get their AD Code Registration on ICEGATE Portal in order to receive significant export benefits and ensure simple customs clearance. Customs can quickly confirm your information when your Authorised Dealer Code is accurately connected to your IEC and port on ICEGATE. This simplifies the creation of shipping bills, processing, and complies with export laws. This straightforward but necessary step helps exporters maintain accuracy and transparency in their documentation and removes delays.

Professional Utilities can help you register in a timely, error-free, and professional manner. Our staff helps with portal filing, Class 3 DSC support, document preparation, and ongoing customs follow-up until approval. With our expert guidance, exporters can complete their AD Code Registration effortlessly and focus on growing their business with confidence.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What is AD Code registration on the ICEGATE portal?

Registering the AD Code on ICEGATE connects your bank's Authorized Dealer code with Customs, enabling exporters to submit shipping bills and clear their goods.

Why is AD Code required for exporting?

An AD Code is essential for obtaining export payments, issuing shipping bills, finalizing customs clearance, and claiming export incentives.

How do I register my AD Code on the ICEGATE portal?

You can register your AD Code by uploading your bank's AD Code letter, KYC documents, and IEC on the ICEGATE portal or via Cochin/Chennai/Delhi Customs.