AJG Operating System

⟁ TRADEOS

Every shipment. Every clearance. Every transaction.

Trade Operating System — 30 trade-operation categories × 8 anatomy slices × 197 countries. Adapted from Vinod Kumar Jain's 30+ years of export-import operations. Multilateral by construction; covers exporter, importer, customs, freight, finance, and compliance perspectives.

Attribution: AJG · Vinod Kumar Jain (Panchkula, India) — 30+ yrs export-import operations

TRADEOS is indexed in the TRADEOS registry on the AJG platform. All content is substrate-composed from canonical registries — no generative AI at runtime. Cross-links to 197 countries · 60 verticals · 273 FTAs · 28 blocs · 37 corridors · 25 lifestyle layers · 29 lens angles. Unilateral · Bilateral · Trilateral · Multilateral · Every Direction · Every Frontier — AJG's operating principle.

30 Trade-Operation Categories

Six phases of the trade lifecycle — from Setup (IEC, AD code, RCMC, LUT) through Tariff (HS, FTA, RoDTEP, EPCG), Commercial (PI, CI, Incoterms), Finance (LC, TT, CAD, hedging), Logistics (ocean, air, multimodal, warehousing), and Compliance (export licenses, sanctions, PSI, insurance, audit). Five categories per phase, each with eight anatomy slices = 240 detail-page candidates.

Setup Phase (5)

Pre-trade infrastructure: IEC, AD code, RCMC, LUT, sectoral licenses

IEC IEC Registration

Importer Exporter Code — gateway to cross-border trade

8 anatomy slices · 2-4 working days

AD AD Code Registration

Authorised Dealer code — port-bank linkage

8 anatomy slices · 1-2 working days

RCMC RCMC

Registration-cum-Membership Certificate from EPC

8 anatomy slices · 5-15 working days

LUT LUT / Export Bond

Letter of Undertaking — export without GST payment

8 anatomy slices · Same-day filing

LIC Product / Sectoral Licensing

Sector-specific licenses — drug, food, cosmetic, defence

8 anatomy slices · 1-12 months

Tariff Phase (5)

Tariff strategy: HS classification, FTA-CoO, duty calc, RoDTEP, EPCG

HS HS Classification

8-digit tariff classification — the most-disputed line

8 anatomy slices · Hours for clear products; weeks for ambiguous

CoO FTA Origin & CoO Claim

Certificate of Origin — duty-savings via 273 FTAs

8 anatomy slices · 1-7 days for CoO issuance

DUTY Duty Calculation

BCD + IGST + Cess + AIDC — total landed-cost math

8 anatomy slices · Real-time at clearance

RDB RoDTEP & Drawback

Embedded-tax rebate + customs drawback

8 anatomy slices · Auto-credit T+10 days post-shipment

EPCG EPCG / Advance Authorisation

Capital-goods import duty waiver against export obligation

8 anatomy slices · 30-60 days for issuance

Commercial Phase (5)

Commercial documents: PI, CI, packing, Incoterms, pricing

PI Pro-forma Invoice

Pre-shipment commercial offer + LC trigger

8 anatomy slices · Same-day

CI Commercial Invoice

The single most-important shipping document

8 anatomy slices · At dispatch

PL Packing List

Box-by-box content + weight breakdown

8 anatomy slices · At dispatch

INCO Incoterms Selection

11 terms — who pays what, who risks what, where

8 anatomy slices · At negotiation

PRC Export Pricing & Quotation

Landed-cost-back pricing — never miss a hidden cost

8 anatomy slices · Hours to days per quote

Finance Phase (5)

Payment + finance: LC, TT, CAD, forex hedging

LC LC Issuance

Letter of Credit — bank guarantee on payment

8 anatomy slices · 7-21 days to open

LCN LC Negotiation & Discounting

Document presentation + payment receipt

8 anatomy slices · T+5 to T+21 days

TT TT Payment & SWIFT

Telegraphic Transfer — fastest, lowest cost

8 anatomy slices · 1-3 working days

CAD CAD / Documentary Collection

Cash Against Documents — middle-ground risk

8 anatomy slices · 7-30 days

FX Forex Hedging

Forwards / options / swaps — lock the FX rate

8 anatomy slices · Same-day to 1 week

Logistics Phase (5)

Movement: ocean, air, multimodal, warehousing, last-mile

OCN Ocean Freight

FCL / LCL container shipping — 90% of world trade

8 anatomy slices · 15-60 days transit

AIR Air Freight

Fast, expensive — for time-critical or high-value

8 anatomy slices · 3-7 days transit

MMT Multimodal Transport

Sea + rail + road — single contract, single liability

8 anatomy slices · Sea-air: 7-15 days · sea-rail: 20-40 days

WH Warehousing & Storage

Bonded · cold chain · FTWZ · Customs-Free

8 anatomy slices · Variable — days to years

LMD Last-mile & Door Delivery

From port to importer's warehouse

8 anatomy slices · 1-7 days depending on distance

Compliance Phase (5)

Risk + audit: export licenses, sanctions, PSI, insurance, post-audit

EXLIC Export License (SCOMET / Restricted)

Dual-use, defence, controlled chemicals — DGFT licensing

8 anatomy slices · 30-180 days

SANC Sanctions Screening

OFAC + UN + EU + UK — pre-transaction KYC

8 anatomy slices · Real-time screening

PSI Pre-shipment Inspection

Third-party verification — quality + quantity + identity

8 anatomy slices · 1-3 weeks

CINS Cargo Insurance

ICC A / B / C — cover the in-transit risk

8 anatomy slices · Same-day cover note

PSA Post-shipment Audit

Customs PCA + GST audit + RBI FRC tracking

8 anatomy slices · PCA: T+12 mo · FRC: at realisation

Multilateral Substrate

Every trade-op category applies multilaterally across 197 countries · 273 FTAs · 28 blocs · 37 corridors · 60 verticals. Browse country-specific TradeOS views: India · Usa · Uk · Uae · Germany · China · Japan · Singapore.

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