Indian Logistics Firm Carves Niche in Customs Clearance for High Ticket Commodities

Chennai, India – With cargo volumes from India set to hit double digit growth, Chennai based Aeroceanetwork member Unitech Shipping Services is quietly carving out a niche for themselves in high value but diverse commodities for internationally well known companies.

Unitech is getting their foot in the door on many accounts through concentrating on superior customs brokerage services for Indian distributors of high profile imports. Through Unitech’s customer, SPA India, they have been handling clearance of high profile cargo Sprankel Gemstones, a leading source of high quality cubic zirconias, synthetic stones and marcasite, the brass colored iron ore that in its cut and polished form is an affordable alternative to diamonds. “They bring in a lot of quantity,” said V.N. Rajender, managing partner of Unitech Shipping Services, “and yes, it is all insured.”

Unitech is also clearing for inbound Lladró products which is another SPA India account. Valencia, Spain, based Lladró has become a household name around the world for their fine porcelain figurines. Unitech is working on a large variety of high class porcelain figurines, including both western and Hindu designs, which SPA India imports into India for the ever expanding numbers of middle and upper classes. The imported values on these figurines are priced for the well to do as well. “Each of these pieces range from around a few thousand rupees up to five lac (USD 10,809.64),” said Rajender., “We have been handling this work for about two years now.”

Unitech’s services don’t stop with low tech, high value. Unitech also handles specialized, rapid customs services for an Indian based importer for Ingram Micro Inc., the world's largest technology distributor and the only global IT distributor with operations in Asia. “Ingram Micro imports from Singapore where it is consolidated and forwarded. It [the cargo] comes from Malaysia also,” says Rajender. Although Unitech is a strong international forwarder as well, only sometimes does Unitech get a chance to export the Ingram Micro goods, and that is only in a reverse logistics role. “The exports they do are only rejects or outdated computer parts which they send back to Singapore,” adds Rajender.

Based in Chennai, India, with a branch office in Cochin, Unitech Shipping Services is a professional logistics firm with an exellent local knowledge of the Indian market. Unitech’s managing partner, Mr. V.N. Rajender, is a thirty plus year veteran of the frieght industry. Aeroceanetwork is a non-exclusive network for professional logistics companies and international freight forwarders.