Logistics aggregator Shiprocket and air cargo handling company Cargo Service Centre (CSC) have been selected by the government on a pilot basis to set up e-commerce export hubs in the country, a senior official said on Thursday.
The e-commerce export hubs (EECH) will come in and around Delhi airport and begin operations in February next year, Director General of Foreign Trade Santosh Kumar Sarangi told reporters here.
While Shiprocket is headquartered in Gurugram, the CSC is Mumbai-based.
"We have approved two agencies to set up pilot e-commerce export hubs in Delhi," he said.
The hub will have facilities for expedited customs and security clearance in-house. Provision for quality and certifying agencies will also happen within the hub.
It will also have an easy re-import policy, he added. This policy will enable the return of e-commerce consignments and rejects without payment of import duty.
He added that based on the feedback received from these firms on the running of these .