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Guides for Indian founders and exporters going into overseas markets. Each one covers two way trade, the agreements that change your duty, how to register a company there, visa and tax, and which Indian body will actually help you.

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Europe Polish zloty (PLN)

Doing Business in Poland

Poland is an EU member state and the bloc's sixth largest economy, and Indian citizens can own 100 per cent of a Polish company with no local director required. Most…

Two way trade
USD 5.80 billion in 2024 (India's exports USD 4.36 bn, imports USD 1.44 bn)
Indian community
About 30,000, including roughly 5,000 Indian students (Embassy of India, Warsaw)
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Europe Euro (EUR)

Doing Business in Netherlands

Indian businesses register a private limited company (BV) with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KVK), set share capital from 1 euro, engage a notary for incorporation, obtain tax and VAT…

Two way trade
US$ 27.8 billion in merchandise trade in FY 2024-25, being 2.40 percent of India's total merchandise trade (MEA India-Netherlands Bilateral Brief, May 2026). India exported US$ 22.7 billion, equal to INR 192,118 crore, making the Netherlands India's third largest export destination globally and the largest in Europe.
Indian community
Approximately 300,000 people of Indian origin, the largest Indian origin population in mainland Europe, including around 200,000 members of the Surinamese Hindustani community, per the MEA India-Netherlands Bilateral Brief of May 2026. More than 3,500 Indian students are currently studying there.
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Europe Euro (EUR)

Doing Business in Germany

To start a business in Germany, choose your legal form (GmbH, UG, or branch), check name availability with the Chamber of Commerce, notarize Articles of Association and shareholder list, open…

Two way trade
US$ 34.58 billion in goods in FY 2024-25, an all-time high (Embassy of India, Berlin, as on 15 July 2025): India's exports US$ 15.73 billion and imports US$ 18.85 billion. Services trade added US$ 16.65 billion in FY 2024-25, with India's services exports at US$ 10.13 billion. German federal statistics office data cited by MEA put calendar year 2023 goods trade at US$ 33.33 billion.
Indian community
Around 2.75 lakh (about 275,000) Indian passport holders and persons of Indian origin as of December 2024, including more than 50,000 students, per the Embassy of India in Berlin. The MEA brief of October 2024 gave 2.46 lakh as at December 2023, of which about 1.93 lakh were NRIs and 52,864 were PIOs.
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Europe Pound Sterling (GBP)

Doing Business in United Kingdom

Indian businesses can set up a UK private limited company in under 24 hours for about 50 pounds with no minimum capital. Complete identity verification for directors, register with Companies…

Two way trade
Around 43 billion pounds in goods and services in calendar year 2024, made up of about 18 billion pounds of goods and about 25 billion pounds of services (MEA India-UK Bilateral Brief, July 2025). India's exports were about 26 billion pounds and imports about 17 billion pounds.
Indian community
1.864 million people of Indian origin per the UK Census 2021, about 2.6 percent of the UK population, of whom 369,000 hold Indian passports, as cited in the MEA India-UK Bilateral Brief of July 2025.
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