Indian customs authorities are accelerating digital trade facilitation through systems like the ATA Carnet and UN TIR to allow duty-free temporary movements of exhibition goods and smooth cross-border freight. These reforms come as Indian exporters face a 15% to 35% spike in overall logistics costs, surcharges of up to 4,000 USD per container, and steep insurance premiums triggered by the prolonged West Asia crisis. On the international front, maritime intelligence confirms that while overall vessel traffic in the Strait of Hormuz slightly increased, actual commercial cargo transits plummeted by 27%. Parallelly, during commercial talks in Tokyo, FICCI and Union Minister Piyush Goyal met with Japanese investors to address India’s 15.4 billion USD trade deficit with Japan. Japanese financial institutions expressed strong interest in long-term investments in India’s semiconductor, AI, and data center sectors, while requesting simplified profit repatriation processes and expanded access to domestic debt markets.