CE-ready bottling plants, PET blow machines and packaging lines shipped to Hamburg in 3-4 weeks - EU duties, import VAT, EORI and CE documentation handled.
Germany is the country that builds machinery - home to the most famous engineering names in the world. Exporting machinery here is the highest bar in the trade: German buyers benchmark everything against the machines made in their own industrial heartland. Indian suppliers win in Germany the honest way - standard bottling, filling and packaging lines built to CE requirements, delivered at 30-50 percent below European prices, with the documentation discipline German buyers expect from any supplier.
This page is the Germany playbook: how CE marking works, what duty and VAT really cost, the Hamburg clearance chain, and the machines German buyers order. The shipping fundamentals live in our shipping guide, and the duty mechanics in our duty guide.
The MarketGerman heavy industry concentrates on high-end, high-margin engineering - which leaves a real gap in the standard-format middle: water bottling lines, filling and sealing machines, PET blow equipment for the country's mid-sized producers, food startups and resellers. For those segments the calculus is simple: a CE-compliant Indian line delivers the same output specification at a fraction of the price, with the Declaration of Conformity, technical file and German-language manuals supplied before shipment. German buyers audit harder than any market in the world - and the suppliers who pass the audit keep the account for years.
Standard-format lines for mid-sized producers and food startups - CE-ready, per our plant guide.
Filling and sealing machines where Indian pricing beats European quotes on identical output specs - per the packaging range.
Preform-to-bottle in-house for producers tired of paying bottler margins - per the PET line guide.
Sized to output and source quality - German municipal water is consistent, which makes sizing straightforward, per the RO guide.
3-4 weeks at sea from Indian ports, with Bremerhaven as an alternate. Europe's most containerised gateway, with the whole EU reachable by truck or rail in days.
Most capital-goods headings attract 0-2 percent duty, plus 19 percent import VAT on CIF-plus-duty - recoverable through your VAT return, so the effective cost is usually just the duty. Our duty guide covers the details.
The EU Machinery Directive requires CE marking, a Declaration of Conformity and German-language instructions. We ship CE-ready with the complete technical file - compliance the day it lands.
Your company registers once for an EORI number, your broker files through Germany's ATLAS system, and cleared machinery moves anywhere in the EU by road or rail within days.
Typically 3-4 weeks at sea from Indian ports to Hamburg, with Bremerhaven as an alternate. Customs clearance through Germany's ATLAS system takes days when the declaration and documents are in order, and inland delivery runs by truck or rail across the EU.
Germany applies the EU Common Customs Tariff: most industrial capital-goods headings attract 0-2 percent duty, plus 19 percent import VAT on the CIF-plus-duty value. The key point for German businesses: import VAT is recoverable through your regular VAT return, so the effective cost is usually just the duty.
Yes - machinery placed on the EU market must comply with the EU Machinery Directive: CE marking on the machine, a Declaration of Conformity and instructions in German. We ship CE-ready machines with the complete technical file, so your machine is compliant the day it lands.
The EORI (Economic Operators Registration and Identification) number identifies importers to EU customs. Your company registers once - usually through your customs broker - and it applies to every future import. We supply the commercial documents the registration and declaration require.
Standard-format water and juice bottling lines, filling and sealing packaging machinery, PET blow machines and RO treatment - segments where Indian engineering delivers European-standard output at 30-50 percent below European prices, with CE documentation included.
Every machine needs the right feedstock. The resins, masterbatch, films, inks and additives for these lines are itemized in our plastic raw materials guide - quoted alongside the machinery and shipped in the same window.
Send your machines and destination - Hamburg, Bavaria or anywhere in the EU - get freight, CE documentation status and duty guidance quoted within 24 hours.