Gratings for Australia projects, made in India
What it takes to land gratings on a Australia site: the port they clear through, the standards a consultant will hold them to, and the paperwork that has to travel with them.
Getting gratings into Australia
An Australian mine site does not reject product on price. It rejects on marking. AS/NZS 3000 for earthing and AS 1657 for grating, with a certificate that names the standard rather than gesturing at it. India already ships around 15% of its cable tray output into Australia, most of it into Pilbara and Queensland resources work.
Port of entry
Port Botany, Sydney
Also cleared through Port of Melbourne, Port of Fremantle, Perth, Port of Brisbane.
Shipped FOB, CIF, CFR.
Standards that apply here
- AS/NZS 3000
- AS 4793
- AS 1657
- ISO 9001:2015
- IS 2713
- BS 4592
- ASTM A123
Every shipment travels with mill test certificates against the grade specified on your order.
Who buys this in Australia
Mining & Resources · Oil & Gas (LNG) · Renewable Energy · Construction · Defence · Rail Infrastructure
Trade picture
Australia is the #3 global importer of cable trays from India. 260 shipments, approximately 15% of global cable tray exports from India (Volza customs data). The dominant buying sector is resources: Western Australian mining projects (BHP, Rio Tinto, Fortescue at the Pilbara iron ore sites and Browse LNG basin) require HDG ladder cable trays to AS/NZS standards, electroforged grating panels to AS 1657, and earthing systems to AS 3000 across large open-cut mine sites. The Queensland LNG sector (Curtis Island, Gladstone) drives structural steel and pipe support imports. Australia imposes ZERO import duty on cable trays (HS 7308.90) and gratings (HS 7308.90.10) under the MFN tariff schedule, no FTA required. The primary compliance standard is AS/NZS 3000 (Wiring Rules) for earthing, AS 1657 for gratings, and ASTM A123 (accepted by most Australian mining specifications) for HDG coating thickness. Inspection documents (EN 10204 Type 3.1 MTC, coating-thickness test report) are mandatory for most mining contractor approvals.
Electroforged Gratings
Vajra International is an electroforged grating manufacturer and exporter in Kolkata, India, producing electroforged and press-locked steel gratings to IS 2713 for walkways, platforms and industrial flooring. Bearing bars and cross rods are fused into a rigid, hot-dip galvanized panel with matched stair treads, clips and nosings, load tables and bar pitch configured to span and duty, shipped direct on FOB/CIF terms.
Australia cities we ship gratings to
Each of these covers local procurement context — the zones, the projects and the buyers in that city specifically.
Before you write the enquiry
The technical detail behind the decisions on this page.
- Materials
Hot-Dip vs Pre-Galvanized Steel: Lifecycle Cost & Coating Guide
Pre-galvanized saves 15% on day one and costs 300% more by year five outdoors. The actual zinc numbers and lifecycle calculation that settles the choice.
- Export
Structural Steel Fabrication from India: Qualification Guide
A mill certificate proves the steel. A qualification package proves the fabricator. Seven checks that cut Indian structural steel procurement risk by 80%.
- Technical Guide
Electroforged Grating Specification: Load Tables & Bar Size Guide
Most grating buyers over-specify the bearing bar by one size. How to read a load table and size grating for actual UDL, not worst-case theoretical load.
- Export
India Metal Export HS Codes 2026: Cable Trays, Earthing & Busbars
The wrong HS code costs 5% in unnecessary import duty. Complete 2026 HS table for cable trays, earthing, busbars, gratings and solar structures from India.
Other lines going into Australia
Gratings into Australia — the questions that come up
Answered by the people who make the product, not a sales desk.
There's no single official leader in this category either. Grating manufacture spreads across several Indian hubs, and the differentiator worth checking is whether a supplier genuinely electroforges (rather than substituting press-locked panels and calling them the same thing), holds IS 2713 or BS 4592 test reports, and galvanizes in-house. Vajra International manufactures electroforged steel gratings in Howrah under ISO 9001:2015 and exports FOB/CIF to 30+ countries.
Electroforged steel gratings typically export under HS 73084000 (structures and parts, iron/steel, covering scaffolding, shuttering and propping) or 73089090 (other structures), depending on the specific product and end use. Confirm with your customs broker which applies to your order. Under India–UAE CEPA, HS 7308 clears at 0% duty with a valid Certificate of Origin.
Gratings sit under HSN 7308 and carry 18% GST inside India. Exports go out zero-rated, either under an LUT with no IGST charged or with IGST paid and refunded afterward. An overseas buyer's FOB or CIF price carries only their own country's import duty and VAT, nothing Indian.
Electroforged (forge-welded) grating resistance-welds every bearing bar to cross bar intersection under pressure and current, producing one monolithic, inspectable panel. That's the standard for heavy industrial platforms, refineries and offshore work. Press-locked grating presses cross bars through slots without welding: lighter duty, lower cost, adequate for pedestrian walkways and architectural applications. For load-bearing plant flooring, specify electroforged.
Yes, checker-plate landings (3 mm, 5 mm or 6 mm) in HDG or self-colour are part of the same supply chain. We size them, drill, weld stiffeners, and ship as a finished platform unit ready to bolt to the stringer.
Send us the gratings spec for your Australia job.
Drawings, a BOQ line, or the standard you have been given. You will get back specification, finish, lead time and a landed price to Port Botany.
- MTC · COO · inspection reports
- ±0.01 mm precision · in-house QA
- FOB · CIF · CFR to all major ports