When must you place your PO for Christmas / Black Friday / Mother’s Day?
Indian factories close roughly 2 weeks for Diwali (Nov 8, 2026). If your inventory has to land before Q4 — Christmas, Black Friday, Boxing Day — you can back-calculate a hard deadline for placing the PO.
- ✓ Diwali buffer: we add 14 days when your production window straddles Nov 1–Nov 15
- ✓ Category-aware: jewelry, leather, and packaging each have different production lead times
- ✓ First-timer penalty: first-time imports add 21 days for sample approval and longer production
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First time importing this product?
First-time orders add ~21 days for sample approval and typically a longer production cycle.
Sources & assumptions
- Diwali 2026: November 8, 2026 (verified). 14-day buffer = ~7 days before + ~7 days after factory shutdown.
- Production benchmarks: QIMA / India supplier survey averages for jewelry (3–7 weeks), packaging (2–5 weeks), and leather (3–6 weeks).
- Average ocean transit Mumbai/Mundra → Vancouver: ~32–40 days LCL, ~35 days FCL. Air freight: ~5–7 days door-to-door.
- Customs clearance assumed at 3 days; last-mile drayage + 3PL assumed at 5 days. Both vary by port and broker.