India's first reefer container booking app, now a complete export tech suite

Cold-chain export specialists for fruits, vegetables and frozen cargo. We handle your reefer container, pickup from your pack-house, customs clearance and live temperature monitoring, all the way to the destination port.

  • <2% spoilage during shipment
  • 99% on-time container gate-in
  • 50+ port pairs we ship on
Citrus App showing reefer container freight rates from shipping lines
Reefer container loading plan with gate open, cut-off and vessel ETD
Cargo at 5.5°C
Gate-in on time
Customs cleared
Tracking live

Trusted by agri exporters and platforms across India

Cold chain experts

Your perishables arrive the way they left the farm

Fruits and vegetables lose value every hour they sit at the wrong temperature. We run the cold chain end to end, so your cargo stays fresh and your buyer stays happy.

75+Shipping lines onboarded
20+Cold stores in our network
5Port hubs with customs teams
19 yrsCustoms (CHA) licence
50+ yrsCombined cold-chain experience

End-to-end cold chain

From your pack-house to the foreign port

One partner for every step, so nothing falls through the gaps between transporters, CHAs and shipping lines.

Fresh fruits and vegetables ready for export
Fresh from the farm
Produce stored in a cold storage warehouse
Kept cold in storage
Container ship being loaded at a port terminal
Loaded at the port
  1. Step 1

    Pickup from your pack-house

    A reefer vehicle is planned around your vessel cut-off, pre-cooled to your cargo's temperature.

  2. Step 2

    Temperature-controlled transit

    IoT monitoring tracks temperature and humidity from the first mile, with cold stores on the way when needed.

  3. Step 3

    Customs and compliance

    Our CHA team handles customs, APEDA, phytosanitary and fumigation paperwork at the port.

  4. Step 4

    On-time gate-in and sailing

    Your container gates in on time and sails with one of 75+ shipping lines, with a confirmed DO.

  5. Step 5

    Tracked to arrival

    Follow every milestone and the cargo's condition until it reaches the destination port.

Exporting for the first time?

We get your export paperwork ready

Every licence and registration you need before your first container ships. Apply in the Citrus App and our team handles the rest.

Export documentation services in the Citrus App: IEC, DSC, ICEGATE and more

IEC Registration

Your Importer Exporter Code from DGFT, the first licence every exporter needs.

DSC Class-3

A 2-year digital signature certificate to sign documents on ICEGATE and DGFT.

ICEGATE Registration

Register on the customs portal to file shipping bills and track clearance.

AD Code Registration

Register your bank's AD code at the port so customs can process your exports.

Bank Incentive Registration

Register your bank account with customs to receive export incentives.

DGFT IEC Filing

The yearly IEC update on DGFT that keeps your IEC active.

APEDA / RCMC Registration (F&V)

APEDA membership certificate, required to export fresh fruits and vegetables.

Port KYC

One-time KYC at the port so your first shipment clears customs without delay.

Trades we Master

We are best at these routes

Our cold-store network, transport partners and port teams are built around the corridors Indian growers export on every week.

NashikDubai

All fruits and vegetables

VashiDubai

All fruits and vegetables

NashikEurope

Grapes

NashikRussia

Grapes

SolapurJeddah

Banana

SolapurIran

Banana

TuticorinColombo

Onion

Shipping on another route?

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Export marketsGulf · UAE · Saudi Arabia · Europe · Russia · Iran & Iraq · Sri Lanka · Far East
Port teamsNhava Sheva · Mundra · Tuticorin
Cold-store networkNashik · Pune · Mumbai

Why exporters switch

Export without the middlemen and the guesswork

Built for SME exporters from Nashik, Solapur, Vashi and beyond, who want big-exporter service without big-exporter overheads.

The usual way

  • 2 to 3 days of calls to get a booking confirmed
  • Layers of brokers and middlemen adding cost
  • 15 to 20% of cargo lost to spoilage
  • No idea where the container is or how cold it is
  • Separate agents for transport, customs and insurance

With Citrus

  • Book a reefer container in minutes, with live rates
  • Book directly, with transparent quotes in INR
  • Less than 2% spoilage during shipment
  • Live location and temperature, every hour
  • One partner from pack-house to foreign port

Case studies

How leading agri brands export with Citrus

Sahyadri Farms
Nashik → JeddahBananas

The challenge

Bananas ripen fast, and Sahyadri needed a seamless booking to delivery experience for every container to Jeddah, without juggling multiple vendors.

What Citrus did

Citrus managed every shipment from booking to delivery in Jeddah, giving the Sahyadri team one partner and a seamless experience end to end.

20Containers shipped
0%Spoilage
DeHaat
Pune → RussiaFrozen food

The challenge

Frozen food bound for Russia needed a fast turnaround, bookings available on short notice and customs clearance support late at night.

What Citrus did

Citrus delivered a fast turnaround, kept bookings available whenever DeHaat needed them and supported customs clearance late into the night.

30Containers shipped
0%Spoilage
INI Farms
Nhava Sheva → DubaiBananas

The challenge

Regular banana shipments to Dubai needed a fast booking process, support late at night and live tracking of every container on the way.

What Citrus did

Citrus gave INI Farms a fast booking process, late-night support from the operations team and live tracking for every container.

50+Containers shipped
0%Spoilage

Simplifying container booking

How to book a container

Book, track and pay for your reefer containers from your phone. 40K+ downloads on Android and iOS.

  1. 1

    Search Rate

    Compare rates from multiple shipping lines and book your preferred line at a better price.

  2. 2

    Select Schedule

    Pick a loading plan with live vessel schedules, gate open and cut-off dates.

  3. 3

    Place Booking

    Confirm the booking and add transport, customs clearance or insurance in one go.

  4. 4

    Track Order

    Follow every milestone from booking to sailing, with updates on WhatsApp and email.

Search reefer (refrigerated) container rates by port and container type
Reefer container freight rate from a shipping line

The Citrus tech suite

Technology behind our cold chain

The same tools our team uses to run your shipment, in your hands too.

Live

Citrus App

Book reefer containers online

  • Multi-line freight rates
  • Live vessel schedules
  • 100% confirmed DO
New

TradeLens

Find global buyers with AI

  • Verified importer lists
  • Buyer shipment history
  • AI risk analysis
Live

Shipment Live

Track every milestone

  • Milestone tracking
  • Daily status logs
  • Shipment details
Live

Citrus Live

Live cargo monitoring

  • Live container location
  • Temperature tracking
  • Humidity tracking

Our Clients

Loved by over thousands of shippers around the world

6 in 10 exporters who ship with Citrus come back for their next container.

Customer story

Kaivalya Agro Exports

Kaivalya Agro Exports on shipping grapes with Citrus.

★★★★★

“our experience working with Citrus, moving frozen corn to different corners of the world-saving us time and money through its digital platform. Their solution not only help us procure better rates with line but also keep us notified with movements of containers & variance in temperature of cargo, this helps us take necessary action on the time of urgency and saves us from huge losses.”

Relish Agro Food India Private Limited
Abid DeriyaRelish Agro Food India Private Limited
★★★★★

“Citrus enabled us to find instant freight quotes for our fruits exports, it helps us to improve our decision making time in booking containers, they provide high transparency and always competitive among others.”

INI farms Pvt Ltd
Shalabh AgrawalINI farms Pvt Ltd
★★★★★

“We started our first consignment with “Citrus and its was a cake walk, everything was online and support was high touch, from port registration to delivery we loved their service.”

KAYNE BIO SCIENCES LIMITED
YashwanthKAYNE BIO SCIENCES LIMITED

Our partners

APEDATrade body
MCDC (Maharashtra Sahakar Vikas Mahamandal)Partner
Caret CapitalInvestor
Indigram LabsInvestor