Of Humble Beginnings & Passing of the Torch

Bhagwanji Vallabhji (BV) Chinai founded BVC as a customs brokerage company in Zaveri Bazaar, Mumbai in 1960. Uday Chinai, the present Chairman and son of B V Chinai joined the group in 1980 at a tender age of 18 and took the torch from his father, expanding the company strength to strength, from a customs broker company to an end-to-end logistics company for the diamond & jewellery industry. In 2013, Bhavik Chinai joined the company as the third generation entrepreneur and under his leadership, the company today has become synonymous with logistics and security in the jewellery industry covering logistics, tourism, security, investments and technology under its wings.

An Empire of a Secure Logistics Company

BVC Logistics was the first company in India to start organized customs brokerage for the diamond and jewellery industry. Since then, BVC has been a pillar of support to the industry by creating India’s first international secure door-to-door solution in 1980, thereafter domestic in 1999. As a leading customs broker, BVC’s format of the customs documents was adopted by the Indian Customs for all export and import in late 1980s. As the first enterprise in India to adopt EDI, use GPS enabled armoured trucks and enable shipping to 130 countries, BVC has led the industry’s evolution through example. Since 2013, BVC has grown exponentially, expanding their offices, team, solutions and customers, working with over 16,000 businesses in the mine to market value chain consisting of miners, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and e-tailers. BVC operated in 8 cities in 2013 and realized the domestic jewellery industry needs organized logistics for an ever growing share of organized trade. BVC grew from 8 cities to over 20 cities in a period of 3 months and thereafter has grown its presence in over 50 cities, servicing over 10,000 pincodes for door-to-door secure logistics.