Directorate General of Foreign Trade issued Public Notice No. 10/2026-27 dated 11 May 2026 amending Appendix 2B of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 to include authorised agencies permitted to issue Preferential Certificates of Origin (CoO) under the India-United Kingdom Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (India-UK CETA). Exercising powers under paragraphs 1.03 and 2.04 of FTP 2023, DGFT notified a list of agencies authorised to issue CoO for specified products. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade and its regional offices, Export Inspection Council and Export Inspection Agencies were authorised for all products. Sector-specific authorities including APEDA, Marine Products Export Development Authority, Central Silk Board, Coir Board, Spices Board, Textile Committee, Tobacco Board, and Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) were authorised for designated products such as agricultural goods, marine products, silk, coir, spices, textiles, tobacco, and handicrafts. Various Special Economic Zones including Cochin, Falta, Kandla, MEPZ, NOIDA, and SEEPZ were also authorised to issue CoO for products manufactured by SEZ units and EOUs within their jurisdictions. The public notice states that its effect is to formally notify authorised agencies for issuance of Preferential CoO under the India-UK CETA.
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Public Notice No. 10/2026-27- DGFT | Dated: 11th May, 2026
Subject: Amendment of Appendix 2B [List of Agencies Authorised to issue Certificate of Origin (Preferential)] of Foreign Trade Policy, 2023-reg.
In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby amends Appendix-2B [List of Agencies Authorised to issue Certificate of Origin (CoO) (Preferential)] of the FTP by including the list of Authorised Agencies allowed to issue CoO for India-United Kingdom Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (India-UK CETA), as under:
| S.No. | Name of the Agreement | Authorized Agencies | Product Assigned to each agency |
| 20. | India-United Kingdom -Directorate Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (India-UK CETA) |
General of All Foreign Trade and its regional offices | products |
| Export Inspection Council and Export Inspection Agencies |
All products | ||
| Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) | Agricultural Products | ||
| Marine Products Export Development Authority and regional offices |
Marine products | ||
| Central Silk Board and regional offices | Silk products | ||
| Coir Board | Coir and Coir products | ||
| Development Commissioner, Handicraft and regional offices | Handicrafts | ||
| Spices Board | Spices and Cashew nuts | ||
| Textile Committee and regional offices | Textiles and Clothing | ||
| Tobacco Board | Tobacco and products Tobacco | ||
| Cochin Special Economic Zone, | All products by Units in SEZs and EOUs located within the jurisdiction of the Zonal Development Commissioner | ||
| Falta Special Economic Zone | All products by Units in SEZs and EOUs located within jurisdiction of the Zonal Development Commissioner | ||
| Kandla Special Economic zone, | All products by Units in Surat SEZs and all SEZs and EOUS located within the jurisdiction of the Zonal Development Commissioner | ||
| MEPZ Special Economic Zone | All products by Units in SEZs land EOUs located within thel jurisdiction of the Zonal Development Commissioner | ||
| NOIDA Special Economic Zone | All products by Units in SEZs and EOUs located within the jurisdiction of the Zonal Development Commissioner | ||
| SEEPZ Special Economic Zone Special | All products by Units in SEZs and EOUs located within the jurisdiction of the Zonal |
2. Effect of the Public Notice: The Public Notice notifies the list of authorised agencies permitted to issue Preferential Certificates of Origin under the India—UK C ETA.
(Lay Agarwal)
Director General of Foreign Trade &
Ex-officio Addl. Secretary to Govt. of India
Email: dgft@nic.in
[Issued from File No. 01/89/180/109/AM-25/PC-2(A) / E-457071
