The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), through Trade Notice No. 08/2026-27 dated July 1, 2026, has initiated a review of the utilization of export quotas for Wheat Flour and related products allocated under Public Notice Nos. 44/2025-26 and 48/2025-26. Exporters holding authorizations must submit a Chartered Accountant-issued Utilization Certificate, shipping bill details, and information regarding any requirement for additional quantity or surrender of unused allocation, along with justification and supporting export contracts or purchase orders, by July 10, 2026. Applicants seeking additional quota must also file an amendment application through the online portal within the same deadline. DGFT may consider further allocation where more than 50% of the allotted quota has been utilized, while unutilized quantities below 50% utilization may be transferred to a common pool unless supported by valid export commitments. Failure to comply may result in quota reallocation and restrictions on future export authorizations.
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Trade Notice No. 08/2026-27 – DGFT | Dated: July 01, 2026
Subject: Review and re-allocation of allocated Export Quota of Wheat flour and related products — regarding.
In continuation of Public Notice No. 44/2025-26 dated January 16, 2026 and Public Notice No. 48/2025-26 dated February 24, 2026 regarding allocation of Wheat Flour and related products, the Competent Authority has decided to undertake a review of the utilization of the quantities already allocated and to assess the requirement for further allocation of the unutilized quota, if any.
2. Accordingly, all exporters who were issued authorisation to export Wheat flour and related items by DGFT under the above-mentioned Public Notices are requested to submit the following details:
(i) Utilization Certificate issued by a Chartered Accountant indicating the quantity exported against the allocated authorization till June 30, 2026 along with Shipping Bill details.
(ii) Requirement for additional quantity of Wheat flour and related products (if any) and request for surrender of allocated quantity if any of the allocated quantity, along with:
(a) Justification for the requirement/surrender; and,
(b) Copies of valid export contracts/purchase orders, if available
3. The above details must be submitted by July 10, 2026 via email to sefc-wheatflour-dgft@gov.in. Any license holder requiring additional quantity must also file corresponding amendment application in the online portal by enclosing relevant documents as detailed in Para 2 above by July 10, 2026. Requests for additional quantity that are not filed in portal or those without documents stated above or those filed beyond July 10, 2026 will be rejected.
4. It is further informed that:
(a) Authorizations in cases where more than 50% of the allocated quantity has been utilized may be considered for further re-allocation of Wheat and Wheat Flour and related products.
(b) In cases where utilization is less than 50%, the unutilized quantity may be transferred to the common pool for reallocation, unless and until copies of valid export contracts/purchase orders are made available in terms of this Notice.
(c) Allocation from the common pool shall be made by DG, DGFT as per documents submitted by the firms.
5. Non-submission of the required information within the stipulated time may result in appropriate action, including reallocation of the unutilized quota and barring applicants from future restricted export authorizations. The aforesaid information is required to be e-mailed at sefc-wheatflour-dgft@gov.in.
6. DGFT reserves the right to decide or alter the modalities of distribution and allocation as per applications received.
This Trade Notice is issued with the approval of the DG, DGFT.
(Hrushikesh Reddy)
Joint DGFT
Export Cell (Non-SCOMET)
(Issued from F.No. 01/91/180/032/AM22/Pt.1/EC/E-32553)
