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Chapter 3 of the FTP 2015-20 contains the provision of Status Holder. Status Holders are business leaders who have excelled in international trade and have successfully contributed to country’s foreign trade. Status Holders are expected to not only contribute towards India’s exports but also provide guidance and handholding to new e...
Read MoreEPCG Scheme is a very Beneficial Export Promotion Scheme through which Capital Goods required for Export Production is allowed Duty Free. The objective of the EPCG Scheme is to facilitate import of capital goods for producing quality goods and services and enhance India’s manufacturing competitiveness....
Read MoreExport promotion schemes under Foreign Trade Policy provides promotional measures to boost India’s exports with the objective to offset infrastructural inefficiencies and associated costs involved to provide exporters a level playing field. The Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India is the overall in-charge of Foreign ...
Read MoreA speaking order is an order that speaks for itself & should stand the test of legality, fairness and reason at all the higher appellate forums. Effectively this means that, the order should contain all the details of the issue, clear findings and a reasoned order. However, when the system is corrupt & rotten to […]...
Read MoreEPCG, an export promotion scheme launched by DGFT in its Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 promotes import of capital goods to enhance India's manufacturing competitiveness. This article is an effort to a give a brief insight into the scheme....
Read MoreMajor commodity group of exports showing positive growth in August 2018 include Engineering Goods (21.23%), Petro Products (31.76%), Gems & Jewellery (23.95%), Organic & Inorganic Chemicals (39.9%) and Drugs & Pharma (18.21%). Fourth consecutive double-digit growth in India’s exports in 2018, reflective of our export pro...
Read MoreA two-day meeting of port officers organized by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), of the Department of Commerce, ended today in New Delhi. The Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Shri Suresh Prabhu, addressed the regional officers from different parts of the country and urged them to reorient their th...
Read MoreWhile restoring the benefits under the export promotion schemes of duty free imports under Advanced Authorization, Export Promotion Capital Goods and 100% Export Oriented Units and thus resolving the problem of blocked working capital for exporters following the roll out of GST, the FTP review has focused on increasing the incentives for ...
Read MoreGST RELATED REFORMS- GST has been launched w.e.f. 1.07.2017. It incorporates zero rating of exports. Taxes will not be exported. On the export of finished goods, there is an option of either obtaining refund of GST paid or getting exemption from payment of GST on submission of Letter of Undertaking/Bond....
Read MoreDGFT notifies Foreign Trade Procedures 2015-20 (w.e.f. 05.12.2017) which contains the following :- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION & TRADE FACILITATION 1.01 Notification of Procedure In pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 1.03 of Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) hereby notifies the procedure to be f...
Read MoreYum Restaurants (I) Pvt. Ltd Vs Union of India (Delhi High Court) - Recently, in case of YUM RESTAURANTS (I) PVT.LTD AND Anr. v. Union of India & Ors, Hon'ble Delhi High Court pronounced that there is no provision in the Foreign Trade Policy which debars an Indian subsidiary of a foreign holding company from availing the benefit of Serve From India Scheme(SFIS)....
Read MoreEastron Enterprises Inc. Vs Commissioner of Customs (Delhi High Court) - Eastron Overseas Inc., Mataji Enterprises & M/s. Celestial Enterprises by bill of entries dated 12.12.2011, 14.12.2011 and 7.12.2011 had asked the Commissioner of Customs at ICD, Tughlakabad, New Delhi to permit and allow import into India of the Data Graphic Display Tubes, which have been imported ...
Read MoreCommissioner of Customs Vs. M/s. Caryaire Equipment India Pvt. Ltd. (Supreme Court of India) - The core issue that falls for our consideration and decision in this appeal is: whether aluminium grills can be termed as Extruded aluminium products? If the answer is in positive, the assessee would be covered by Item Serial No.7 of the Product Code 61 of the Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme (for s...
Read MoreM/s. Bhilwara Spinners Ltd. V/s. Union of India, Customs and Anr. (Bombay High Court) - The Bombay HC last week quashed the decision of the Customs, Excise, Service Tax Appellate Tribunal which held the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), the licensing authority under the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, did not have the powers to amend licences with retrospective ef...
Read MoreEurotex Industries & Exports vs Union Of India (Bombay High Court) - The Bombay high court last week quashed the office memorandum / press release dated November 11 and policy circular dated December 22 last year as they were not issued under the provisions of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, and, therefore, the restrictions contained in them were ...
Read MorePublic Notice No. 57/ 2015-20 - (06/12/2018) - Errata to Public Notice No. 50/2015-2020 dated 26th November, 2018 notifying procedure for allocation of quota for import of (i) Calcined Pet Coke for use as Calcined Pet coke (CPC) in Aluminium Industry and (ii) Raw Pet Coke for CPC manufacturing industry....
Read MorePublic Notice No. 56/2015-2020-DGFT - (05/12/2018) - Revised territorial jurisdiction of the Regional Authorities of DGFT and the jurisdiction is notified with immediate effect vide Public Notice No. 56/2015-2020-DGFT dated: 05.12.2018....
Read MoreTrade Notice No. 38/2018 - (03/12/2018) - A new feature is being added, with immediate effect, so that exporters can track the MEIS speed post dispatch made by the Regional Authorities....
Read MorePublic Notice No. 55/2015-2020-DGFT - (03/12/2018) - Certain Corrections have been made in the Appendix 3B, Table 2 as notified vide Public Notice 61 dated 07.03.2017, and modified from time to time, to be applicable with effect from 01.01.2017....
Read MorePublic Notices No. 51/(2015-2020)-DGFT - (30/11/2018) - Wastage Norms and Value Addition in respect of Gold religious idols (only gods and goddess)- both plain and studded, of 8 carats and above (upto 24 carats) are prescribed in Para 4.60 and 4.61 of the HBP....
Read MorePublic Notice No. 57/ 2015-20 - (06/12/2018) -
Public Notice No. 56/2015-2020-DGFT - (05/12/2018) -
Trade Notice No. 38/2018 - (03/12/2018) -
Public Notice No. 55/2015-2020-DGFT - (03/12/2018) -
Public Notices No. 51/(2015-2020)-DGFT - (30/11/2018) -
Notification No. 44/2015-2020-DGFT - (30/11/2018) -
Public Notice No. 54/2015-2020 - (30/11/2018) -
Public Notices. 53/2015-2020-DGFT - (30/11/2018) -
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The DGFT (Directorate General of foreign Trade) is the agency under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of the Government of India which governs the execution of policies related to import and export in the country. Till 1991 it was known as CCI&E (Chief Controller of Imports & Exports). It plays a very significant role in developing trading relations with several other nations and therefore assists in enhancing not just economic growth but also offers impetus required by the trade industry. To promote exports and imports, DGFT has established several of its regional offices throughout the country.
Some of the important functions of DGFT can be summed up as below:
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