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Export-import entities have been encountering numerous difficulties in the entire process of IEC registration and IEC modification due to, inter alia, technical glitches such as internet browser errors and disrupted browser settings of DSCs (digital signs). In order to cope with the abovementioned hitches, the Directorate General of Forei...
Read MoreQ 1. What is the technical requirement for filing an Import And Export Code (IEC)? Ans: (i) A valid PAN (ii) Valid Mobile Number and Email (iii) Scanned copy of the documents to be Q 2. How to apply for new IEC application? Ans: On the DGFT website under Quick links select Apply for New […]...
Read MoreAs far as I understand, the export promotion policy is put in place to promote the exports from India. However, I doubt it very much, the way; the Indian bureaucracy formulates & implements the same. The transaction costs of export administration are so high within the system that even the incentives have no meaning because the exporters ...
Read MoreThis is a story about the elite IAS, ITS & IRS housed in the Udyog Bhawan & the North Block. I always thought that these officials would be able to think through the problem & formulate policy & procedures, which would be easy, transparent & easy to understand for the beneficiaries & easy to implement but alas that is not to be. ...
Read MoreCondition of Manufacturing for 100% EOU Units- The business has started to look at the market in a global sense for some years now and cross-border trade has become a routine business today. In such a scenario exporters of goods whether manufactured or traded, play a huge role in improving the economic status of this country owing to Fore...
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 MoreThe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for removal of prohibition on export of all types of pulses to ensure that farmers have greater choice in marketing their produce and in getting better remuneration for their produce. The CCEA also empowered the Committee chai...
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. 30/2015-20-DGFT - (14/08/2018) - One time relaxation and condonation of delay in submission of installation certificate to RAs under EPCG Scheme for authorizations issued upto 31.03.2015, without payment of any penalty....
Read MorePublic Notice No.29/2015-2020 - (09/08/2018) - The HS Code 63029100 has been made eligible for MEIS for the period 01.04.2015 to 30.09.2015 with the same eligibility conditions, without late cut, as was applicable for HS Code 63029190 (MEIS sl no. 2762 in the Public Notice 02/2015-20 dated 01.04.2015) in the said period....
Read MorePublic Notice No. 28/2015-2020 - (08/08/2018) - The MEIS rates for certain items has been enhanced for exports made on or after 01.11.2017 and the rate for one HS Code 62142010 which was at 5% before Public Notice 42/2015-20 dated 24.11.2017 and was incorrectly notified as being increased from 2 to 4%, has been re-notified to 5%....
Read MorePublic Notices No. 27/2015-2020-DGFT [S.O. 3940(E)] - (08/08/2018) - Procedure for filling online application for IEC/ modification in IEC/e-IEC is laid down. IEC will henceforth be system generated & an applicant will have the facility of taking a print out of IEC. Further, a requirement of Digital Signature for submitting IEC appl. is done away...
Read MoreNotification No. 24/2015-2020-DGFT [S.O. 3941(E)] - (08/08/2018) - Central Government hereby amends and revises the provision in Para 2.05 of the Foreign Trade policy (2015-20) on Importer-Exporter Code (IEC) and procedure is shifted to para 2.08 of Handbook of Procedures vide Notification No. 24/2015-2020 dated: 08 August, 2018....
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Public Notice No. 30/2015-20-DGFT - (14/08/2018) -
Public Notice No.29/2015-2020 - (09/08/2018) -
Public Notice No. 28/2015-2020 - (08/08/2018) -
Public Notices No. 27/2015-2020-DGFT [S.O. 3940(E)] - (08/08/2018) -
Notification No. 24/2015-2020-DGFT [S.O. 3941(E)] - (08/08/2018) -
Trade Notice No. 23/2018-19-DGFT - (08/08/2018) -
Public Notices No. 26/2015-2020-DGFT - (01/08/2018) -
PUBLIC NOTICE No. 114/2018-JNCH - (01/08/2018) -
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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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