| Updates | Date of Updation |
| Krishnapatnam port is being added to the list of the 10 existing ports, thereby taking the total number of ports to 11, to allow export of ’’Sawn timber’’ made exclusively out of imported wood logs as per the notification issued by DGFT | December 31, 2018 |
| Restriction on Import of Peas from 01.01.2019 to 31.03.2019 as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | December 31, 2018 |
| Seeks to amend notification no. 296/76 dated 02.08.1976 to exempt temporary importation of private road vehicles from IGST and compensation cess as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Amending notification No. 69/2011-Customs, dated 29th July, 2011 pertains to HS 8708 40 00 [gear box and parts thereof, of specified motor vehicles], w.e.f. 1st of January, 2019, when imported under the India-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IJCEPA) as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Amending notification No. 53/2011-Customs dated 01st July, 2011 pertains to specified goods imported from Malaysia under the India-Malaysia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (IMCECA) w.e.f. 01.01.2019 as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Amending notification No. 152/2009-Customs dated 31.12.2009 pertains to specified goods imported from Korea RP under the India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) w.e.f. 01.01.2019 as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Amending notification No. 46/2011-Customs dated 01.06.2011 pertains to specified goods imported from ASEAN under the India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement w.e.f. 01.01.2019 as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Foreign Post Offices-amendment to Notification No. 31/2017-Customs (NT) dated 31st March, 2017 as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Fixation of tariff value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Sliver as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Amending notification no. 62/94-Customs (N.T.) dated 21.11.1994 in respect of Dahanu Port, Maharashtra as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Electronic Sealing-Deposit in and removal of goods from Customs Bonded Warehouses-deferment of Circular 19/2018 as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Procedure to be followed in cases of manufacturing or other operations undertaken in bonded warehouses under section 65 of the Customs Act as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Clarification of section 140(1) of the CGST Act, 2017 as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| GST on Services of Business Facilitator (BF) or a Business Correspondent (BC) to Banking Company as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Clarifying GST rate applicable on supply of food and beverage services by educational institution as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Clarification on issue of classification of service of printing of pictures covered under 998386 as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Applicability of GST on Asian Development Bank (ADB) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Applicability of GST on various programmes conducted by the Indian Institutes of Managements (IIMs) as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Clarification regarding GST tax rate for Sprinkler and Drip Irrigation System including laterals as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Clarification regarding GST rates & classification (goods) as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Clarification on refund related issues as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Clarification on export of services under GST as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Denial of composition option by tax authorities and effective date thereof as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Clarification on certain issues (sale by government departments to unregistered person; leviability of penalty under section 73(11) of the CGST Act; rate of tax in case of debit notes / credit notes issued under section 142(2) of the CGST Act; applicability of notification No. 50/2018-Central Tax; valuation methodology in case of TCS under Income Tax Act and definition of owner of goods) related to GST as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Guidelines for processing of applications for financial assistance under the Central Sector Scheme named ‘Seva Bhoj Yojna’ of the Ministry of Culture as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Seeks to insert explanation in an item in notification No. 8/2017 – Central Tax (Rate) by exercising powers conferred under section 11(3) of CGST Act, 2017 as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Seeks to amend notification No. 10/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) so as to specify services to be taxed under Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) as recommended by Goods and Services Tax Council in its 31st meeting held on 22.12.2018 as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Seeks to amend notification No. 9/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) so as to exempt certain services as recommended by Goods and Services Tax Council in its 31st meeting held on 22.12.2018 as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Seeks to amend notification No. 8/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) so as to notify IGST rates of various services as recommended by Goods and Services Tax Council in its 31st meeting held on 22.12.2018 as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Seeks to exempt integrated tax on supply of gold by nominated agencies to registered persons as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Seeks to further amend notification No. 2/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 to exempt GST on goods as per recommendations of the GST Council in its 31st meeting as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Seeks to further amend notification No. 1/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 to change GST rates on goods as per recommendations of the GST Council in its 31st meeting as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Seeks to amend the IGST Rules, 2017 so as to notify the rules for determination of place of supply in case of inter-State supply under sections 10(2), 12(3), 12(7), 12(11) and 13(7) of the IGST Act, 2017 as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 31, 2018 |
| Rates of rewards under MEIS for Onions, Fresh or Chilled, under HS Code 07031010 have been enhanced from 5% to 10% with immediate effect as per the public notice issued by DGFT | December 28, 2018 |
| MFN tariff of South Africa updated | December 27, 2018 |
| Prohibition on import of milk and milk products (including chocolates and chocolate products and candies/ confectionary/ food preparations with milk or milk solids as an ingredient) from China is extended for a further period of four months, i.e., till 23.04.2019 or until further orders, whichever is earlier as per the notification issued by DGFT | December 24, 2018 |
| Notifying rate of exchange of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 20, 2018 |
| The newly announced MEIS rates as per Appendix 3B updated | December 20, 2018 |
| List of capital goods not permitted/ permitted for import under EPCG Scheme as per the public notice issued by DGFT | December 18, 2018 |
| Notifying 5% MEIS benefit for Fixed Veg oils of Sal Kokam and Mango butter (Cultivated) as per the public notice issued by DGFT | December 17, 2018 |
| Partially amend notification No. 37/2017-Customs dated 30.06.2017 in order to exempt BCD and IGST for imports by NTRO as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 17, 2018 |
| Seeks to further postpone the implementation of increased customs duty on specified imports originating in USA from 17th December, 2018 to 31st January, 2019 as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 15, 2018 |
| Revised Tariff Value of Palm Oil, Palmolein, Gold and Silver, Brass Scrap, Areca Nuts and Poppy Seeds as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 14, 2018 |
| The New Duty Drawback rates updated as per latest notification issued by the CBIC | December 13, 2018 |
| Seeks to impose anti-dumping duty on imports of "Zeolite 4A (detergent grade)" originating in or exported from China PR as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 13, 2018 |
| Includes Paragraph 2.79 E in the Handbook of Procedures of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20 to lay down the procedure for re-export/return of imported SCOMET items as per the public notice issued by DGFT | December 12, 2018 |
| Amends Para 2.63 of the Handbook of Procedure (2015-20) regarding exhibits required for national and international exhibitions and demonstration as per the public notice issued by DGFT | December 12, 2018 |
| Clarifies requirement of documents for online IEC applications as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | December 12, 2018 |
| Salient features of revised All Industry Rates of Duty Drawback as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 12, 2018 |
| AEO programme digitization - Ease of doing business -Development of web-based application for AEO-T1 as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 07, 2018 |
| Amending Notification no. 62/94-Customs (N.T.) dated 21.11.1994 notifying Port Meadow u/s 7(a) of Customs Act, 1962 for unloading of imported goods and loading of export goods or any class of goods as per the Notification issued by CBIC | December 07, 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 Aluminum Industry and (ii) Raw Pet Coke for CPC manufacturing industry as per the public notice issued by DGFT | December 06, 2018 |
| December 06, 2018 |
| Revised All Industry Rates of Duty Drawback notified as per the Notification issued by CBIC | December 06, 2018 |
| Clarification with respect to amendments to Customs and Central Excise notifications for EOUs as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 05, 2018 |
| Anti-dumping duty on the imports of "Uncoated Copier Paper" originating in or exported from Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore as per the notification issued by CBIC | December 04, 2018 |
| Revised territorial jurisdiction of the Regional Authorities of DGFT and their jurisdiction is notified with immediate effect as per the public notice issued by DGFT | December 03, 2018 |
| 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 as per the public notice issued by DGFT | December 03, 2018 |
| Addition of a new feature, with immediate effect, so that exporters can track the MEIS speed post dispatch made by the Regional Authorities as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | December 03, 2018 |
| Procedure for disposal of un-claimed/un-cleared cargo under section 48 of the Customs Act, 1962, lying with the custodians as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 03, 2018 |
| Procedure for movement of goods under TIR Carnets as per the circular issued by CBIC | December 03, 2018 |
| November 30, 2018 |
| As per the circular issued by RBI increase in Interest Equalisation rate from 3% to 5% in respect of exports by MSME | November 29, 2018 |
| MFN tariff of South Africa updated | November 29, 2018 |
| Procedure for allocation of quota for import of (i) Calcined Pet Coke (CPC) for use in Aluminium Industry and (ii) Raw Pet Coke for CPC manufacturing industry is notified as per the public notice issued by DGFT | November 26, 2018 |
| Procedures for processing IGST Refund Paid on Export of Goods done through Non-EDI mode as per the instruction issued by CBIC | November 26, 2018 |
| Non Basmati rice items have been made eligible for MEIS benefits at the rate of 5% for exports made from 26.11.2018 and upto 25.03.2019 as per the public notice issued by DGFT | November 22, 2018 |
| MFN tariff of Turkey updated | November 22, 2018 |
| Bhadohi in Uttar Pradesh has been notified as a Town of Export Excellence for Carpets and other floor coverings as per the public notice issued by DGFT | November 20, 2018 |
| Re-import of Goods Exported through Post are also Covered for Exemption under Ntfn 45/2017 and 46/2017 dated 30.06.2017 as per the circular issued by CBIC | November 19, 2018 |
| Validity period of the EPCG Authorisations has been extended from 18 months to 24 months as per the public notice issued by DGFT | November 16, 2018 |
| Period for installation and operationalisation of Radiation Portal Monitors and Container Scanner in the designated port is extended up to 31.03.2019 as per the public notice issued by DGFT | November 15, 2018 |
| The existing "Stock and Sale" policy under Paragraph 2.79A and 2.79B of the Handbook of Procedures (HBP) of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20 has been amended to allow re-transfer / re-export of SCOMET items within country of the stockist and to the end users in other specified countries approved by IMWG, on post reporting basis as per the public notice issued by DGFT | November 15, 2018 |
| Seek extension of existing anti-dumping on "O-Acid" originating in or exported from China PR and imposed vide notification No. 6/2018-Customs (ADD) dated 12th March, 2018 to the imports originating and exported from China PR of "O-Ester" as per the notification by CBIC | November 15, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of New Zealand updated | November 15, 2018 |
| Implementation of PGA eSANCHIT - Paperless Processing under SWIFT-Uploading of Licenses/Permits/Certificates/Other Authorizations (LPCOs) by PGAs as per the circular issued by CBIC | November 13, 2018 |
| Informing about the setup of “Drive-through Scanner” next to PUB, Port-Karal Road. It is a high speed container scanner and efficient operation of this scanner is expected to further reduce dwell time for import significantly as per the public notice issued by JNCH | November 09, 2018 |
| USA modified the list of products eligible for Duty-Free Treatment under the GSP updated | November 08, 2018 |
| Implementation of Paperless Processing under SWIFT-Uploading of Supporting Documents (eSANCHIT) in Exports as per the circular issued by CBIC | November 08, 2018 |
| Para 4.32(i) and para 6.01(a) of Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 are amended to allow export of findings like posts, push backs, locks which help in collating the jewellery pieces together, containing gold of 3 carats and above up to a maximum limit of 22 carats only from domestic tariff area and EOU/ EHTP/STP/BTP Units as per the notification issued by DGFT | November 05, 2018 |
| Details of products falling under the jurisdiction of s.no 11 Export Promotion Council for EOU and SEZ units and sl no 22 Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC) of Appendix 2T revised as per the public notice issued by DGFT | November 05, 2018 |
| Online issuance of RCMC by EPCs & its uploading on DGFT server. The EPCs which are already issuing RCMCs online are advised to upload the same on the DGFT’s server and the exercise is to be completed by 31 December 2018 as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | November 02, 2018 |
| Procedure for a Pilot on Transhipment of Export Cargo from Bangladesh to third countries through Land Customs Stations (LCSs) to Kolkata Port / Airport, in containers or closed bodied trucks as per the circular issued by CBIC | November 02, 2018 |
| Seeks to further postpone the implementation of increased customs duty on specified imports originating in USA from 2nd November, 2018 to 17th December, 2018 as per the notification issued by CBIC | November 01, 2018 |
| Notifies exchange rate of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees as per the notification issued by CBIC | November 01, 2018 |
| Date for implementation of Track and Trace system for export of drug formulations with respect to maintaining the Parent-Child relationship in packaging levels and its uploading on Central Portal has been extended upto 01.07.2019 for both SSI and non SSI manufactured drugs as per the public notice issued by DGFT | November 01, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Maldives updated | November 01, 2018 |
| Revised Tariff Value of Palm Oil, Palmolein, Gold and Silver, Brass Scrap, Areca Nuts and Poppy Seeds as per the notification issued by CBIC | October 31, 2018 |
| Cautions against dealing with MSRL Group Limited, Miami, Florida, USA for failing to supply materials inspite of receiving advance payments from Indian importers as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | October 30, 2018 |
| Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018. It will come into force from 1 March, 2019 as per the notification issued by CBIC | October 30, 2018 |
| Extend the date of implementation to 1st January, 2019 in order to enable establishment of infrastructure and procurement of seals by warehouse owner as per the circular issued by CBIC | October 30, 2018 |
| Clarification on certain issues related to refund as per the circular issued by CBIC | October 26, 2018 |
| Extend the due date for filing a final return in FORM GSTR-10 till 31 December, 2018. This is applicable to such persons whose registration has been cancelled by the proper officer on or before 30 September, 2018 as per the notification issued by CBIC | October 26, 2018 |
| Clarify issues pertaining to registration as a Casual Taxable Person (CTP) & recovery of excess Input Tax Credit (ITC) distributed by an Input Service distributor (ISD) as per the circular issued by CBIC | October 26, 2018 |
| Clarify the procedure in respect of return of time expired drugs or medicines as per the circular issued by CBIC | October 26, 2018 |
| October 25, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Nepal updated | October 25, 2018 |
| Allowed import of 500,000 tonnes of petcoke per year by aluminium companies and 1.4 million tonnes of petcoke by calcined petcoke makers as per the notification issued by DGFT | October 23, 2018 |
| Electronic sealing – clarification on deposit in and removal of goods from customs bonded warehouses as per the circular issued by CBIC | October 23, 2018 |
| Exempted Inter-State Supplies of Handicraft Goods from GST Registration as per the notification issued by CBIC | October 22, 2018 |
| The procedure to be followed in cases of manufacturing or other operations undertaken in bonded warehouses under section 65 of the Customs Act as per the circular issued by CBIC | October 18, 2018 |
| Description of import item 1 in SION A-1486 is amended from Lauryl Alcohol to Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol as per the public notice issued by DGFT | October 16, 2018 |
| Revised Tariff Value of Palm Oil, Palmolein, Gold and Silver, Brass Scrap, Areca Nuts and Poppy Seeds as per the notification issued by CBIC | October 15, 2018 |
| Dropped Anti-dumping Duty on Phthalic Anhydride from Korea, Taiwan and Israel as per the notification issued by CBIC | October 15, 2018 |
| Increased import duty to 20% from 10% on the Lines of Mobile Phone as per the notification issued by CBIC | October 11, 2018 |
| Raised Basic Customs duty on Optical Equipment, IP Radio from 10% to 20% as per the notification issued by CBIC | October 11, 2018 |
| Printed Circuit Boards Assembly for eight telecommunication products cannot be imported under ITA at Zero duty as per the notification issued by CBIC | October 11, 2018 |
| MFN tariff of Canada updated | October 11, 2018 |
| Strict compliance of provision of Electrionics and Information Technology Goods (Requirement for Compulsory Registration) order, 2012 as amended at the time of assessment, registration and examination as per the public notice issued by CBIC | October 09, 2018 |
| As per the circular issued by CBIC, it clarifies the cases where IGST refunds have not been granted because higher rate of drawback has been claimed or where higher rate and lower rate were identical. The exporters have availed the option to take drawback at higher rate in place of IGST Refund out of the own volition. However, it has been decided that exporter would not be allowed to avail IGST refund after initially claiming the benefit of higher drawback | October 09, 2018 |
| Amended CGST rule 2017 as per the notification issued by CBIC | October 09, 2018 |
| Seeks to amend the notification No. 23/2103 dated the 10th October, 2013 to extend the levy of anti-dumping duty on the imports of " Ductile Iron Pipes " originating in or exported from China PR as per the notification issued by CBIC | October 09, 2018 |
| Classified e-Seals in tariff item 83099030 as per the notification issued by CBIC | October 08, 2018 |
| Guidelines for handling and storage of valuable goods that are seized/ confiscated by the Department as per the notification issued by CBIC | October 08, 2018 |
| Institutes offering education to NRI students now eligible for export incentives under Services Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) as per the circular issued by DGFT | October 05, 2018 |
| Indian Potash Limited (IPL), Chennai has been delisted as a State Trading Enterprise for import of Urea as per the notification issued by DGFT | October 05, 2018 |
| Imposing Anti-dumping Duty on Nylon Multi Filament Yarn from EU ($128.06/MT) and Vietnam ($384.02 and $719.44/MT) for Five Years as per the notification issued by CBIC | October 05, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of USA updated | October 04, 2018 |
| Making amendments in order to reduce Central Excise duty rates on motor spirit (petrol) (HS Code 2710) and High-speed diesel (HS Code 27101930) w.e.f 5 October, 2018 as per the notification issued by CBIC | October 04, 2018 |
| Notify rate of exchange of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees as per the notification issued by CBIC | October 04, 2018 |
| Time up to 30 April, 2019, has been allowed to Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and the State Governments of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu to finalise the modalities and complete the process of export of respective allocated quantities of Red Sanders wood as per the notification issued by DGFT | October 03, 2018 |
| Chapter 29 and 30 of ITC (HS), 2017 from ’’Restricted’’ to ’’Free’’ subject to No Objection Certificate (NOC) from Narcotics Commissioner, Gwalior, before import of the items as per the notification issued by DGFT | October 03, 2018 |
| Adding graphite electrode industry to the existing four industries i.e. cement, lime kiln, calcium carbide and gasification industries in the Policy condition No. 6 of Chapter 27 under ITC (HS) 2017 relating to Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes., under Schedule 1 (Import Policy) vide Notification No. 25/2015- 2020 dated 17 August, 2018 as per the notification issued by DGFT | September 28, 2018 |
| Import of Peas classified under Exim Code 07131000 (including Yellow peas, Green peas, Dun peas and Kaspa peas) is "Restricted" till 31.12.2018 as per the notification issued by DGFT | September 28, 2018 |
| Amendments in Para 2.47 relating to Export through Courier Service/ Post under FTP 2015-20. The value limit for exports through post has been removed but there is a value limit of Rs. 5,00,000 in case of overseas shipments through courier services as per the notification issued by DGFT | September 27, 2018 |
| MEIS benefit for certain items (Milk and Milk products) have been enhanced to 20%, from the current 10%, for exports made from the date of publication of this Public Notice to 12.01.2019 as per the public notice issued by DGFT | September 27, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of European Union (EU) updated | September 27, 2018 |
| Increasing the Basic Customs Duty on 19 major items (Click Here) including Refrigerators, AC and major consumer goods, to curb import of certain imported items. These changes in rates of Basic Customs Duty (BCD) will be effective from 27 September, 2018 as per the notification issued by CBIC | September 27, 2018 |
| M/s Supreme International FZC ceases to be an approved Pre-shipment Inspection Agency and is removed from Appendix 2G of Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms of FTP, 2015-20 as per the public notice issued by DGFT | September 26, 2018 |
| Allow export of remnant of chemicals after testing/analysis in the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) designated laboratories, falling under Category 1A in Appendix 3 (SCOMET items) to Schedule -2 of ITC (HS) classification of export and import items, 2018 as per the notification issued by DGFT | September 25, 2018 |
| Raised drawback rates of Gold, Silver Jewellery and Silver Articles. Gold jewellery Rs. 264 from Prev Rs. 246.5 and Silver Jewellery and Articles Rs. 3410 from Prev Rs. 2851 as per the notification issued by CBIC | September 24, 2018 |
| Extended the exemption from Integrated Tax and Compensation Cess provided to goods imported by Advance Authorization/EPCG authorizations and Export Oriented Units (EOU) for specified purposes till 31 March, 2019. Earlier this exemption was extended till 1 October, 2018 as per the notification issued by CBIC | September 24, 2018 |
| New online e-com online module for the SEIS will be available to the exporters from 03.10.2018 as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | September 20, 2018 |
| MFN tariff of South Africa updated | September 20, 2018 |
| Revised import of Long Pepper from "Prohibited" to "Free" and Minimum Import Price (MIP) is not applicable on Long Pepper as per the notification issued by DGFT | September 17, 2018 |
| Charging fees from exporter for EU-GSP REX System registration for preferential tariff as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | September 14, 2018 |
| Tariff notification in respect of fixation of tariff value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Sliver as per the notification issued by CBIC | September 14, 2018 |
| Amend Customs Tariff Determination of Origin of Goods under the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between the Republic of India and Republic of Singapore Rules, 2005. Principal notification No. 59/2005-Customs (N.T.) dated 20th July, 2005 as per the notification issued by CBIC | September 14, 2018 |
| Amend the Notification No. 73/2005 - Customs, dated the 22 July, 2005 and Notification No. 10/2008- Customs, dated the 15 January, 2008 to bring about necessary changes as per the second protocol amending the India Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement as per the notification issued by CBIC | September 14, 2018 |
| The quantity of raw sugar i.e. 8424 MTs (Eight thousand four hundred and twenty four metric tons) to be exported to USA under Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) upto 30.09.2019 as per the public notice issued by DGFT | September 13, 2018 |
| One time relaxation for regularisation and issue of EODC for exports made prior to imports where Advance Authorisation issued for import of Natural Rubber/ Silk as per the public notice issued by DGFT | September 13, 2018 |
| “To do list” for SCOMET Policy/Procedure for feedback/inputs from industry for simplification of licensing procedure of SCOMET items as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | September 13, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Sri Lanka updated | September 13, 2018 |
| Guidelines to apply for MEIS under the System Driven approval mechanism for MEIS applications for shipping bills from EDI ports as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | September 11, 2018 |
| Exemption in respect of specified goods manufactured in India and reimported into India for repairs or reconditioning subject to certain conditions. Said goods shall include printers, fax machines, automatic data processing machines, radar apparatus, projectors, colour TVs, Hearing aids, etc as per the notification issued by CBIC | September 11, 2018 |
| Preferential tariff of Afghanistan under SAFTA updated | September 06, 2018 |
| Anti-dumping Duty of 47.15% of CIF Value on Glass Chopped Strands Mats (CSM) Exported by Asia Composite Materials Thailand as per the notification issued by CBIC | September 06, 2018 |
| Anti-dumping Duty on Graphite Electrodes from China Dropped as per the notification issued by CBIC | September 06, 2018 |
| 24x7 custom clearances as per the circular issued by CBIC | September 05, 2018 |
| 10,000 tons (Ten thousand tons) of raw and/or white sugar under CXL Quota to European Union (EU) from 01.10.2018 to 30.09.2019 as per the public notice issued by DGFT | September 04, 2018 |
| Amendments have been made in Appendices Aayat Niryaat Forms (ANFs) pertaining to Chapter 6 of Handbook of Procedures 2015-2020 in light of implementation of GST and updation in FTP/HBP consequent upon Mid-Term Review on 05/12/2017 as per the public notice issued by DGFT | September 04, 2018 |
| Amendments have been made in Appendices Aayat Niryaat Forms (ANFs) pertaining to Chapter 7 of Handbook of Procedures 2015-2020 in light of implementation of GST and updation in FTP/HBP consequent upon Mid-Term Review on 05/12/2017 as per the public notice issued by DGFT | September 04, 2018 |
| Paragraph 2.79 C has been included in the Handbook of Procedures of FTP 2015- 20 to lay down the procedure for export of SCOMET items for display/exhibition/tenders/RFP/RFQ/NIT purposes as per the public notice issued by DGFT | September 04, 2018 |
| Paragraph 2.79 C has been included in the Handbook of Procedures of FTP 2015- 20 to lay down the procedure for export of SCOMET items for repair/replacement purposes as per the public notice issued by DGFT | September 04, 2018 |
| Central Goods and Services Tax (Eighth Amendment) Rules, 2018 as per the notification issued by CBIC | September 04, 2018 |
| Scope of principal-agent relationship in the context of Schedule I of the CGST Act as per the circular issued by CBIC | September 04, 2018 |
| Specifying that an alternative mechanism of recovery process of arrears in case of wrongly availed CENVAT credit under the existing law and CENVAT credit wrongly carried forward as transitional credit in the GST regime as per the circular issued by CBIC | September 04, 2018 |
| Clarification on refund related issues as per the circular issued by CBIC | September 04, 2018 |
| E-way bill in case of storing of goods in godown of transporter as per the circular issued by CBIC | September 04, 2018 |
| Import of peas classified under Exim code 07131000 (including Yellow peas, Green peas, Dun peas and Kaspa peas) is "Restricted" till 30.09.2018 as per the notification issued by DGFT | August 30, 2018 |
| DGFT as Authenticating Officer on behalf of President of India in all Notifications published in Gazette as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | August 30, 2018 |
| The pilot implementation of paperless processing under SWIFT-uploading of supporting documents (eSANCHIT) in Exports as per the circular issued by CBIC | August 30, 2018 |
| Forwarding of samples for testing to the outside laboratories as per the circular issued by CBIC | August 30, 2018 |
| MFN tariff of South Africa updated | August 30, 2018 |
| New E-Com module for SEIS, ANF 3B to be available from 20.09.2018 for application as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | August 29, 2018 |
| Para 5.14(b) of Hand book of Procedures 2015-20 amended to facilitate intimation to Regional Authorities without digital signature as per the public notice issued by DGFT | August 29, 2018 |
| Permitting EPCG authorisation holders to shift the capital goods imported during the entire export obligation period to their other units mentioned in the lEC and RCMC subject to conditions specified as per the public notice issued by DGFT | August 29, 2018 |
| Withdrawing previous Notification No. 15 dated 2 July, 2018 (Click Here) which extended restriction on import of Peas classified under Exim code 07131000 till 30/09/2018 as per the notification issued by DGFT | August 29, 2018 |
| Import policy of Petroleum bitumen under HS code 27132000 and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals under HS code 27139000 is "Free" as per the notification issued by DGFT | August 28, 2018 |
| Export policy of bio-fuels is revised from "Free" to "Restricted" as per the National Policy on Biofuels – 2018 as per the notification issued by DGFT | August 28, 2018 |
| August 28, 2018 |
| Norms for Spices under Advance Authorisation validity as per the circular issued by DGFT | August 28, 2018 |
| Limit of Rs One Crore per year for exports on free of cost exports basis for export promotion for Status Holders is removed and is made 2% of average annual export realization during preceding three licensing years with immediate effect as per the notification issued by DGFT | August 27, 2018 |
| Status of applications for Import/Non-SCOMET Export/SCOMET Export Licenses as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | August 27, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Pakistan updated | August 23, 2018 |
| Procedures to be followed for obtaining unique Direct Port Delivery (DPD) code to DPD importers as per the public notice issued by JHCH | August 21, 2018 |
| Import Policy of bio-fuels revised from ’’Free’’ to ’’Restricted’’ and allowed for non-fuel purpose on Actual user basis as per the National bio-fuel Policy, 4 June, 2018 as per the notification issued by DGFT | August 21, 2018 |
| Export of Beach Sand Minerals have been brought under STE and shall be canalised through Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL). Beach sand minerals, permitted anywhere in the export policy, will now be regulated in terms of policy under SI. No. 98A of Chapter 26 of Schedule 2 Export Policy as per the notification issued by DGFT | August 21, 2018 |
| Anti-dumping Duty on Ofloxacin from China – Classification Amended to include Heading 2941 along with earlier Heading 3004 as per the notification issued by CBIC | August 20, 2018 |
| August 20, 2018 |
| Procedure for duty free clearance of materials imported for relief and rehabilitation of people affected by flood in Kerala as per the public notice issued by CBIC | August 18, 2018 |
| Import of Pet Coke is allowed for only cement, lime kiln, calcium carbide and gasification industries, when used as feed stock or in the manufacturing process on Actual User Condition as per the notification issued by DGFT | August 17, 2018 |
| Allowing import of 125 MT of Peas or less (entire quantity as applied) per contract irrespective of advance payment made before 25.04.2018 as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | August 17, 2018 |
| Introduced new facility which enables exporters who obtained Advance Authorizations under self-declaration basis to view status of their applications online as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | August 17, 2018 |
| Exchange rate of foreign currencies against Indian Rupee as per the notification issued by CBIC | August 17, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Maldives updated | August 16, 2018 |
| Clarification on bank guarantee requirement for bond executed by EOUs as per the circular issued by CBIC | August 14, 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 as per the public notice issued by DGFT | August 14, 2018 |
| Tariff value of Palm oil, Gold, Silver and Areca nut as per the notification issued by CBIC | August 14, 2018 |
| Exchange rate of South African Rand as per the notification issued by CBIC | August 14, 2018 |
| Simplification and rationalization of processing of Authorized Economic Operator (AEO-T1) application. The AEO-T1 status holder are eligible for 24/7 cargo clearance, exemption from payment of merchant overtime fee, separate earmarked space in custodian’s premises, and facility of Direct Port Delivery (DPD) for import and export consignments as per the circular issued by CBIC | August 10, 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 as per the public notice issued by DGFT | August 09, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Hong Kong updated | August 09, 2018 |
| MEIS rates for certain items has been enhanced for exports made on or after 01.1 1.2017 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 notified to 5% as per the public notice issued by DGFT | August 08, 2018 |
| Procedure for filling online application for IEC/ modification in IEC/e-IEC is laid down. IEC will henceforth be system generated and applicant will have the facility of taking a print out of IEC. Further, requirement of Digital Signature for submitting IEC applications is done away as per the public notice issued by DGFT | August 08, 2018 |
| Para 2.05 on IEC is revised and details on the procedure is shifted to para 2.08 of Handbook of Procedures as per the notification issued by DGFT | August 08, 2018 |
| Amendment in policy and procedure for online IEC applications as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | August 08, 2018 |
| Anti-dumping Duty on Methylene Chloride from EU and USA extended till 20 October, 2019 as per the notification issued by CBIC | August 02, 2018 |
| The new GST rates updated as per notifications issued by the CBIC | August 02, 2018 |
| Standard Operating Procedures for movement of Domestic Containers from Hinterland (Inland Container Depot) to JNPT Terminals as per the public notice issued by JNCH | August 01, 2018 |
| E-com module for applying for SEIS, based on new ANF 3B as notified vide Public Notice No.15/2015-20 dated 28.06.2018 will be available from 1.9.2018 as per trade notice issued by the DGFT | July 30, 2018 |
| Panipat has been notified as a Town of Export Excellence for the Carpets, Other Textile Floor Coverings and Bed Linen as per public notice issued by the DGFT | July 27, 2018 |
| Import policy of Urea for industrial/non-agricultural/technical grade shall be "Free" with Actual User Condition as per the notification issued by DGFT | July 27, 2018 |
| Chapter 3 duty credit scrips are allowed for debit for import of items which were earlier not permitted as per public notice issued by the DGFT | July 26, 2018 |
| The value limit for exports through Courier service/ Post has been placed at Rs. 5,00,000 and the eligibility criteria for entitlement under MEIS for courier/ post exports have been increased to Rs. 5,00,000 per consignment from the earlier Rs. 25,000 per consignment. The limitation on the port of exports for courier exports for the purpose of incentivisation under MEIS has been done away as per the notification issued by DGFT | July 26, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Singapore updated | July 26, 2018 |
| Import of arecanut over and above CIF Rs. 251/ per kilogram is free and Import below CIF Rs.251/ is prohibited as per the notification issued by DGFT | July 25, 2018 |
| Import of pepper under Advance Authorisation Scheme, imports by 100% Export Oriented Units (EOUs) and units in the SEZ are ’’Free’’ and are exempted from the MIP condition as per the notification issued by DGFT | July 25, 2018 |
| Granting Deemed Export Benefits for supplies to the projects funded by Organisations such as JICA etc. under para 8.2(d) of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14 as per the circular issued by DGFT | July 23, 2018 |
| BCD of Algeria updated | July 19, 2018 |
| MEIS benefit for ’’Bengal-Gram’’ under ITC (HS) code 07132020 available upto 20.06.2018 has been extended for exports upto 20.09.2018 as per the public notice issued by DGFT | July 13, 2018 |
| The MEIS benefit for certain items has been enhanced for a certain period and some new items have been included in the MEIS Schedule, Appendix 3B as per the public notice issued by DGFT | July 13, 2018 |
| Import of Oxytocin is ‘Prohibited’ under Chapter 29 & 30 of the ITC (HS) 2017 as per the notification issued by DGFT | July 12, 2018 |
| Vishakhapatnam port is being added to the list of 15 existing ports/ICDs, thereby taking the total number of ports/lCDs to 16, for importing new vehicles as per the notification issued by DGFT | July 12, 2018 |
| Paragraph 2.79 of the Handbook of Procedures (HBP) of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20 has been amended to widen the scope for issue of authorizations for repeat orders of SCOMET Items as per the public notice issued by DGFT | July 12, 2018 |
| Tariff Concession for goods imported under Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) updated | July 12, 2018 |
| Clarification on acceptance of any copy of Shipping Bill in lieu of EP copy of Shipping Bill for grant of Export Obligation Discharge Certificate (EODC) of Advance Authorisation as per the circular issued by DGFT | July 09, 2018 |
| Treatment of peas (other than Yellow Peas) imported during the period 25.4.2018 to 15.5.2018 as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | July 06, 2018 |
| Issuance of export authorisation/license by DGFT (Hqrs.) for export of SCOMET items as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | July 06, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Brazil updated | July 05, 2018 |
| One Pre-Shipment Agency is notified as PSIA in term of Para 2.55(d) of HBP 2015-20 in Appendix 2G and instruments in respect of one existing Pre-Shipment Inspection Agency has been added as per the public notice issued by DGFT | July 03, 2018 |
| Amendments in Para 2.74 and 2.79A of the Handbook of Procedures 2015-20 related to ’’Inter Ministerial Working Group’’ and ’’"Stock and Sale" of SCOMET items’’ as per the public notice issued by DGFT | July 03, 2018 |
| Procedure to obtain No Incentive Certificate under the MEIS is being notified as per the public notice issued by DGFT | July 03, 2018 |
| Amendment in Appendix 3 (SCOMET items) to Schedule- 2 of ITC (HS) classification of Export and Import Items, 2018 has been amended as per the notification issued by DGFT | July 03, 2018 |
| Import of Fresh Ginger wholly produced in Nepal, classified under Exim Code 09101110, is 'Free' as per the notification issued by DGFT | July 02, 2018 |
| Restriction on import of Peas classified under Exim Code 07131000 (including Yellow peas, Green peas, Dun peas and Kaspa peas,) effective till 30 June, 2018 as per the Notification 04/2015-2020 dated 25 April, 2018, is further extended till 30 September, 2018 as per the notification issued by DGFT | July 02, 2018 |
| Amends APTA Rules of Origin as per the notification issued by CBIC | June 30, 2018 |
| Tariff Value of Palm Oil, Palmolein, Gold and Silver, Brass Scrap, Areca Nuts and Poppy Seeds as per the notification issued by CBIC | June 29, 2018 |
| New application format for grant of duty credit scrips under Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) is notified, for all SEIS applications with immediate effect as per the public notice issued by DGFT | June 28, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of India updated | June 28, 2018 |
| Amendments in the Paragraph 9.03 relating to Supplementary Claims under Handbook of Procedures (2015-2020) for Chapter 3 Scrips as per the public notice issued by DGFT | June 28, 2018 |
| Clarifying eligibility of Steamer Agents for benefits under Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) as per the notification issued by DGFT | June 21, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Bangladesh updated | June 21, 2018 |
| Export of Potatoes, Onions, Rice, Wheat Flour, Sugar, Dal and Eggs has been permitted to the Republic of Maldives under bilateral trade agreement between Government of India and Government of Maldives during the period 2018-19 w.e.f. April, 2018 as per the quantities indicated in the Table at Para 1 in this notification. The export of above items to Republic of Maldives will be exempted from any existing restriction/prohibition on export as per the notification issued by DGFT | June 20, 2018 |
| Paragraph 4.29 (vi) and Para 4.29(vii) of Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 is replaced enabling exporters to file single DFIA application for exports made from any EDI port and separate applications for export made from each non-EDI port as per the notification issued by DGFT | June 20, 2018 |
| The office address of DGFT and its Regional Authorities and their Jurisdiction have been updated and private SEZs from SI.No.47 to 53 have been added to Appendix 1A of Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20 as per the public notice issued by DGFT | June 20, 2018 |
| Applicants seeking import/export license from DGFT for "restricted" items, having paid the applicable fees, will submit online application to the concerned jurisdictional authority and subsequently send their application through email to either import-dgft@nic.in (for import licenses) or export-dgft@nic.in (for export licenses) as the case may be, along with proof of the application fee paid; besides attaching the necessary documents for processing the case. Applications are required to be submitted in prescribed pro-forma ANF-2M (for import license) and ANF- 2N (for export license) along with ANF-l (Applicant’’s Importer Exporter Profile), copy of IEC and other supporting documents, as applicable. In case the applicant firm has received the NOC from the concerned administrative Ministry, the same should invariably be attached with the application as per the trade notice issued by DGFT | June 20, 2018 |
| Cigarettes and other Tobacco products (Packaging and Labelling), Second Amendment Rules, 2018 as per the notification issued by CBIC | June 20, 2018 |
| Increases duty on some products falling under HS Chapters 7, 8, 28, 38, 72 and 73 as per the notification issued by CBIC | June 20, 2018 |
| Rate of exchange of one unit of South African Rand exchange equivalent to Indian rupees as per the notification issued by CBIC | June 19, 2018 |
| Increased import duty on edible oil from 5% to 10% as per the notification issued by CBIC | June 14, 2018 |
| The tariff Value of Palm Oil, Palmolein, Gold and Silver, Brass scrap, Areca Nuts and Poppy seeds as per the notification issued by CBIC | June 14, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of USA updated | June 14, 2018 |
| Procedure for e-commerce exports through Post and clarification regarding personal imports (amendment to Circular 14/2018 dated 4 June, 2018) as per circular issued by CBIC | June 13, 2018 |
| Indian Mackerel (species Rastrelliger Kanagurta) exported under any HS Code in Chapter 03 of the ITC HS 2012/2017 is eligible for MEIS incentive at the rate of 5% (for exports during the period 01.04.2015 to 31.10.2017) and 7% (for exports during the period 01.11.2017 to 30.06.2018) as per public notice issued by DGFT | June 12, 2018 |
| Port restriction is not applicable on import of Natural Rubber of all varieties/forms covered under EXIM Code 4001, under Advance Authorisation is removed as per the notification issued by DGFT | June 12, 2018 |
| Making amendments in the Notification No. 61/94(NT)- Customs dated 21 November, 1994 notified Surat airport for Baggage clearance as per circular issued by CBIC | June 08, 2018 |
| Sale in Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) in respect of services classified under chapter heading 9988 [Manufacturing services on physical inputs (goods) owned by others] and 9989 (Other manufacturing services; publishing, printing and reproduction services; materials recovery services) under GST, but covered in LOP/definition of “manufacture” as per para 9.31 of FTP as manufacturing goods, will be governed under provisions of para 6.8(a) of FTP 2015-2020. At the time of DTA clearance, applicable GST and compensation cess as per GST classification shall be applicable as per notification issued by DGFT | June 07, 2018 |
| It is clarified that other items, which are not parts of bicycle, are not eligible for Focus Product Scheme (FPS) benefit under FTP 2009-14. It was also clarified that cases where RA has issued scrips against the export of parts other than those used in bicycle under ITC(HS) 8481 is liable to be reviewed and corrective measures to be taken to recover such claims granted by oversight as per trade notice issued by DGFT | June 07, 2018 |
| The Export Obligation Discharge certificate (EODC) Camp in Regional Authority (RAs) during 11 June, 2018 to 22 June, 2018. The RAs [Mumbai, Chennai, CLA (New Delhi), Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Pune & Surat] would organize EODC camp to facilitate expeditious disposal of EODC applications for Advance and Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) authorisations as per trade notice issued by DGFT | June 07, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Sri Lanka updated | June 07, 2018 |
| It is informed that although the cases having SB005 error have now reduced, however, some exporters nevertheless, continue to make errors in filing invoice details in the shipping bill and the GST returns. Therefore, keeping in view the difficulties faced by the exporters in respect of SB005 errors, CBIC has decided to extend the facility of officer interface to Shipping bills filed up to 30.04.2018. However, the exporters are advised to align their export invoices submitted to Customs and GST authorities for smooth processing of refund claims. Apart from SB005 errors, IGST refunds are also stuck on account of SB003 error on the customs side. This error occurs when there is a mismatch between GSTIN entity mentioned in the Shipping bill and the one filing GSTR-1/GSTR-3B as per circular issued by CBIC | June 06, 2018 |
| Requirement of Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) for online/digital payment through e-MPS. Now, a person desiring to make online/digital payment can logon to e-MPS using his PAN details. There is no need for having digital signatures for making digital/online payment as per trade notice issued by the DGFT | June 04, 2018 |
| As per notification issued by the CBIC the Exports by Post Regulations, 2018, and shall come into force on 21 June, 2018. These Regulations shall apply to export of goods by any person, holding a valid Import- Export Code issued by the DGFT, in furtherance of business from any foreign post office notified under sub- section (e) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962. In case of goods to be exported through a foreign post office, an entry shall be required to be presented to the proper officer at the foreign post office of clearance, in the forms appended to these regulations that are given in this Notification | June 04, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Japan updated | June 01, 2018 |
| Guidelines for filing/processing of MEIS applications in case of Project Exports as per trade notice issued by the DGFT | May 30, 2018 |
| Entitlement for duty free import of sector specific inputs which were available in Chapter 1B of FTP 2009-14 have been re-inserted in Chapter 1 of FTP 2015-20 w.e.f. 01.04.2015 as per notification issued by the DGFT | May 28, 2018 |
| Reduction in Silver jewellery and Silver article drawback rates to Rs. 2851 per kg from Rs. 3513.8 per kg as per notification issued by the Customs | May 25, 2018 |
| Imposing Anti-dumping duty on saturated fatty alcohols imported from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand as per notification issued by the Customs | May 25, 2018 |
| MEIS incentive rate for Dried Onion (HS 07122000) in the Appendix 3B has been increased from 3% to 5% with immediate effect as per public notice issued by the DGFT | May 24, 2018 |
| Provision in Para 3.08(b) FTP 2015-2020 relating to the threshold level of earnings has been amended to bring in clarity as per notification issued by the DGFT | May 24, 2018 |
| MFN tariff of United Arab Emirates updated | May 24, 2018 |
| Clarified that the term "Duty" used in respect of the items listed in Appendix 3A is to be read as "Basic Customs duties" only and not "all Customs duties (including BCD=SAD/IGST)" as per circular issued by the DGFT | May 23, 2018 |
| Export obligation under EPCG scheme has been made more flexible as non-maintenance of Annual Average in some years can be offset by excess exports in other year(s) in respect of EPCG authorisations as per public notice issued by the DGFT | May 22, 2018 |
| The actual Service Providers (and not Ports) are eligible for SFIS/SEIS benefit in respect of their share of earnings made by performing the notified services under SFIS/SEIS Scheme as per circular issued by the DGFT | May 22, 2018 |
| Trade notice issued by the DGFT related to quota under Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement | May 22, 2018 |
| Date for mandatory digital payment through e-MPS is extended to 01.06.2018 as per trade notice issued by the DGFT | May 18, 2018 |
| Clarification on Irrevocable Commercial Letter of Credit (ICLC) and Advance Payment made through banking channel on import of Peas under Chapter 7 of the ITC (HS) 2017 before 25 April, 2018 as per trade notice issued by the DGFT | May 18, 2018 |
as per notification issued by the Customs | May 17, 2018 |
| An exporter gets caution listing for three months and directed banks to close entries in Export Data Processing and Monitoring System (EDPMS) where export revenue was received, extension of exemption from caution listing was granted by RBI for six months and later it got extended by 30 September, 2018 as per circular issued by the RBI | May 17, 2018 |
| MFN tariff of Oman updated | May 17, 2018 |
| Clarification on import policy of Peas under Chapter 7 of the ITC (HS) 2017 as per trade notice issued by the DGFT | May 16, 2018 |
| The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of the Republic of Mozambique and Government of the Republic of India on cooperation in the field of production and marketing of pigeon peas, both parties have agreed to target export of 1,50,000 MT of pigeon peas and other pulses grown in Mozambique to India during 2018-19 subject to certain conditions defined as this trade notice issued by the DGFT | May 16, 2018 |
| Notified Tariff Value of Palm Oil, Palmolein, Gold and Silver, Brass Scrap and Poppy Seeds as per notification issued by the Customs | May 15, 2018 |
| The members of the Trade and the Customs field formations may please note that the Public Notice 33 dated 23.10.2017 applies to all scrips issued under Chapter 3 of FTP irrespective of the FTP period. Further, this is also to inform that such scrip holders are not required to approach the RAs with the said scrips for any amendment in the validity period as per trade notice issued by the DGFT | May 15, 2018 |
| Extend Anti-dumping Duty on Peroxosulphates from China by one year as per notification issued by the Customs | May 14, 2018 |
| Gemological Institute of America, Israel and Gemological Institute of America, Japan are included in paragraph 4.74 of Handbook of Procedures (2015-20) for certification/ grading of diamonds of 0.25 carat and above as per public notice issued by the DGFT | May 14, 2018 |
| All RAs are requested to ensure that all relevant document for non-submission of complete Appendix 4E, containing technical details, chemical reactions and data sheet for advance authorisation applications on self-declaration basis under Para 4.04 and 4.07 of HBP are forwarded to the Norms Committee in time as per trade notice issued by the DGFT | May 14, 2018 |
| May 14, 2018 |
| Application process for import of 2 Lakh MT of Pigeon Peas/ Toor Dal and 1.5 Lakh MT for Urad/ Moong is laid down as per trade notice issued by the DGFT | May 11, 2018 |
| The rates for items under MEIS Appendix 3B/Service categories in Appendix 3D which were enhanced in the Mid Term view are continued beyond 30.06.2018 as per public notice issued by the DGFT | May 11, 2018 |
| May 10, 2018 |
| MFN tariff of Bahrain updated | May 10, 2018 |
| Krishnapatnam port is enlisted as a designated port for import of scrap as per public notice issued by the DGFT | May 09, 2018 |
| Requirement of Pre-Shipment Inspection Certification (PSIC) is dispensed with for import of metallic waste and scrap from safe countries through six ports where portal monitors and container scanners are operational as per public notice issued by the DGFT | May 09, 2018 |
| Date for implementation of Track and Trace system for export of drug formulations with respect to maintaining the Parent-Child relationship in packaging levels and its uploading on Central Portal has been extended upto 15.11.2018 for non SSI manufactured drugs as well as SSI manufactured drugs as per public notice issued by the DGFT | May 09, 2018 |
| Policy condition for import of old/used and new automotive mining equipments, oil rigging equipments for operation in captive mines/ oil rigging areas and other vehicles for research and development purposes is introduced as per notification issued by the DGFT | May 08, 2018 |
| Import policy of urad and moong in split & others forms under EXIM Codes: 07139010 and 07139090 are also restricted as per notification issued by the DGFT | May 04, 2018 |
| Basic Customs tariff of Lebanon updated | May 03, 2018 |
| May 01, 2018 |
| MFN tariff of South Africa updated | April 27, 2018 |
| April 26, 2018 |
| Import policy of Yellow Peas under Exim Code 07131000 is revised from free’’ to ’’restricted’’ for a period of three months (from 1 April to 30 June, 2018) as per notification issued by the DGFT | April 25, 2018 |
| Transitional Arrangements provision has been detailed under para 1.05 (b) of Foreign Trade policy (2015-20) as per notification issued by the DGFT | April 25, 2018 |
| Regional Authorities may allow revalidation of Advance Authorisation/DFIA, under the provisions of para 2.20(d) of HBP 2015-20, which has been amended vide PN 38 dated 9.11.2017, even if Authorisation is issued under FTP, 2009-14 provided conditions stipulated in the said Public Notice are fulfilled as per trade notice issued by the DGFT | April 25, 2018 |
| The service categories which have been notified in appendix 3D for SEIS are allowed for claim under SEIS. It is immaterial whether these notified services are delivered on an IT enabled platform or otherwise as per trade notice issued by the DGFT | April 25, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Bangladesh updated | April 19, 2018 |
| Import of radiation generating components under Exim codes 90221200, 90221410, 90221420, 90223000, 90229010, 90229020 and 90229030 of Chapter 90 of ITC (HS), 2017, Schedule - I (Import Policy), hereinafter, will be subject to prior regulatory clearance from Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) as per notification issued by the DGFT | April 16, 2018 |
| Tariff Concession for goods imported under India-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IJCEPA) updated | April 12, 2018 |
| Facility to check status of Importer Exporter Code (IEC) application made to DGFT is available on the DGFT website as per Trade Notice issued by the DGFT | April 11, 2018 |
| All varieties of edible oils, except mustard oil, have been made ’’free’’ for export without any quantitative ceilings, pack size etc., till further orders as per notification issued by the DGFT | April 06, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Malaysia updated | April 05, 2018 |
| As the export of all varieties of pulses, including organic pulses are free for export, vide DGFT Notification No. 38 dated 22.11.2017, the packaging restriction imposed vide DGFT Notification No. 40 dated 15.02.2016, on export of roasted gram would no longer be applicable as per circular issued by the DGFT | April 04, 2018 |
| DGFT has developed an online EODC monitoring system for monitoring the progress of Export Obligation Discharge Certificate (EODC) applications of Advance and EPCG authorisations. The website can be accessed at http://eodc.online in which the input data related to applications submitted by exporters for EODC can be put and the status can be updated when either deficiency letter or EODC is issued as per Trade Notice issued by the DGFT | April 04, 2018 |
| Import policy for Second Hand Goods imported for the purpose of repair / refurbishing / re – conditioning or re – engineering is laid down as per notification issued by the DGFT | March 28, 2018 |
| Amendments have been made in the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020 with regard to import of Raw Sugar under Duty Free Import Authorisation (DFIA) scheme as per notification issued by the DGFT | March 28, 2018 |
| Import of seal skin, in any form, is prohibited as per notification issued by the DGFT | March 28, 2018 |
| Amendments related to import of Raw Sugar under DFIA scheme have been made in Hand Book of Procedures 2015-2020 as per public notice issued by the DGFT | March 28, 2018 |
| Period for installation and operationalization of Radiation Portal Monitors and Container Scanner in the designated ports is extended up to 31.10.2018 as per public notice issued by the DGFT | March 28, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Sri Lanka updated | March 28, 2018 |
| Port restriction for import of apples covered under EXIM Code 08081000 is hereby removed as per notification issued by the DGFT | March 27, 2018 |
| Amendments to Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020 are made for the extension of Integrated and Goods and Service Tax (IGST) and Compensation Cess exemption under Advance Authorisation, EPCG and EOU Scheme till 01.10.2018 as per notification issued by the DGFT | March 23, 2018 |
| All RAs are instructed that past cases where MEIS applications received under FTP 2015-20 have not been considered merely on the grounds of description mismatch and not due to any mis-classification issues shall not be considered as “Finalised cases” for the purposes of para 3 of Public Notice 62 dated 16.02.2018 (Click Here). Therefore all such cases may be processed and finalized under the PN No.62 as per trade notice issued by the DGFT | March 23, 2018 |
| New para 4.07A is added in Handbook of Procedures 2015-20 related to Self-ratification Scheme as per public notice issued by the DGFT | March 22, 2018 |
| Processing of MEIS application for SEZ exports has been simplified through the changes in this public notice. Henceforth physical copy of SEZ shipping bills are not required to be submitted for claiming benefits under MEIS as per public notice issued by the DGFT | March 22, 2018 |
| Correction has been made in the Entry at Sl.No.8019 of the Table 2 of Appendix 3B notified vide Public Notice No.66 dated 21 March, 2018 as per public notice issued by the DGFT | March 22, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Cambodia updated | March 22, 2018 |
| Import policy and condition of pepper is revised. Import policy/condition of Pepper over and above CIF Rs. 500 per kilogram is “Free” whereas import of pepper below the CIF of Rs.500 per kilogram is “Prohibited” as per notification issued by the DGFT | March 21, 2018 |
| MEIS benefit is notified for ’’Bengal- gram’’ under ITC (HS) code 07132000 for a period of 3 months for exports made from the date of this Public Notice. Further, the entry pertaining to HS Code 07132000 is placed at Annexure to Public Notice No.62 dated 16.02.2018 for processing of MEIS applications as per public notice issued by the DGFT | March 21, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Philippines updated | March 15, 2018 |
| Launches e-MPS- facility to make online payment for miscellaneous applications as per trade notice issued by the DGFT | March 14, 2018 |
| Para 2.86 of the Handbook of Procedure (2015-20) pertaining to the provision on Irrevocable Letter of Credit is deleted as per public notice issued by the DGFT | March 13, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff and SPS-TBT measure of Thailand updated | March 08, 2018 |
| Amendment in Para 2.17 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 on "Prohibition on direct or indirect import and export from/to DPRK (Democratic People`s Republic of Korea) in terms of UNSC resolutions concerning DPRK as per notification issued by the DGFT | March 07, 2018 |
| Inputs/import items specified in Appendix 4J has been amended as per public notice issued by the DGFT | March 05, 2018 |
| BCD tariff rate on Chickpeas, (ITC-HS code 0713200) has been increased from 40% to 60% by invoking section 8A (1) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 as per notification issued by the CBEC | March 01, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Indonesia updated | March 01, 2018 |
| Clarification regarding export policy of onions - removal of Minimum Export Price (MEP) and Letter of Credit (LC) as per circular issued by the DGFT | February 26, 2018 |
| Amendments have been made in Ayat Niryat Forms (ANF) 4F & 4G of Handbook of Procedures 2015-2020 in light of implementation of GST and non-issuance of EP copies of Shipping Bills by Customs Authorities as per public notice issued by the DGFT | February 22, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff and SPS-TBT measure of Vietnam updated | February 22, 2018 |
| Information on details of shipping bills in cases where exporters who have inadvertently ticked ’’N’’ (for No) instead of ’’Y’’ (for Yes) in "Reward" column of shipping bills while filing the EDI shipping bills, but have declared the intent in the affirmative (in wording) in the shipping bill as per trade notice issued by the DGFT | February 21, 2018 |
| Modification in Section 3(1) (a), (b) and deletion of Section 3(1) (c) of the Foreign Trade (Exemption from application of Rules in certain cases) Amendment Order, 2017 is notified as per notification issued by the DGFT | February 20, 2018 |
| Seaports located at Dhamra Port and Dighi Port are included in paragraph 4.37(a) of Handbook of Procedures (2015-20) for availing export promotion benefits under Chapter 4 of Foreign Trade Policy as per public notice issued by the DGFT | February 16, 2018 |
| All Regional Authorities to process application for MEIS claim with the objective of improving ease of doing business, simplifying the procedures, increasing transparency and cutting down delays as per public notice issued by the DGFT | February 16, 2018 |
| Certain amendments/corrections have been made to Table 2 of Appendix 3B of FTP 2015-20 to align them with the ITC(HS) codes 2017 for exports made w.e.f. 01.01.2017 as per public notice issued by the DGFT | February 15, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Laos PDR updated | February 15, 2018 |
| Description of export item in Textile product SION J-290 has been amended as per public notice issued by the DGFT | February 09, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Nepal updated | February 08, 2018 |
| Increase import duty on all types of sugar (raw sugar, refined or white sugar) of ITC (HS) ‘1701’ from 50% to 100% and Chana (Chickpeas) of ITC (HS) ‘0713200’ from 30% to 40% as per notification issued by the CBEC | February 06, 2018 |
| Advising exporters to promptly check Shipping Bill transmission status on ICEGATE and DGFT website as per trade notice issued by the DGFT | February 06, 2018 |
| Amendment in procedure for seeking modification in IEC is notified as per public notice issued by the DGFT | February 05, 2018 |
| Consequent to modification in Section 3(2) of the Food Safety & Standards (Import) Regulation, 2017, Para 4 (A) of General Notes Regarding Import Policy of ITC (HS), 2017, Schedule - I (Import Policy) stands updated as per the notification issued by DGFT | February 05, 2018 |
| Import policy of Light black pepper classified under EXIM Code 09041120 under Advance Authorisation Scheme is laid down, in partial modification of Notification 42/2015-20 dated 6 December, 2017 as per the notification issued by DGFT | February 05, 2018 |
| Requirement of Minimum Export Price (MEP) on export of onions as described stands removed till further orders and all varieties of onions can now be exported without any MEP as per the notification issued by DGFT | February 02, 2018 |
| The new GST rates updated as per notifications issued by the CBEC | February 01, 2018 |
| Schedule 2 (Export Policy) of ITC (HS), 2018 is notified as per the notification issued by DGFT | January 31, 2018 |
| Correction has been made in the MEIS Appendix 38 description in entry no. 113, to align it with the ITC-HS present at the time of the notification of Public Notice 02, dated 01.04.2015. This correction is in effect from 01.04.2015 as per public notice issued by the DGFT | January 30, 2018 |
| Amendments in Appendix 4J of Hand Book of Procedure 2015-20 related to Export Obligation Period have been made as per public notice issued by the DGFT | January 25, 2018 |
| The New Duty Drawback rates updated as per notification issued by the CBEC | January 25, 2018 |
| In addition to the existing STEs, M/s NFL is permitted to import urea for another two months i.e. till 26.02.2018 as per notification issued by the DGFT | January 24, 2018 |
| Amendments in the Standard Input Output Norms (SION) as per public notice issued by the DGFT | January 19, 2018 |
| Revised list of banks and Nominated Agencies in Appendix 4B of HBP 2015-20 for import of Gold/Silver as per public notice issued by the DGFT | January 19, 2018 |
| Export of all varieties of onions, described at this notification, will be allowed only on Letter of Credit (LC) subject to a Minimum Export Price (MEP) of US$ 700 F.O.B. per Metric Ton (instead of US$ 850 F.O.B. per Metric Ton) with immediate effect and till 20.02.2018 as per notification issued by the DGFT | January 19, 2018 |
| Import of seconds/defectives of steel items as mentioned at SI. No. I to 7 of Policy Condition No.2 of Chapter 72 of ITC (HS), 2017, Schedule-I (Import Policy), shall be allowed also through Nhava Sheva (JNPT) and at ICD-Tughlakabad, New Delhi, besides the existing Customs sea port at Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata as per notification issued by the DGFT | January 18, 2018 |
| MFN/preferential tariff of Pakistan updated | January 18, 2018 |
| List of banks and Nominated Agencies in Appendix 4B of HBP 2015-20 for import Gold/Silver has been updated as per public notice issued by the DGFT | January 17, 2018 |
| Amendments have been made in Ayat Niryat Forms (ANF) 4A, 4E, 4F, 4G, 4H & 41 of Handbook of Procedures 2015-2020 in light of implementation of GST and non-issuance of EP copies of shipping Bills by Customs Authorities as per public notice issued by the DGFT | January 12, 2018 |
| Transition period for registering under the Registered Exporters System (REX) for EU Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) has been extended up to 30.06.2018 as per public notice issued by the DGFT | January 09, 2018 |
| Quantity of import item at S. No. 1 of SION K 36 (Sesame seeds) has been amended as per notification issued by the DGFT | January 03, 2018 |
Tariff Concession updated for goods imported under | January 01, 2018 |
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