Preferential Certificate of Origin electronic issuance expanded to include India Mercosur and India Thailand, mandating digital submissions and DSC. Electronic issuance of Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) is extended to India Mercosur and India Thailand trade agreements via the e CoO platform as the exclusive channel; the system will produce existing CoO copies plus an electronic copy with the issuing officer's image signature and agency stamp. Manual applications on or after the effective date must not be submitted. Applicants must use a Digital Signature Certificate (Class II or III) with the IEC embedded, register on the portal to receive credentials, and ensure IEC details in the DGFT database are current.