Quality Control Order exemptions enable advance authorisation and EOU imports for manufacture of export products under FTP provisions. A new Appendix 2Y under the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 enables Advance Authorisation holders and EOUs to import inputs covered by mandatory Quality Control Orders (QCOs) where the DGFT has exempted those QCO notifications; the Appendix lists the Ministries/Departments whose QCOs are so exempted and takes immediate effect under FTP paragraphs 1.03 and 2.04 for goods to be utilised in manufacture of export products.