Duty credit scrip verification requires online issuance confirmation before licence registration; manual scrips need regional written confirmation.
AO/Supdt must retrieve and cross-check duty credit scrip issuance particulars on the DGFT regional website and, if scrip details are not available online (such as manually issued scrips), obtain written confirmation from the concerned Regional Licensing Authority before registering licences. Bulletin or signature verification is required only for licences not transmitted online (Chapter 3 schemes); the Joint Director will provide Bulletins and specimen signatures to the Air Cargo Complex, and the Clerk/Tax Assistant must endorse verification on the licence with the Appraiser countersigning.

Online IEC application requirements: ensure clear scans, office details, bank certificate attestation and complete ANF form Part D.
Directive prescribing corrective actions for recurring deficiencies in online IEC applications: ensure passport-size photographs and PAN images are of adequate size and clarity; bank certificates must be clearly scanned, show the bank manager's signature and code, and the bank address must be entered in the ANF; the registered office in the application must match the bank certificate; applicants must preview uploads. Applicants must submit the complete ANF including Part D, tick non-resident interest where applicable and provide required regulatory approval details, include a self-addressed stamped envelope, and file at the correct Regional Authority.

SION amendment: input-output norms for printed, ruled and plain cards clarified, including paper and foil allowance.
Amendment updates SION A-1578 to prescribe input-output norms for exports of Printed Cards and extends norms to Ruled Cards and Plain Cards, specifying permitted quantities of Art & Chrome Paper/Board or Card Board and conditional allowance of Coloured Hot Foil Stamping Foil, while setting differential rules for allowance of offset printing ink across the three card categories.

Duty Credit Scrip validity clarified to preserve prior scrips' longer term while applying reduced term prospectively.
Duty Credit Scrip validity for Chapter 3 was reduced from 24 months to 18 months to align with the Foreign Trade Policy; transitional clarification preserves 24 month validity for scrips issued up to the stated cutoff, while scrips issued after that cutoff carry 18 month validity, minimizing transaction costs for exporters.

Pre-shipment inspection agencies notification expands accredited inspectors and amends geographic areas of operation under the foreign trade policy.
Notification amends Appendix 5 of the Handbook of Procedures (Vol I) under paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy to add five new Pre Shipment Inspection Agencies (PSIA) with specified contact details and geographic areas of operation, and to correct and expand the area-of-operation and contact information for several existing PSIAs, effective immediately.

Standard Input-Output Norms for aluminium beverage cans notified, specifying permissible import inputs and CIF allowances.
Notification establishes new Standard Input-Output Norms (SION) for aluminium beverage cans (500 ml and 330 ml, with and without easy-open ends). Each SION prescribes export unit quantities, required aluminum coil (0.22-0.28 mm) kilogram norms per 1000 cans, ancillary imported inputs (inside spray lacquer, over varnish lacquer, UV lacquer, printing inks) and, where applicable, relevant aluminium easy open ends. CIF value allowances for ancillary imports are fixed as percentages of the FOB value of exports.

Digitally uploaded RCMC: exporters need not submit physical RCMC with FTP benefit applications from the notified effective date.
The requirement to submit a physical copy of the Registration cum Membership Certificate (RCMC) with applications for benefits under the Foreign Trade Policy is removed; Export Promotion Councils, Commodity Boards, Development Authorities and other competent authorities must upload digitally signed RCMC data to the DGFT website, and applicants will not be required to furnish paper RCMC with their FTP benefit applications from the notified effective date.

SION notification for copper-based pre-alloyed powder establishes permitted import-content ratios for specified input materials under export norms.
Notification of SION C-2049 establishes export-import norms for "Copper Based Pre-alloyed Powder R-800" under the Foreign Trade Policy and Handbook of Procedures, prescribing an export quantity of 100 Kg and specifying eligible input import items and their permitted quantities (copper cathode/ingot or scrap; lead ingot or scrap; tin ingot or scrap; nickel ingot or scrap) as the operative input allowances for exporters in the Engineering Product Group.

Border haat trade rules permit local resident vendors to trade specified goods using local currency or barter under suspended foreign exchange rules.
Operation of Border Haats between India and Bangladesh permits specified goods at designated haats, with commodity classification by the Haat Management Committee. Vendors must be residents within a five-kilometre radius and transactions may be in local currency or barter for bona fide personal or family consumption. Regulations relating to foreign exchange are suspended within the designated Border Haats, aligning operational arrangements with the MOU and its addendum.

Certification by Cost Accountant permitted in place of Chartered Accountant for export documentation under foreign trade policy.
The Director General of Foreign Trade directs that references to Chartered Accountant include Cost Accountant, FCA include FCMA, "CA Number" be read as "Membership Number", and "Cost and Works Accountant" be read as "Cost Accountant", thereby permitting Cost Accountants to provide certifications wherever Chartered Accountant certification was required under the EXIM policy and Handbook of Procedure.

Electronic Bank Realization Certificate requirement: banks must transmit full foreign exchange realization to DGFT for export benefit linkage.
Banks must transmit Bank Realization Certificate data electronically to the DGFT server and cease issuing physical BRC copies for DGFT use; banks must convert manual BRCs into XML and upload them. Transmitted BRCs must show full foreign exchange realised without deductions for commission, insurance or freight. Exporters must verify and correct Shipping Bill details before linkage, enter commission, insurance and freight values when applying for DGFT benefits, and the system will pro rata allocate realized foreign exchange across items when realization is short. DGFT will maintain an online Shipping Bill repository for scheme linkage.

Freight, Insurance and Commission declarations mandated; changes entitlement calculation and integrates e BRC with foreign trade schemes.
Amendment requires applicants using ANF 3C and ANF 4G to declare Freight, Insurance and Commission values are based on actual transaction values and that commission for entitlement is included as per actual value or 12.5% of net FOB realised whichever is less. Applicants using ANF 4D, ANF 4F, ANF 4H and ANF 5B must declare those values are based on actual transaction values and that commission is excluded for entitlement. The change integrates e BRC with Foreign Trade Policy schemes under paragraph 2.4.

Application checklist under FTP schemes ensures due diligence and complete submissions to prevent processing delays.
Checklists require exporters submitting applications under FTP 2009-14 for schemes in Chapters 3, 4, 5 and 8 to follow specified documentation and procedural requirements; applicants must use the Mumbai-issued checklists when filing with RA, Pune and this office to ensure due diligence, completeness at submission, avoidance of deficiency communications, and adherence to prescribed processing timelines.

Redemption and transferability of DFIA require prescribed documentary compliance and pre check procedures to enable processing.
Checklist prescribes documentary and procedural requirements for redemption and transferability of Duty Free Import Authorisations (DFIA), listing mandatory submissions-covering letter, two signed ANF-4H forms, CA/CWA certified consumption register, import statements and export realisation evidence-and distinguishing physical and deemed export documentation. It states no CENVAT declaration is needed for transferability while redemption with actual user condition requires CA or Central Excise certification (or proof of non excisability). Additional contingencies and regularisation measures for bona fide defaults, and operational instructions to use counter assistance for pre checks, are also specified.

Clubbing and redemption of advance authorisations require specified documentation, common input and RA alignment, and composition fee where EO lapses.
Procedural check-list for clubbing and redemption of Advance Authorisations requires submission of originals and certified documents (signed ANF 4D, consumption register, CA/Central Excise certifications where CENVAT credit is claimed), export realisation proof or shipping bills for physical exports, jurisdictional excise signed invoices for deemed exports, and additional specific documents for regularisation; all authorisations to be clubbed must share at least one common input, be issued by the same Regional Authority, meet value addition requirements, and where EO timing lapses a prescribed composition fee must be paid and evidenced by TR challan.

Pre Shipment Inspection: Fourteen agencies added to approved PSIA list under paragraph 2.4 of Foreign Trade Policy.
The Director General of Foreign Trade, exercising powers under paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, amends Appendix 5 of the Handbook of Procedures (Vol. I) to approve and enlist specified entities as Pre Shipment Inspection Agencies (PSIA) with immediate effect; fourteen named agencies and their regional branches are added to the PSIA list with contact and regional operation details recorded in the notice.

Certificates of Origin authorization updated: issuing agency's address and contact details revised to reflect office relocation.
The Director General has amended Appendix 4C of the Handbook of Procedures to update the Delhi entry for the Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers' Association, replacing its previous address and contact details with a new office location and revised telephone, fax, and email information to reflect the agency's relocation.

Export licence application requirements revised: ANF 2D replaced, application fee deleted and applicant guidelines simplified.
The Public Notice replaces the ANF 2D form in HBP Vol. I with a revised specimen, deletes the application fee field (no fee prescribed for export licence), and amends applicant guidelines. The revised form preserves fields for IEC, applicant and submission details, item and export history, export purpose, buyer and shipment particulars, special disclosures for samples and seeds, a detailed declaration undertaking compliance with the FT (D & R) Act and policy instruments, certifications on penal or caution status, RCMC representation, and signature authorization. New guidelines clarify hard copy and electronic submission, signature and enclosure requirements.

Counter timing change: unified morning receipt and delivery schedule reduces visits; afternoon exceptions allowed with approval.
Change in counter operations consolidates submission and collection into a morning receipt window followed by a morning delivery window to reduce multiple visits; exceptional hardship may permit afternoon submission or receipt with prior approval by the Joint Director General of Foreign Trade; the revised timings take effect from the announced implementation date.

Clubbing of advance authorisations: pending applications filed before the deadline must be processed under prior Handbook provisions.
Requests for clubbing of advance authorisations filed with Regional Authorities on or before the prescribed cut off must be disposed of under the provisions of the Handbook of Procedure that prevailed prior to the revised edition and annual supplement. Eligibility remains subject to the original Public Notice conditions, including exclusions for authorisations issued before an earlier specified date and for erstwhile Value Based Advance licences.