Verification of shipping bills and BRCs required; manual documents must include Customs and banker covering letters or applications will be rejected.
Licences under Export Promotion Schemes will be issued only after verification of shipping bills and BRCs with the issuing Customs and bank authorities for proprietorships, partnerships and companies, except status holder certificate holders. For manual shipping bills and BRCs, applicants must enclose covering letters from Customs and their bankers containing branch contact details to permit verification; applications without such forwarding letters will not be accepted at the counter.

DEPB rate amendment for fish products placed in abeyance pending further orders, affecting export benefit schedule.
Amendment to the DEPB rate for fish products records that an existing 5% DEPB rate at S.No.2 of the Schedule of DEPB rates (Fish and Fish Products) had been made effective earlier but that the decision to treat that effective date as operative is being kept in abeyance until further orders, thereby suspending implementation of the prior effective-date recognition for that DEPB entry.

Filing limit for supplementary DEPB applications increased to ease exporters' compliance and lower transaction costs.
A procedural amendment raises the per-exporter daily cap for filing supplementary DEPB applications from three to ten to facilitate exporters and reduce transaction costs; all other provisions of the earlier Trade Notice remain unchanged.

Withdrawal of export prohibition to Libya permits exports subject to Schedule II licensing and existing conditionality.
Amendment to the Handbook of Procedures provides that, unless otherwise specified, imports and exports are valid to or from any country while maintaining a prohibition on arms and related material with Iraq; all trade remains subject to conditionality, licensing or permission requirements under Schedule II of ITC (HS). Appendix-31, listing items prohibited for export to Libya, is withdrawn.

Import certificate end-use end-user requirement amended; specified note treated as deleted by DGFT under policy powers.
The Director General of Foreign Trade amends revised Appendix 16-A to treat as deleted the Note Before (NB) under the heading "Import Certificate to be accompanied with end-use cum end-user certificate (to be filled when the import is by a third party)." The amendment is made under powers conferred by the Export and Import Policy and the Handbook of Procedures and is issued in the public interest.

Supplementary DEPB claims processed under specified application procedure with form, declaration and expedited processing timeline.
Supplementary DEPB claims require submission of the prescribed Annexure A form in two copies with IEC and branch details, FOB export value, computation of additional DEPB entitlement and original DEPB file particulars, accompanied by application fee evidence and supporting documents. Applicants may file additional manual applications at designated counters in addition to normal filings, and the office will process and issue supplementary DEPBs within an expedited processing period. The form includes declarations on accuracy, exclusivity of claim, export proceeds realisation, repayment liability with interest, and signatory authorization.

Transferability of DEPBs: missing proof of realisation yields non-transferable credits, late-cut cases returned for deficiency.
Where exporters apply for transferable DEPB without furnishing proof of date of realisation on the bank certificate, the office will issue non-transferable DEPBs without raising deficiencies, except that applications necessitating a late cut will be returned with deficiencies and processed only after compliance. Exporters must hold a Registration-Cum-Membership Certificate from the Export Promotion Council relevant to their main line of business to avail DEPBs and related benefits; applications lacking appropriate council registration will not be entertained after the compliance cutoff.

Import restriction on penicillin and 6 APA: advance licences subject to a short capped export obligation and a pause on new licences.
Export obligation for Advance Licences allowing import of Penicillin (and salts) or 6 APA under the Duty Exemption Scheme is limited to three months from clearance of the first import consignment; the licensing authority must endorse the Advance Licence accordingly and no extensions of the export obligation period are permitted. Additionally, issuance of new Advance Licences for 6 APA is suspended for thirty days from the Public Notice.

Revocation of DEPB rate suspension prospective from 12 July 2004; regional DGFT offices must implement accordingly.
Clarification that the revocation of DEPB rates suspended for notified products in the Engineering Product Group (suspension originally by Public Notice No. 54 as amended by No. 56) is prospective in effect, operative from 12.07.2004, and that all regional DGFT offices are to take action accordingly.

Actual user condition: DFRC not permitted for inputs subject to prior import condition to preserve import controls.
Clarifies that DFRCs, as a post export replenishment mechanism, will not be issued for inputs subject to a prior import condition because permitting DFRC for such inputs would defeat the purpose of the prior import requirement; a clause amendment is to be made to resolve the inconsistency introduced by an inadvertent addition.

Import restrictions on penicillins suspend new advance licence issuance and bar export obligation extensions for permitted imports.
No Advance Licence shall be issued for thirty days for import of Penicillins and its salts. Where imports are permitted under the Advance Licensing Scheme, the Export Obligation period is restricted to three months from clearance of the first consignment and must be endorsed on the Advance Licence. No further extension of the Export Obligation period shall be allowed for such licences, including licences already issued.

Organic certification requirement: export allowed only with accreditation under the national accreditation framework.
Export as an Organic Product is allowed only if produced, processed and packed under a valid Organic Certificate issued by a certifying agency accredited by the National Steering Committee for Organic Products (NSCOP) acting as the National Accreditation Body. Agencies previously accredited by APEDA, Spices Board, Coffee Board and Tea Board are deemed accredited by NSCOP and will be under its control for accreditation purposes. The National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) is annexed and forms the regulatory framework for these procedures.

Defaulter status access via mobile SMS and WAP enables exporters to retrieve application and default records instantly.
Provision of mobile access allows exporters to obtain application status and defaulter status for DGFT filings via Reliance India Mobile SMS and RSURF WAP. SMS queries require specified message formats-DGFT plus party prefix and Key Number for application status, or IEC plus party prefix for defaulter status-sent to a dedicated short number to receive instant details. RSURF WAP users navigate RWorld to DGFT Mumbai, enter the party name prefix and Key Number or IEC, and select "Get Status" to display the information.

Classification of Hexane confirmed as covered under Chapter 29 of ITC(HS) following regulatory consultation and DGFT clarification.
The import of Hexane is covered in Chapter 29 of the ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items, 2002-07; this classification was confirmed by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade after consultation with the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals and issued as an official circular with the Director General's approval.

Revocation of suspended DEPB rates restores export benefit availability for engineering products under export policy powers.
Revocation of the suspension of DEPB rates for the Engineering Product Group: the DGFT, under Paragraph 2.4 of the Export and Import Policy and paragraph 1.1 of the Handbook of Procedures (Vol I), has revoked the suspensions effected by Public Notice No. 54 and Public Notice No. 56, restoring the DEPB schedule entries for engineering products; the action is declared to be in the public interest.

Stakeholder Consultation on Export Import Policy: trade invited to submit clarifications and justifications for proposed inclusions.
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade issues a circular inviting representations from trade and industry on issues listed in the online document for incorporation into the proposed New Export and Import Policy, requesting clarifications and justifications for inclusion and indicating that the circular is issued with the approval of the Director General.

Input-output norms modification clarifies SIONs and prescribes precise input lists and conditional allowances for export-linked imports.
The Director General of Foreign Trade amends the Handbook of Procedures, Vol. II under Paragraph 2.4 of the Export and Import Policy 2002-2007 to modify Standard Input Output Norms (SION). The Public Notice substitutes, deletes and corrects SION entries and descriptions, adds new entries across Chemicals, Engineering, Food and Textile sectors via Annexures A-E, and prescribes precise input-component lists, allowed quantities, alternate inputs and footnotes governing import entitlement against specified exports.

Sole agency for imports: STC authorised to import vegetable fats under annual quota; other conditions unchanged.
Amendment designates State Trading Corporation (STC) as the exclusive agency authorised to import vegetable fats (Vanaspati) up to the specified annual quota, correcting Point No. 2 of Public Notice No. 68/2002-07; all other conditions of Public Notice No. 9/2002-07 remain unchanged, issued under Paragraph 2.4 of the Export and Import Policy 2002-07.

Import quota for vegetable fats extended and limited to STC as sole importing agency under the trade treaty.
Extension of the import window and allocation conditions for vegetable fats (Vanaspati) from Nepal: unutilised quota for the prior year is preserved until the extended cut off; an annual quota for the subsequent financial year is authorised for imports within a specified window, after which imports under that quota are not permitted. State Trading Corporation (STC) is appointed the sole agency to import vegetable fats from Nepal up to the annual quota and other conditions of the earlier public notice continue to apply.

DEPB schedule amendment: revisions and insertions altering export benefit rates and value caps across specified product groups.
Amendments to the Schedule of DEPB rates revise and insert specific entries across product groups, imposing and revising value caps, amending export-item descriptions, deleting indicated entries, and adding new tariff lines with specified DEPB rates; the changes are issued under powers conferred by the Export and Import Policy and Handbook of Procedures and update the operative DEPB schedule for assessing entitlement.