Export Promotion Council for EOUs and SEZ Units added to Appendix-2, updating registered and regional office listings.
Amendment to Appendix-2 formally adds the Export Promotion Council for EOUs and SEZ Units, listing its registered office in New Delhi and seven regional offices (Chennai, Cochin, Kandla, Kolkata, Mumbai, Noida, Visakhapatnam) with specified SEZ/administrative office locations and contact details, issued under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy to update the official roster of Export Promotion Councils.

Export restrictions for pulses: private traders must file ANF with irrevocable buyer credit and supporting order, subject to approval.
Procedures for export of pulses to Sri Lanka limit export permission to private traders who must file an application in Aayaat Niryaat Form at DGFT Headquarters within thirty days, accompanied by a valid export order or an irrevocable Letter of Credit from the Sri Lankan buyer; applications received within the period will be considered on merit and may be subject to additional conditions.

Duty credit entitlement: consolidated six monthly claims on FOB realisation require BRC/FIRC and single port registration.
Claims under the Focus Product Scheme require a single consolidated application by Head/Registered Office for all exports through EDI-enabled ports on a six-monthly basis where realisation occurred; exports from 01.04.2006 and advance-payment exports by export date are eligible. Duty credit certificates are issued on FOB value realised per BRC/FIRC and may be transferable when bank-confirmed for LC/avalised or guaranteed bills. Scrips are registered to a single export port but may be used for imports at other ports after obtaining TRA. Applications must include specified documents, follow lost-shipping-bill safeguards, and be submitted within six months of the application period end.

Export Promotion Council amendment updates Cotton Textiles EPC office and contact details under the Foreign Trade Policy.
Amendment replaces the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council entry in the Handbook of Procedures with revised registered and regional office addresses for Mumbai and New Delhi and updates the Council's telephone, fax, email and website contact details; issued under the Foreign Trade Policy authority by public notice for administrative implementation.

Export documentation requirement: export documents must be in applicant's name for direct and third party exports; comments invited.
Clarification is sought on the One Star Export House eligibility criterion tied to a minimum export performance across specified years, and on VKGUY scheme documentary requirements which mandate that export documents for direct and third party exports be in the applicant's name; stakeholders are invited to submit written comments and may also send them by e mail to designated officers.