Electronic filing and Issuance of Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) under India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with effect from July 15, 2026

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....th effect from July 15, 2026 - regarding. It is informed that upon coming into force of India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with effect from July 15, 2026, Preferential Certificates of Origin for exports to UK under the above said agreement will be rolled out on Trade Connect ePlatform (www.trade.gov.in) which serves as the unified digital platform for application and issuance of all electronic Certificates of Origin (eCoO) for Indian exports. 2. As per the agreed terms of the India-UK CETA, eCoO will be available via the "Certificate of Origin" service on Trade Connect ePlatform for issuance on the basis of : (i) self-declaration, as well as (ii) by an authorised agency. 3. The following key points may ....

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....tion appears with file status as "Auto Approved Pending Issuance". vii. The applicant may then proceed by clicking on "Generate Self-Declared CoO" against the submitted application. The system will also prompt for uploading scanned copy of signature of the applicant (if not already uploaded during a previous application of the same type) which needs to be saved. viii. With the mandatory use of the linked DSC of the applicant, the Self- Declaration based eCOO may then be generated. ix. Self-Declaration based eCOO will be generated in two copies, both with QR code and digital signature, that can be downloaded and utilised by the applicant: • "Electronic Copy" with scanned signature in the place availabl....

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....atform for login including for filing/generating eCoO. iii. The types of digital signatures accepted in the DGFT common digital ecosystem and the process of linking DSC to IEC can be perused at www.dgft.gov.in by navigating to the "Learn" tab, selecting "Application Help and FAQs" (https://www.dgft.gov.in/CP/?opt=application-help), and going through the help documents and videos under "IEC Profile Management" section. iv. All users may ensure that their name in the DGFT/Trade Connect user profile matches completely with the name in the Digital Signature (DSC). v. All IEC holders may ensure that that updated details related to the IEC are available in the DGFT system in order that the correct details are available ....