The Union Cabinet on 6 October 2026 approved the setting up of a Special Purpose Vehicle, the Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority (ITLA), for research, planning, appraisal, monitoring and impact assessment in transportation and logistics. ITLA will prepare a National Transport Master Plan, technically appraise Government of India infrastructure projects costing ₹500 crore or more, and build a National Transport Data Repository using sources such as GSTN e-way bill, FASTag and Vahan. The release does not say when ITLA will start functioning.
Holders of the tariff rate quota for raw sugar may surrender any unused quantity up to 15 October 2026, on paying 0.5% of the CIF value of what they surrender.
The eligibility and validity criteria under Component II of the RELIEF intervention now run up to 31 March 2027, for shipments meant for delivery or transshipment under the intervention.
DGFT has kept the export remission scheme open for another three months. It covers DTA units, Advance Authorisation holders, SEZ units and EOUs, at the Appendix 4R and 4RE rates that applied on 30 September.
The Ministry of Textiles has extended the RoSCTL Scheme for exports of apparel/garments and made-ups for a further three months, from 1 October to 31 December 2026, at the existing rates and under the prevailing guidelines. The Ministry says the Scheme benefited more than 15,400 exporters during 2025–26, most of them MSMEs.
DGFT allowed import of 10 lakh MT of raw sugar duty-free under a Tariff Rate Quota up to 31 October 2026, with a one-time option to convert Advance Authorisations under SION E-52 to the TRQ. A series of public notices set the modalities; the latest, of 30 September 2026, lets TRQ holders surrender unutilised quantity up to 15 October 2026 on payment of 0.5% of CIF value.
Two DGFT notifications of 30 September 2026 extend Minimum Import Price conditions on Chapter 29 items up to 30 November 2026: USD 111 per kg (CIF) on ATS-8, and ₹1,774 per kg (CIF) on Sulfadiazine API. All other terms of the original notifications stay the same.
DGFT has extended the Minimum Import Price condition on Virgin Multi-layer Paper Board (five ITC (HS) codes under Chapter 48) for six months, up to 31 March 2027. The MIP stays at ₹67,220 per MT on CIF value, with all other terms as in Notification No. 26/2025-26 dated 22 August 2025.
DGFT has extended the eligibility and validity criteria under Component II of the RELIEF intervention (Resilience & Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation) up to 31 March 2027, for shipments meant for delivery or transshipment under the intervention. Component II is about ECGC cover for shipments to the specified regions.
DGFT has notified that the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) Scheme will continue up to 31 December 2026 for exports by DTA units, Advance Authorisation holders, SEZ units and EOUs. The rates and value caps in Appendix 4R and Appendix 4RE, as applicable on 30 September 2026, stay unchanged.
Every tariff line covering India’s exports to New Zealand becomes duty-exempt on entry into force. Dairy, sugar and edible oils stay excluded from India’s concessions.
DGFT has rewritten the PSIC timeline and given inspection agencies a one-time window of seven days to clear certificates held up for inspections done before 25 August 2026.
DGFT’s Trade Notice No. 22/2026-27 of 25 August 2026 tightened the PSIA/PSIC module so that a Pre-Shipment Inspection Certificate could be generated only on the date of inspection. Trade Notice No. 28/2026-27 of 16 September 2026 relaxes this to 2 days from inspection and gives agencies a one-time seven-day window to clear backlog certificates.
A new paragraph 2.57(c) in the Foreign Trade Policy exempts low-value export consignments from the Registration-cum-Membership Certificate requirement, with immediate effect. It is aimed at postal and courier exports.
DGFT has inserted sub-paragraph (c) in paragraph 2.57 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2023: the requirement of a Registration-cum-Membership Certificate or a Certificate of Registration does not apply to an export consignment whose FOB value does not exceed ₹3,00,000. The change has immediate effect from 15 September 2026.
India and MERCOSUR have signed the First Additional Protocol to their Preferential Trade Agreement. It amends Article 16 of Annex III (Rules of Origin) so that Certificates of Origin issued in electronic format have the same legal validity as paper ones. The Protocol enters into force only after both sides complete their internal procedures and notify each other.
DGFT has published a draft Public Notice that would replace Para 2.93 of the Handbook of Procedures, 2023 so that it prescribes non-preferential Rules of Origin for both exports and imports. For imports, the draft proposes origin by change in tariff heading or 35% value addition, declared by the importer through a self-declaration. Comments are invited within 15 days.
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