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Foreign Trade · 30 September 2026
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.
Foreign Trade · 30 Sep 2026
The ₹1,774 per kg floor on the CIF value of imported Sulfadiazine API continues up to 30 November 2026 on the same terms.
ExtendedForeign Trade · 30 Sep 2026
The USD 111 per kg floor on the CIF value of imported ATS-8, a Chapter 29 chemical, continues up to 30 November 2026 on the same terms.
ExtendedForeign Trade · 30 Sep 2026
The ₹67,220 per MT floor on the CIF value of imported virgin multi-layer paper board continues for another six months. All other terms stay the same.
ExtendedForeign Trade · 30 Sep 2026
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.
ExtendedForeign Trade · 30 Sep 2026
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.
ExtendedForeign Trade · 21 Sep 2026
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.
New facilityForeign Trade · 16 Sep 2026
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.
ReliefForeign Trade · 15 Sep 2026
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.
ReliefForeign Trade · 7 Sep 2026
An Open API on the Trade Connect e-Platform lets an exporter’s own software file Certificate of Origin applications and verify issued certificates, for both preferential and non-preferential certificates.
New facilityForeign Trade · 1 Sep 2026
Eligible applications on the DGFT portal will be issued without manual scrutiny by the Regional Authority. Others continue on the manual route, and auto-approved cases can be flagged for review.
ReliefForeign Trade · 24 Aug 2026
Two notifications of 24 August 2026 revise the export policy of wheat under HS codes 10011900 and 10019910, and of wheat flour and related products under HS code 11010000, to “Free” with immediate effect.
ReliefForeign Trade · 21 Aug 2026
Trade Notice 21/2026-27 introduces an automated facility for Advance Authorisation and EPCG cases: once the Committee approves, the exporter pays the fee on the DGFT portal and the extension letter is generated automatically.
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