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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhawan
Public Notice No.20 /2015-20
New Delhi, Dated the 12th July, 2018
Subject: Amendment in Paragraph 2.79 of the Handbook of Procedures of the Foreign Trade
Policy (FTP) 2015-20
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 1.03 of the Foreign Trade Policy
(FTP) 2015-20, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) hereby makes amendments to
Paragraph 2.79 of the Handbook of Procedures (HBP) of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20,
with immediate effect.
The Paragraph 2.79 of the Handbook of Procedures (HBP) of the Foreign Trade Policy
(FTP) 2015-20 is substituted to read as under:
"2.79 Issue of authorization for repeat orders
Applications for grant of authorization for repeat orders to the applicant exporter for
export of same SCOMET items to the same country/entities shall be approved by Chairman
IMWG, without any consultation with IMWG members. However, in cases of repeat orders for
export of same SCOMET items to different country/entities, approval will be granted by
Chairman, IMWG after verification of the credentials of foreign buyer/consignee/end user only.
The approval will be subject to the fulfillment ofthe following criteria:
(i) Same SCOMET items would imply that the products, along with the technical
specifications, are exactly the same for which export authorization has been issued
to the applicant exporter earlier after due consultation/verification;
(ii) Same country/entities would imply that (a) the foreign buyer (b) the consignee or
the intermediaries, if any (c) the end user and (d) the end use are exactly the same
for which export authorization has been issued to the applicant exporter earlier after
due consultation/verification;
(iii) Only the applications submitted within three years from the date of issue of original
SCOMET authorization, after due verification/consultation process, will be eligible for
repeat authorization;
(iv) The cumulative quantity permitted against repeat export authorizations shall be
commensurate with the operational capacity of the end user in respect of the
relevant product, as certified by the end user. A certificate to this effect from the end user shall be submitted by the exporter alongwith the application for a repeat
authorization;
(v) A declaration by the authorized signatory on the qualifying conditions as per (i) to
(iv) above shall be submitted by the exporter along with the application for
consideration under the repeat order route;
(vi) The authorizations(s) for repeat orders shall be liable for recall/termination by the
DGFT on receipt of an adverse report in respect of any of the export consignments;
(vii) All authorizations for repeat orders shall be brought before IMWG in its subsequent
meeting for confirmation of approval, on ex-post facto basis, and the IMWG would
reserve its right to refuse further repeat authorizations based on its assessment of
proliferation concerns.
2. Effect of this Public Notice:
Paragraph 2.79 of the Handbook of Procedures (HBP) ofthe Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20
has been amended to widen the scope for issue of authorizations for reet orders of SCOMET
items.
(Issued from F.No.Ol/91/180/18/ AM-17 /Ee)
(Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft@nic. in
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