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25-03-2021
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Notification No: |
Trade Notice No. 48/2020-2021
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Issuing Authority: |
DGFT
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Type: |
Trade Notice
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File No: |
File No. 01/02/54/AM21/EG&TF |
Subject: |
Electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) through the Common Digital Platform for India’s Exports w.e.f. 15th April 2021
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Government of India Ministry of Commerce and
Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Trade Notice No. 48/2020-2021
Dated: 25.03.2021 Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi
To,
All Exporters/Members of Trade All
Designated Issuing Agencies
Subject: Electronic filing of Non-Preferential
Certificate of Origin (CoO) through the Common Digital Platform for India’s
Exports w.e.f. 15th April 2021
In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice
42/2020-2021 dated 19.02.2021, it is informed that the electronic platform
for Certificate of Origin (CoO) (URL:https://coo.dgft.gov.in ) is being
expanded beyond Preferential Certificate of Origin to facilitate electronic
application of Non-Preferential Certificates of Origin.
2. The objective of
the platform is to provide an electronic, contact-less single window for the
CoO related processes. Applications for Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin
may also be submitted through e-CoO platform w.e.f. 15th April 2021. However,
there shall be a transition period for CoO(NP) issuing agencies to on-board
this common digital platform. Submitting CoO(NP) applications on this online
platform shall not be mandatory for the exporters in the immediate. The
existing procedure of submitting paper CoO applications directly to the
designated issuing agency shall also be in operation in parallel. Submission
and issuance of CoO(NP) by the issuing agencies through their paper based
system may continue up to 31st July 2021 or until further orders.
3. It may
be noted here that for online Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin
applications, the e-CoO system shall generate a set of three (3) CoO leaves i.e.
electronic,original and duplicate. The electronic copy shall bear the image
signature of the officer and stamp of the issuing agency. The other copies
shall not bear the image sign and seal of the issuing agency. Wherever
required, the exporter may choose to get the prints of these remaining copies
duly signed in wet-ink by the issuing officer along with the stamp of the
issuing office.
4. As part of this online CoO(NP) application process, the
exporters can also choose to avail the option of requesting for attestation
of the supporting documents submitted with the said application, wherever
required. These wet ink signed copies of the CoO(NP) and the attested
documents (if any) may be collected by the applicant exporter by post or in
person, for suitable submission to the concerned authorities in the importing
country.
5. The authenticity of the online CoO(NP) issued shall be verifiable
through QR code displayed on the certificate. Additionally, verification may
also be done by keying the certificate number at the verification link on the
e-CoO platform ( https://coo.dgft.gov.in ).
6. The concerned Indian
Exporters may please take note of the following points with regard to the
process being notified herewith:
· Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) would
be required for the purpose of electronic submission of applications. The
digital signature would be the same as used in other DGFT applications;
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The DSC should be Class III. The given DSC may be of either categories --
individual based DSC or organization based DSC or a DSC with the IEC of the
firm embedded into it;
· Any new applicant exporter would require a one-time
registration at the given portal. The password would be sent on the email and
mobile number of the IEC holder. In case the IEC holder desires to update
their email on which communication is to be sent, the same may be done by
using the ‘Modify/Update IEC’ service on the DGFT website https://dgft.gov.in
· Once registration is completed, the IEC details would be auto-populated from
the DGFT-IEC database. Applicant is required to ensure that updated IEC
details are available in the DGFT system prior to registration. Necessary
steps may be taken to update the IEC details online, where required.
· Any
applicant exporter who is already availing services on this common digital
platform for issuance of Preferential Certificate of Origin is not required to
register again. Existing credentials may be used for logging in to the portal
for CoO(NP) as well.
8. For further guidance on registration and
application submission process, the Help Manual & FAQs may be accessed on the
landing page at https://coo.dgft.gov.in . For any further assistance you may
utilize any of the following channels —
· Raise a service request ticket
through the DGFT Helpdesk service · Call the toll-free DGFT Helpdesk numbers
· Send an email to DGFT CoO Helpdesk at [email protected]
This issues with the
approval of the competent authority.
(Issued from File No. 01/02/54/AM21/EG&TF)
(Md. Moin Afaque) Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade
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