Automatic System based issue of Status Holder Certificate (e-SHC) with no requirement of filing any application by the exporter

To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part I Section I)

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Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade VanijyaBhawan, New Delhi

Public Notice No: 32/2023 New Delhi, the 9"" October 2023

Subject: Automatic System based issue of Status Holder Certificate (e-SHC) with no requirement of filing any application by the exporter - reg

S.O.(E): In exercise of power conferred under paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2023 as amended from time to time, and in furtherance of the e-Governance initiative of DGFT as envisaged in Para 1.04 (d) of Handbook of Procedures 2023, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendments in Handbook of Procedures, 2023:

1.08 (a) Exporters shall be required toa) In the interest of trade facilitation Status “Helter file an application online forthe endeavor has been to recognize — bptivetion’ fo recognition of status under thegrant synonr-qenersiad electronic grant of Status Policy. in ANF 1B along with\Status Holder: Certification, , based .on Certificate prescribed documents. merchandise export data available with (b) Online; ApplicE a tiont for status DGCI&Seeewithout the need for filing ewtificate shall be fiat wal application by the exporter.

prescribed documents. merchandise export data available with (b) Online; ApplicE a tiont for status DGCI&Seeewithout the need for filing ewtificate shall be fiat wal application by the exporter. jurisdictional RA as determined by(b) Wherever required, exporters ma the location of Registered Office inljalso file an application online fo the case of Company and of Headlrecognition as well as for up-gradation Office in the case of others as perjof Status under the Policy in ANF 1B Appendix 1A. along with CA _ Certificate. Online cp Application for Status certificate shall be} filed with regional jurisdictional offices (RA) of DGFT as determined by the location of Registered Office in the case of Company and of Head Office in the case of others as per Appendix 1A.

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Effect of this Notification: The Status Holder Certificate is being electronically generated based on export data available in DGCI&S database with no requirement by the exporter to file any kind of application in most cases. This will further the ease of doing business by doing away with the application process & file examination and use of existing data elements available within the Government for export certification.

(Santosh Kumar Sarangi) Director General of Foreign Trade Ex-officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India E-mail:dgft@nic.in

[Issued from File No. 01/61/180/086/AM24/PC-3]