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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

PUBLIC NOTICE No. 34/2025-26 NEW DELHI, DATED THE December, 2025

Subject: Amendment in Para 6.34 of Chapter 6 of Handbook of Procedure 2023 —regd.

In exercise of powers conferred under Paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2023, as amended from time to time, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendment in Para 6.34 of Chapter 6 of HBP 2023

|glee Provision<br>No.|glee Provision<br>No.|glee Provision<br>No.|||ProposedAmendment|ProposedAmendment|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|6.34||Extend<br>validity|period|of|LoP\Extend||as per para 6.01(c) ofthe HBP, the|
|(h)||beyond initial validity period ofLoP|||LoP|||
||(except in case where there is al<br>restriction on<br>initial<br>period<br>of<br>approval,<br>like<br>setting up<br>of<br>oil<br>refineryprojects) asperParagraph]<br>6.05 (a) of FTP;||||j.<br>jj,|validity period of LOP/LOI once unit<br>commences production for a period<br>ofupto 5 years at a time or<br>The 2 years initial validity period of<br>LOP/LOI ( except in case|
|||||||where there is a restriction on initial|
|||||||period of approval, like setting up of|
|||||||oil refinery project) by one additional|
|||||||year for valid reasons to be recorded|
|||||||inwriting.|

ere is a restriction on initial| |||||||period of approval, like setting up of| |||||||oil refinery project) by one additional| |||||||year for valid reasons to be recorded| |||||||inwriting.|

Effect of this Public Notice: This amendment has been introduced to provide greater clarity and to streamline the administrative processes relating to extension of LOP/LOI for EOQU/BTP/EHTP/STPs. 

he, Additional Secretary to the Govt. of India & Director General of Foreign Trade Email: dgft@nic.in 

[Issued from File No. 01/92/180/77AM-26/PC-VI, e-file Computer No: 44685]