PN 1/2026
In force — no superseding record on file.
[To Be Published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-| Section-I]
Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi — 110 011 Public Notice No. 01/2026-27
Dated: 07 April 2026
Subject: Amendments to Para 2.90 of Handbook of Procedures 2023.
In exercise of the powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2023, as amended from time to time, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendments to Para 2.90 of HBP-2023:
||||Existing Para|Amended Para||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|2.90|Certificates of Origin (CoO)|||Certificates ofOrigin (CoO)||
||(a)|Certificate of Origin (CoO) is| (a)<br>Certificate of Origin (CoO) isan||||
||an instrument to establish evidence| instrument to establish evidence||||on|
||on origin of goods imported into any| origin<br>of goods<br>imported<br>into any|||||
||country.|||country.||
||(b)|There are two categories of| (b)<br>There are two categories|||of|
||CoO viz.|||CoO viz.||
|||(i)|Preferential|(i)<br>Preferential||
|||(ii)|Non preferential|(ii)<br>Non preferential||
|||||(c)<br>The list of authorized agencies||
|||||to issue Certificates ofOrigin is notified||
|||||inAppendix 2B, 2C, 2D and 2E.||
|||||(d)<br>All authorized agencies must||
|||||accept applications and issue CoOs||
|||||only<br>via<br>https:/Avww.trade.gov.in|or|
|||||such<br>other<br>platform<br>as<br>may|be|
|||||ease<br>ao||
| designated by DGFTfrom | from time to time. |
|---|---|
| Manual<br>issuance | outside<br>of<br>the |
| designated platform is not permissible | |
| and<br>may<br>lead<br>to | revocation<br>of |
| authorizationtoissue | CoO. |
| y DGFTfrom | from time to time. |
|---|---|
| Manual<br>issuance | outside<br>of<br>the |
| designated platform is not permissible | |
| and<br>may<br>lead<br>to | revocation<br>of |
| authorizationtoissue | CoO. |
Effect of this Notification: Authorised agencies for issuance of Certificate of Origin may accept and issue the certificates only from the designated electronic platform as specified by DGFT.
er eS (Lav Agarwal) Director General of Foreign Trade & Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India E-mail: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from F. No. 01/02/60/AM-25/EG&TF)
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