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06-09-2019
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Notification No: |
Trade Notice No. 31/2019-2020
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Issuing Authority: |
DGFT
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Type: |
Trade Notice
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File No: |
File Number – 01/69/12/33/2018- O&M |
Subject: |
Reorganisation of Regional Authorities of DGFT
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Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry (Department of
Commerce) Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Trade Notice
No. 31/2019-2020
Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi-110011 Dated: 06.09.2019
To,
1. All Exporters/Members of the Trade
2. Regional Authorities
of DGFT
Subject: Reorganisation of Regional Authorities of DGFT
Various IT initiatives have been taken in DGFT in the recent past leading to
automatic issue of paperless MEIS, automatic issuance of IEC, paperless issuance
of Advance Authorisation and EPCG Authorisations, etc. It has also led to
substantial reduction of work in the relatively smaller regional authority
offices. Physical interactions have been minimised for improving ease of doing
business.
2. With a view to improve and equip the bigger regional
authorities of DGFT with sufficient human resources and better infrastructure to
cater to the exporter community, instructions have been issued reorganising the
regional authorities of DGFT by merging the smaller Regional Authorities with
the relatively bigger RA’s (Annex-I :O&M No. 7/2019 dated 09.2019)
3. In
order to enable smooth transition and assist exporters of old RA’s, the new RA
will designate one officer from within the RA and assign the responsibility of
monitoring the disposal of applications, queries, emails, contact@dgft (as the
link officers), litigation, grievances from exporters of old RA’s.
4. It
is further clarified that:
(i) Exporters belonging to old RAs can file
all applications online at the old RAs jurisdiction till 09.2019 (2 PM). No
application will be accepted from exporters from old RA’s on 14.09.2019 and
15.09.2019 as the servers will be updated.
(ii) From 09.2019, all
applications by the exporters belonging to old RAs will be filed online at the
new jurisdictional RA.
(iii) Exporters will continue to file
applications for amendment of authorisations, EODC/Redemption of old
applications at the old RA till 30.10.2019.
(iv) All old applications
including the files where responses to D/L’s have to be sent by the exporting
firms will be dealt in the old RA till 10.2019.
(v) From 11.2019, all
activities of the old RA will be taken over by the new RA including old
applications and requests and the old RA will cease to be operational.
5.
Exporters under the jurisdiction of old RA’s will continue to use earlier RA
email-ids ( Ex. [email protected] for old Dehradun RA) and contact@dgft for
raising queries, grievances etc. From 16.09.2019, it will be the responsibility
of the new RA to respond to all the queries received through email/contact@dgft
(whether for new applications or earlier filed requests) in assistance with the
old RA. New Jurisdictional RA’s must continuously monitor transition issues and
ensure that smaller merged RA’s and the exporters from the old RA jurisdiction
get focussed attention, outreach and trade facilitation.
(Issued from File Number – 01/69/12/33/2018- O&M)
(Nitish Suri) Deputy
Director General of Foreign Trade E–mail: [email protected]
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