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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce and
Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Trade Notice No. 06/2021-22
Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated: 25th May 2021
To,
1. Exporters, Importers and other
Members of Trade Community
2. Regional Authorities (RAs) of DGFT
3. Export
Promotion Councils, Commodities Boards, Trade Associations and other
stakeholders of DGFT
Subject: Mandatory recording of information about
transfer of DFIA (Duty Free Import Authorization) Scrips and Paperless issuance
of DFIA Scrips
In order to enable electronic, paperless transactions and
facilitate trade, it is submitted that the recording of transferability of DFIA
is being made online. In this regard, a facility has been created on DGFT
website to record the information about transfer of DFIA scrips. The recording
of given information would allow the transferee to apply for ARO/Invalidation
against the said DFIA Scrip online. The given transfer of DFIA scrips, shall be
recorded under the relevant module on the DGFT website (https://dgft.gov.in) — >
Services — > AA/DFIA. Detailed procedure for recording of transfer of DFIA
scrips is at Annexure.
2. Further, the issuance of paper copies of DFIA
scrips (for EDI Ports) shall be discontinued with effect from 07.06.2021.
Security Paper copies of DFIA Scrips shall continue to be issued for Non-EDI
Ports. Any transfer of DFIA Scrips issued on or after this date shall be
mandatorily recorded in the online system. The record of such transfers shall be
mandatory for EDI ports as well as non-EDI Ports.
3. For cases where the
DFIA scrip was issued prior to 07.06.2021 and an ARO/Invalidation is to be
requested against the DFIA Scrip, the details of transfer of the said scrip (if
any) would also be required to be recorded in the DGFT online system. For cases,
where the ARO/invalidation is being requested by the original scrip owner no
such record of transfer would be required. For cases where scrips were issued
prior to 07.06.2021 and no request for ARO/Invalidation is to be made as on this
date or after, the recording of any transfer of the given scrip shall not be
mandatory.
4. The DFIA scrip owner shall ‘transfer’ the scrip to another
IEC in the same manner as was being done by them earlier i.e. as per the
independently negotiated terms & conditions between the buyer and the seller.
However, the information about the new owner (transferee) has to be recorded on
the DGFT website by the original owner (transferor), before the new owner
(transferee) can utilize the scrip to obtain any ARO/ Invalidation. It is
mandatory for both transferor and transferee to ensure that information
regarding transfer is recorded. After the information is confirmed on the DGFT
e-platform, the old owner cannot re-record the transfer, and only the new owner
can record and further transfer/retransfer.
5. It should be noted that
unless recorded on DGFT website, the new owner (transferee) will not be able to
utilize the scrip. Therefore, the new owner (transferee) has to ensure that the
scrip is recorded in his favour by the old owner (transferor). DGFT/Customs
shall not be responsible for any lapse by the old or new owner or any dispute in
this regard.
6. Applicants will continue to apply for DFIA as per online
procedure and the Regional Authorities will continue to issue the DFIA scrips in
online module. The applicant would also continue to apply for ARO/Invalidation
as per online procedure. The applicant for ARO/Invalidation shall be the current
owner of the scrip as recorded in the DGFT online system.
7.
Difficulties, if any, in implementation of these provisions may please be
brought to the notice of this Directorate immediately. For guidance on these new
processes, the Help manual & FAQs may be accessed at https://dgft.gov.in — >
Learn — > ‘Application Help & FAQs’. For any further assistance you may utilize
any of the following channels –
i. Raise a service request ticket through
the DGFT Helpdesk service under Services — > ‘DGFT Helpdesk Service’
ii.
Call the toll-free Helpdesk number
iii. Send an email to the Helpdesk on
[email protected]
This is issued with the approval of the competent
Authority.
(Issued from F.No. 01/94/180/074/AM21/PC-4)
(Vijay Kumar)
Additional Director General of Foreign Trade
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