MANU/DGFT/0123/2021

Ministry : Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Department/Board : DGFT

Trade Notice No. : 18/2021-2022

Date : 20.09.2021

Notification/ Circulars Referred : Notification No. 58/2015-2020 dated 12.02.2021 MANU/DGFT/0014/2021;11/2015-2020 dated 01.07.2021 MANU/DGFT/0077/2021;16/2015-2020 dated 09.08.2021 MANU/DGFT/0101/2021

Citing Reference:
Notification No. 58/2015-2020 dated 12.02.2021 MANU/DGFT/0014/2021  Referred

11/2015-2020 dated 01.07.2021 MANU/DGFT/0077/2021  Referred

16/2015-2020 dated 09.08.2021 MANU/DGFT/0101/2021  Referred

To,

1. All IEC Holders/Members of Trade
2. DGFT Regional Authorities
3. Export Promotion Councils/Commodity Boards/ other Industry Associations

De-Activation of IECs not updated on the DGFT

This Trade Notice is being issued in reference to the Notification No. 58/2015-2020 dated 12.02.2021, 11/2015-2020 dated 01.07.2021 and 16/2015-2020 dated 09.08.2021 whereby it was mandated by DGFT to all IEC holders to ensure that details in their IEC is updated electronically every year during April-June period (for which no user charges will be borne by the IEC holder). Based on representations received from the IEC holders who had not updated their IECs, the period of updation was extended upto 31st July 2021 and subsequently to 31st August 2021.

2. In continuation to the aforementioned notification and as per para 2.05(e) of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), IECs which are not yet updated shall now be de-activated. This de-activation activity is being initiated in a phased manner.

3. All IECs which have not been updated after 01.01.2005 shall be de-activated with effect from 06.10.2021. The list of such IECs may be seen at the given link (https://www.dgft.gov.in/CP/?opt=dgft-ra). The concerned IEC holders are provided one final opportunity to update their IEC in this interim period ti........