Compulsory Filing of Non-preferential
Origin Certificate through DGFT Portal Postponed to 1 Aug 2022
[DGFT
Trade Notice No. 04/2022-2023 dated 27 April 2022]
Subject: Extension of Date for Mandatory electronic
filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO)
through the Common Digital Platform to 1st August 2022
In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice 24/2021-22
dated 15.11.2021, Trade Notice 42/2020-2021 dated 19.02.2021, 48/2020-2021 dated
25.03.2021, 10/2021-2022 dated 19.07.2021, 19/2021-2022 dated 01.10.2021,
21/2021-22 dated 18.10.2021 and 32/2021-22 dated 24.01.2022, it is informed
that the transition period for mandatory filing of applications for Non-
Preferential Certificate of Origin through the e-CoO
Platform has been further extended till 01st
August 2022.
2. While the exporters and NP CoO
Issuing Agencies would have the option to use the online system, the same shall
not be mandatory till 01st August 2022. The existing systems of processing
non-preferential CoO applications in manual/paper
mode is being allowed. For guidance on registration and online application
submission process, the Help Manual & FAQs may be seen on the landing page
at https://coo.dgft.gov.in
3. All stakeholders may note that issuing agencies who do
not use the Online System for issue of non-preferential CoOs
after 1st August 2022 will invite penal action and can be subject to 'de-
listing' as an authorised agency. The authorised agencies are therefore required to sensitize the
exporting community and their constituents regarding the Online
system and its registration requirements well in time. Any issues relating to
the IT system and its implementation may also be brought to our notice for
appropriate action.
This
issues with the approval of the competent authority.
(Issued
from File No. 01/02/82/AM-19/EDI[E-14047])