IEC Not Re-activated till 06 Oct will be De-activated, Warns DGFT
[DGFT Trade Notice 18/2021-2022
dated 20 September, 2021]
Subject: 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
t 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 till 05.10.2021, failing which the given
IECs shall be de-activated from 06.10.2021.
Any
IEC where an online updation
application has been submitted but are pending with the DGFT RA for approval shall be
excluded from the de-activation list.
4. It may further be noted that any IEC so de-activated, would have the opportunity for automatic re-activation without any manual intervention or a physical visit to the DGFT RA.
For IEC re-activation after 06.10.2021, the said IEC holder may navigate to the DGFT
website and update their IEC online. Upon successful updation the given IEC shall be
activated again and transmitted accordingly to Customs system with the updated status.
This issues with the approval of the competent authority.
Issued from File No. 01/02/30/AM-22/EG&TF)