Online Issue of CoO
under Indo-Korea CEPA for Export to Korea from India w.e.f.
6 March 2020
[DGFT Trade Notice No.
53/2019-2020 dated 2 March 2020]
Subject:
Online filling and Issuance of Preferential Certificate of Origin under India
Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IKCEPA) for India's Exports
to Republic of Korea w.e.f. 06th March 2020.
In continuation
to the Trade Notice 34/2015-2020 dated 19.09.2019 and 41/2019-2020 dated
12.12.2020, it is informed that the new online platform for issuance of
Preferential Certificate of Origin has been live since 19.09.2019. The platform
is designed as a single-point access for all FTAs/PTAs, for all designated Certificate
of Origin (CoO) issuing agencies and for all export
products. The platform is accessible at the following URL:
https://coo.dgft.gov.in
2. DGFT
is working for on-boarding the FTAs/PTAs and the designated issuing agencies.
Since 25th September 2019 and 18th December 2019, all CoOs
for exports from India to Chile under India-Chile PTA and India to Nepal under
SAFTA & SAPTA, respectively are required to be applied and issued through
the platform.
3. Similarly, for exports to Republic of Korea under
India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IKCEPA), the
Preferential Certificate of Origin shall be applied and issued only from this platform
with effect from 06th March 2020. All agencies are required to issue
preferential CoO for exports to Korea under IKCEPA
through the platform URL: https://coo.dgft.gov.in. It is requested that exporters
to Republic of Korea intending to take benefits under IKCEPA may register on
the new platform immediately.
4. Following may be taken note of by exporters with
regard to the CoO portal/ application process:
a. Digital Signature would be required for the
purpose of electronic verification. The digital signature would be the same as
used for other DGFT applications;
b. The digital signature to be used may be
Class II or Class III and should have the IEC number of the firm embedded in
the DSC;
c. On registration at the portal, a password
would be sent on the email link to the IEC holder. In case the IEC holder desires
to update email on which communication is to be done with the portal, the same
may be done by using the 'Online IEC application' module on the DGFT website.
d. Once registration is done, all
directors'/partners' details and branch details would be auto-populated in the certificate
of origin as available in the DGFT-IEC database. Please ensure that latest
updated IEC details are available in the DGFT IEC database and necessary steps
taken to modify the IEC details online, whenever required;
e. For further guidance, registration and
application help manual & FAQs may be seen on the main page of the CoO platform.
f. For any assistance any of the following
channels may be used:
i Raise a complaint/suggestion ticket through
Contact@DGFT service available on the DGFT website.
ii Call the Helpline at the Toll Free number
1800-111-550
iii Send an email to coo-dgft@gov.in
(Issued
from File No. 01/02/82/AM-19/EDI)