**Policy Summary: Amendments to Handbook of Procedures 2023 for Ease of Doing Business**
**Date:** September 9, 2025
**Issuing Authority:** Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce, Government of India.
**Subject:** Public Notice No. 22/2025 regarding amendments to Para 4.53 of the Handbook of Procedures, 2023, under File No. 01/94/180/068/AM25/PC-4.
**Purpose:** To enhance ease of doing business by introducing an online correction facility for Duty Free Import Authorisation (DFIA) schemes.
**Key Provision:** Inserts a new Para 4.53(e) into the Handbook of Procedures 2023, allowing amendments to unutilized and untransferred DFIAs that are system-related or corrective in nature.
**Application Process:** Applications for amendments must be filed in ANF 4G.
**Approval Requirement:** All amendments require the approval of the Head of Office.
**Examples of Permitted Amendments:**
* Correction in the Unit of Measurement.
* Correction in the ITC HS code of the import item.
* Correction in the value of the import item.
**Legal Basis:** The amendments are made in exercise of powers conferred under Paragraphs 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023, as amended.
**Contact:** Ajay Bhadoo, Director General of Foreign Trade & Additional Secretary.
Key Entities Referenced
Foreign Trade Policy, 2023: A policy document governing foreign trade, referred to in the context of amendments and powers conferred upon the Director General of Foreign Trade.
Directorate General of Foreign Trade: The organization responsible for foreign trade regulation, issuing the public notice and implementing amendments to procedures.
Handbook of Procedures, 2023: A procedural manual amended by the public notice, specifically Para 4.53.
DFIAs: Stands for Duty Free Import Authorisation. Amendments are allowed to DFIAs for ease of doing business
ANF 4G: Application form for amendments in unutilized and untransferred DFIAs.
Ministry of Commerce and Industry: The government ministry to which the Directorate General of Foreign Trade belongs.
Ajay Bhadoo: The Director General of Foreign Trade and Additional Secretary who issued the public notice.
Mayapuri, New Delhi: Location of the Government of India Press
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6006 GI/2025 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART I—SEC.1]
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(Department of Commerce)
(DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE)
PUBLIC NOTICE
New Delhi, the 9th September 2025
No. 22/2025
Subject: Amendments in Para 4.53 of the Handbook of Procedures, 2023.
F.No. 01/94/180/068/AM25/PC-4.—In exercise of powers conferred under Paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the
Foreign Trade Policy, 2023, as amended from time to time, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby inserts an
additional para as Para 4.53 (e) of the Handbook of Procedures 2023 for the purpose of ease of doing business by
providing the correction facility in the online system:
4.53 (e) “An application for such amendments in unutilized and un-transferred DFIAs, which are system-related and
corrective in nature, shall be filed in ANF 4G. Any such amendment would require approval of Head of Office.”
Effect of the Public Notice: Certain amendments are allowed to DFIAs, for ease of doing business. Few illustrative
examples are given below:
a) Correction in Unit of Measurement
b) Correction in ITC HS code of import item
c) Correction in value of the import item
AJAY BHADOO, Director General of Foreign Trade &Addl. Secy.
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