Amendments to Para 2.90 of Handbook of Procedures 2023

[To Be Published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-I Section-I] Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade tek Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi — 110 011 Public Notice No. 01/2026-27 Dated: 07 April 2026 Subject: Amendments to Para 2.90 of Handbook of Procedures 2023. In exercise of the powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2023, as amended from time to time, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendments to Para 2.90 of HBP-2023: Para No. Existing Para Amended Para 2.90 Certificates of Origin (CoO) Certificates of Origin (CoO) (a) Certificate of Origin (CoO) is | (a) Certificate of Origin (CoO) is an an instrument to establish evidence instrument to establish evidence on on origin of goods imported into any origin of goods imported into any country. country. (b) There are two categories of (b) There are two categories of CoO viz. CoO viz. (i) Preferential (i) Preferential (ii) Non preferential (ii) Non preferential (c) The list of authorized agencies to issue Certificates of Origin is notified in Appendix 2B, 2C, 2D and 2E. (d) All authorized agencies must accept applications and issue CoOs only via https://www.trade.gov.in or such other platform as may be eho _——Para No. Existing Para Amended Para designated by DGFT from time to time. Manual issuance outside of the designated platform is not permissible and may lead to revocation of authorization to issue CoO. Effect of this Notification: Authorised agencies for issuance of Certificate of Origin may accept and issue the certificates only from the designated electronic platform as specified by DGFT. Qh av Agata Director General of Foreign Trade & Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India E-mail: dgft@nic.in (Issued from F. No. 01/02/60/AM-25/EG&TF)