**Summary:**
This Trade Notice, issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, announces the third phase of deactivation of Import-Export Codes (IECs) that have not been updated on the DGFT portal. This notice follows Notification No. 58/2015-2020 dated 12.02.2021, 1/2015-2020 dated 01.07.2021, and 16/2015-2020 dated 09.08.2021, which mandated annual electronic updates of IEC details during April-June at no cost to the holder. The update period was previously extended to 31.08.2021.
As per para 2.05(e) of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), all IECs not updated after 01.07.2020 will be deactivated effective 01.02.2022. A list of affected IECs is available at https://www.dgft.gov.in/CP/opt/IECDL. IEC holders have until 31.01.2022 to update their IECs to avoid deactivation. IECs with online update applications pending approval with the DGFT Regional Authority (RA) will be excluded from the deactivation list.
Deactivated IECs can be automatically reactivated online, without manual intervention or visits to the DGFT RA, by updating the IEC details on the DGFT website. Upon successful update, the IEC will be reactivated and the updated status transmitted to the Customs system.
This notice is issued with the approval of the competent authority. For further information, contact Md. Moin Afaque, Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade, File No. 01/023/0AM22/EGTFE-29064.
Key Entities Referenced
Directorate General of Foreign Trade: The issuing authority for the trade notice, responsible for foreign trade regulation.
Import Export Code: A code required for export/import activities, subject to mandatory annual updates as per the notice.
Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi: Location of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) headquarters.
Foreign Trade Policy: The policy framework under which the deactivation of IECs is being implemented; specifically referenced as FTP.
Export Promotion Councils: Organizations involved in promoting exports, notified by this trade notice.
Md. Moin Afaque: Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade, the signatory of the trade notice.
Customs system: The system to which updated IEC status is transmitted after reactivation.
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Dated: 14th January 2022
Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi
Trade Notice 31/2021-22
To,
1. All IEC Holders/Members of Trade
2. DGFT Regional Authorities
3. Export Promotion Councils/Commodity Boards/ other Industry Associations
Subject: De-Activation of IECs not updated at DGFT
Reference is drawn to Notification No. 58/2015-2020 dated 12.02.2021, 11/2015-
2020 dated 01.07.2021, 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 were to 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 31.07.2021 and subsequently to 31.08.2021. Due intimations
were also provided vide Trade Notice 18/2021-2022 dated 20.09.2021 and Trade Notice
25/2021-22 dated 19.11.2021 prior to the phase-wise deactivation of the IECs not updated
yet.
2. In continuation to the aforementioned notification(s) and Trade Notice(s) and as per
para 2.05(e) of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), the third phase of deactivation of IECs which
are not yet updated is being initiated.
3. All IECs which have not been updated after 01.07.2020 shall be de-activated with
effect from 01.02.2022. The list of such IECs may be seen at the given link
(https://www.dgft.gov.in/CP/?opt=IECDL) . The concerned IEC holders are provided an
opportunity to update their IEC in this interim period till 31.01.2022, failing which the
given IECs shall be de-activated from 01.02.2022. Any IEC where an online updationapplication has been submitted but is 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 any visits to the DGFT
RA. For IEC re-activation after 31.01.2022, 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.
Md. Moin Afaque
Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade
(Issued from File No. 01/02/30/AM-22/EG&TF[E- 29064])