**Summary:**
Public Notice No. 50/2023, dated March 11, 2024, issued by the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce, amends the list of Ministries/Departments whose notifications on mandatory Quality Control Orders (QCOs) are exempted by the DGFT for goods utilized/consumed in the manufacture of export products. This amendment is made in exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023.
Specifically, the Public Notice updates Appendix 2Y of the FTP, 2023, superseding Public Notice No. 47/2023 dated March 7, 2024. The updated Appendix 2Y lists the following Ministries/Departments: 1) Ministry of Steel, 2) Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), and 3) Ministry of Textiles.
The effect of this Public Notice, in pursuance of Notification No. 7/2023 dated March 11, 2024, is the immediate creation of a new Appendix 2Y under FTP 2023 and the updating of the list of Ministries/Departments whose QCO notifications are exempted for goods used in export production.
For further information, contact the DGFT via email at dgft@nic.in, referencing File No. 01/89/180/13/AM15/PC2[AE5910]. Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Director General of Foreign Trade and Ex-officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India, issued this notice. This notice is to be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part I, Section I.
Key Entities Referenced
Directorate General of Foreign Trade: A department under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, responsible for implementing the Foreign Trade Policy.
Foreign Trade Policy FTP, 2023: The prevailing Foreign Trade Policy of India, which provides a framework for promoting exports and regulating imports.
Quality Control Orders QCOs: Mandatory orders issued by various Ministries/Departments to ensure the quality of specific goods.
Advance Authorisation: A scheme under the Foreign Trade Policy that allows duty-free import of inputs for export production.
EOU: Export Oriented Unit - An entity set up to undertake exports.
SEZ: Special Economic Zone - A specially delineated duty-free enclave to be treated as a foreign territory for trade operations and duties and tariffs.
Ministry of Steel: A ministry of the Government of India.
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade DPIIT: A department under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, responsible for promotion of industry and internal trade.
[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
Vanijya Bhawan
Public Notice No. 50/2023
New Delhi, Dated the 11 March 2024
Subject: Enabling provisions for import of inputs that are subjected to mandatory
Quality Control Orders (QCOs) by Advance Authorisation holders, EOU
and SEZ - regarding.
S.O. (E): In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign
Trade Policy (FTP), 2023, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes amendment
in the list of Ministries/Departments whose notifications on mandatory QCOs, that are
exempted by the DGFT for goods to be utilised/consumed in manufacture of export
products. Accordingly, list of Ministries/Departments is updated in supersession of Public
Notice No. 47/2023 dated 07.03.2024. The updated Appendix 2Y is reproduced herewith :
Appendix -2Y
(Refer Para 2.03(c) of FTP)
The list of Ministries/Departments whose notifications on mandatory QCOs, that are
exempted by the DGFT for goods to be utilised/consumed in manufacture of export
products.
SI.No |Name of Ministry / Department
1 [Ministry of Steel
2 Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
3 [Ministry of Textiles
Effect of this Public Notice:
In pursuance of Notification No. 71/2023 dated 11.03.2024, a new Appendix 2Y
under FTP, 2023 has been created with immediate effect and list of Ministries/Departments
whose notifications on mandatory QCOs, that are exempted by the DGFT for goods to be
utilised/consumed in manufacture of export products, have been updated.
(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)
Director General of Foreign Trade &
Ex- officio Addl. Secretary to the Government of India
Email: dgft@nic.in
[Issued from File No.01/89/180/13/AM-15/PC-2[A]/E-5910]