The Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has enabled the Online Filing of requests for Closure of Advance Authorizations.
The DGFT has revamped its IT systems to provide a paperless, contact-less, electronic interface to the exporters/importers and other stakeholders of DGFT. The new IT System amongst other improvements includes a process for managing the entire lifecycle of Advance Authorizations including its issuance, amendment, and closure.
The Authorisation Holders are required to make online submissions for the fulfillment of Export Obligation to the DGFT Regional Authority (RA). The given facility may be utilized for Redemption, Surrender, Duty Paid Regularization, Bond Waiver, or the Clubbing of Advance Authorizations. Authorization Holder can utilize the given facility by navigating online to DGFT Website then click on Services, then select Advance Authorization/DFIA and choose Closure of Advance Authorization.
The related documents shall be available for the perusal of the concerned applicant exporter under the DGFT Website, click on My Dashboard, select Repositories, and choose Bills Repositories. The EDI Shipping Bills/Bill of Entries are electronically and automatically fetched from the DGFT-Customs Electronic interface. e-BRCs, as uploaded by the banks, are also automatically available under the Bills Repositories.
The facility for on-boarding of certifying authorities such as CA/CE/CS and for them to digitally sign and submit certificates against the Exporter’s IEC electronically has also been provided. However, the Authorisation Holder has the option to upload the CA/CE/CS Certificate directly to the specific Repository.
The Authorization holder may create a license closure application by linking to the documents as already added to the Repositories. While the Shipping Bills/Bill of Entries would be automatically linked to the closure application, the other details as required may be added to complete the application prior to submission.
It may be noted that the following documents are required to be submitted physically to the Receipts counter at the RA TR Challan and Bank Guarantee / Letter of Undertaking /Corporate Guarantee.
“Ordinarily the RA would not call for any physical submission of the closure application or the supporting documents. However, in cases of genuine difficulty, physical documents can be submitted to RA with the approval of the Head of the RA. An online application with or without supporting documents is still required to be filed for such applications. Any subsequent communication, clarification, deficiency letter or redemption, needs to be issued through the online module,” the DGFT notified.
Any physical documents submitted need to be recorded as a correspondence receipt in the online system by the RA and linked to the related online application.
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