Issuance of Preferential Certificate of Origin for India’s exports to Thailand and Vietnam under ASEAN-India FTA

Trade Notice No. 12/2020-2021

Government of India

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Department of Commerce

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Dated: 22.05.2020

Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi

Trade Notice No. 12/2020-2021

To,

1. All Exporters/Members of Trade

2. All Designated Agencies under FTAs/PTAs

Subject: Issuance of Preferential Certificate of Origin for India’s exports to Thailand and Vietnam under ASEAN-India FTA

Trade Notice 01/2020-2021 dated 07.04.2020 was issued in view of the movement restrictions in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India wherein, the designated agencies were enabled to issue digitally signed electronic Certificates of Origin.

2. Further to this, various representations have been received from exporters expressing difficulties in obtaining preferential access in Thailand and Vietnam based on the digitally signed electronic Certificates of Origin.

3. In view of the above, the earlier procedure of issuing a physical copy of Certificate of Origin (CoO) by the designated agencies for exports to Thailand and Vietnam under ASEAN-India FTA is being restored. The CoO applications under ASEAN-India FTA for exports to Thailand and Vietnam should now be submitted manually by the exporters to the offices of the designated issuing agencies i.e. EIA, MPEDA, and Textile Committee.

4. The e-platform (coo.dgft.gov.in) will not accept CoO applications submitted for exports destined to Thailand and Vietnam. However, the e-platform shall continue to accept and process CoO applications for export to other countries under ASEAN-India FTA.

5. These agencies (EIA, MPEDA, and Textile Committee) will henceforth issue the Certificate of Origin in physical paper format as was being done before issuance of Trade Notice 01/2020-21 dated 07.04.2020 for Thailand and Vietnam, till further notice.

6. This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority.

[Md. Moin Afaque]

Deputy Director-General of Foreign Trade

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