The Directorate General of Foreign Trade vide its notification dated 25th May 2021 has launched an online facility for mandatorily recording information about transfer of duty free import authorization scrips and paperless issuance of DFIA scrips.
The issuance of paper copies of DFIA scrips (for EDI Ports) will be discontinued with effect from 7th June 2021, however Security Paper copies of DFIA Scrips shall continue to be issued for Non-EDI Ports. Any transfer of DFIA Scrips issued on or after this date shall be mandatorily recorded in the online system. The record of such transfers shall be mandatory for EDI ports as well as non-EDI Ports.
Applicants will continue to apply for DFIA as per online procedure and the Regional Authorities will continue to issue the DFIA scrips in online module. The applicant would also continue to apply for ARO/Invalidation as per online procedure. The applicant for ARO/Invalidation shall be the current owner of the scrip as recorded in the DGFT online system.
