The Directorate General of Foreign Trade vide its notification dated 22nd May 2020 has issued a clarification on the issuance of Preferential Certificate of Origin for India’s exports to Thailand and Vietnam under ASEAN-India Free Trade Area (FTA).
DGFT has restored the procedure for issuance of physical copy of certificates of origin as exporters had expressed difficulties in obtaining preferential access in Thailand and Vietnam based on digitally signed electronic certificates. 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.
The e-platform 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.
Therefore the agencies (EIA, MPEDA, and Textile Committee) will henceforth issue the Certificate of Origin in physical paper format as was being done before for Thailand and Vietnam, till further notice.
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