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the retrospective issuance of preferential certificates of origin in the light of the
exceptional circumstances caused by the lockdown/curfew in India due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
2. A query has been raised on the application of Trade Notice 59 to the
applications on the digital platform. It is hereby informed that all such applica-
tions would be processed by the authorised agencies of India and the digitally
signed copies transmitted to the applicants. The physical copies of the certificate
signed by the agencies authorised to issue these certificates of origin could be
issued subsequently once the offices of these agencies open.
3. The Indian agencies authorised to issue the certificate of origin are
hereby instructed to levy the prescribed uniform fee of Rs. 600 for all preferential
certificates, irrespective of whether they are retrospective or not.
4. In the context of the certificates issued on a digital platform, a re-
quest is made to the concerned trading partners to accept the digitally signed
certificates in the interim period until the exceptional circumstances on account
of the COVID 19 pandemic is over. On submission of these digitally signed certif-
icates or physical certificate of origin unsigned by the competent authority, the
importing countries are requested to clear these consignments provisionally at
preferential duty subject to any other conditions like an undertaking or a bond.
5. India also stands ready to honour its preferential trade agreement
and would clear consignments provisionally with digitally signed certificates or
physical certificates unsigned by the competent authority. These consignments
would be cleared provisionally at preferential duty with other conditions of
submission such as a bond or undertaking and appropriate security where re-
quired by Customs.
This issues with the approval of competent authority.
[Dy. D.G.F.T., Trade Notice No. 62/2019-20, dated 6-4-2020]
Preferential certificate of origin — Electronic filling and Is-
suance for India’s Export under various FTAs/PTAs
w.e.f. 7-4-2020
[Add on page 1398 of 25th Edition of FTP & Handbook of Procedures, Vol. 1, 2019-20]
Subject : Electronic filling and Issuance of Preferential Certificate of Origin for
India’s Exports under various FTAs/PTAs w.e.f. 7th April 2020.
In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice(s) 34/2015-2020 dated 19-9-
2019, 41/2019-2020 dated 12-12-2020 and 53/2019-2020 dated 2-3-2020, it is in-
formed that the Online Platform for Preferential Certificate of Origin is being
further expanded to take up various other FTAs/PTAs. The platform has been
designed as a single-point access for all FTAs/PTAs, for all designated Certifi-
cate of Origin (CoO) issuing agencies and for all export products, and is accessi-
ble at the URL : https://coo.dgft.gov.in
2. As the exporters are aware, Certificate of Origin for exports from
India to Chile under India-Chile PTA, exports to Nepal under SAFTA & SAPTA
and exports to Republic of Korea under India-Korea Comprehensive Economic
Partnership Agreement (IKCEPA) are already being applied and issued through
this online platform.

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