Extension of Date for Mandatory electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) through the Common Digital Platform to 31st Jan 2022 - DGFT - Trade Notice No. 24/2021-22

Government of India Ministry of Commerce and Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Dated: 15th November 2021 Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi Trade Notice No. 24/2021-22 To, 1. All Exporters/Members of Trade 2. All Agencies listed under Appendix-2E of the FTP Subject: Extension of Date for Mandatory electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) through the Common Digital Platform to 31st Jan 2022 -reg In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice 42/2020-2021 dated 19.02.2021 , 48/2020-2021 dated 25.03.2021 , 10/2021-2022 dated 19.07.2021 , 19/2021-2022 dated 01.10.2021 and 21/2021-22 dated 18.10.2021 , it is informed that the electronic platform for Certificate of Origin (CoO) (URL: https://coo.dgft.gov.in) has been expanded to facilitate electronic filing and issuance for Non-Preferential Certificates of Origin. The objective of this platform is to provide an electronic, contact-less single window for the CoO related processes. 2. In this reference, it is informed that the transition period for mandatory filing of applications for Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin through the e-CoO Platform has been extended till 31st January 2022 . The existing systems for submitting and processing non-preferential CoO applications in manual/paper mode is being allowed for the stated time period and the online system is not being made mandatory. 3. All Agencies as notified under Appendix-2E are required to ensure their on-boarding process is completed at the earliest and no later than 31st January 2022. Reference Trade Notice 21/2021-22 dated 18.10.2021 , it is submitted that all Agencies notified under Appendix-2E , are required to ensure that the onboarding exercise is completed latest by 31st January 2022 failing which the agencies shall be de-notified from Appendix 2E. 4. All Exporters concerned are requested to ensure that they are duly registered onto the said platform at the earliest. Any technical/procedural issues may be brought to the attention of the CoO Helpdesk within the time prescribed. For guidance on registration and application submission process, the Help Manual FAQs may be accessed on the landing page at https://coo.dgft.gov.in . For any further assistance you may utilize any of the following channels - Raise a service request ticket through the DGFT Helpdesk service Send an email to DGFT CoO Helpdesk at [email protected] Call the toll-free DGFT Helpdesk numbers This issues with the approval of the competent authority. (Md. Moin Afaque) Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade (Issued from File No. 01/02/54/AM21/EG TF)