De-Activation of IECs not updated on the DGFT

IMPORTANT

To: Members of the Council               

Sub: De-Activation of IECs not updated on the DGFT 

Dear Member,       

O/o DGFT has issued Trade Notice No.18/2021-22 dated 20^th September, 2021 regarding de-activation of IECs not updated on the DGFT. 

This Trade Notice is being issued in reference to the Notification No. 58/2015-2020 dated 12.02.2021, 11/2015-2020 dated 01.07.2021 and 16/2015-2020 dated 09.08.2021 whereby it was mandated by DGFT to all IEC holders to ensure that details in their IEC are updated electronically every year during April-June period (for which no user charges will be borne by the IEC holder).  

Based on representations received from the IEC holders who had not updated their IECs, the period of updation was extended upto 31^st July, 2021 and subsequently to 31^st August 2021.  

• In continuation to the aforementioned notification and as per Para 2.05(e) of the FTP, IECs which are not yet updated shall now be de-activated. This de-activation activity is being initiated in a phased manner.  

• All IECs which have not been updated after 01.01.2005 shall be de-activated w.e.f. 6^th October, 2021. The list of such IECs may be seen at the given link (https://www.dgft.gov.in/CP/?opt=dgft-ra).   

• The concerned IEC holders are provided one final opportunity to update their IEC in this interim period till 5^th October, 2021, failing which the given IECs shall be de-activated from 06.10.2021.   

• Any IEC where an online updation application has been submitted but are pending with the DGFT RA for approval shall be excluded from the de-activation list. 

Further, it may be noted that any IEC so de-activated, would have the opportunity for automatic re-activation without any manual intervention or a physical visit to the DGFT RA. For IEC re-activation after 6^th October, 2021, the said IEC holder may navigate to the DGFT website and update their IEC online. Upon successful updation, the given IEC shall be activated again and transmitted accordingly to Customs system with the updated status. 

Members who have failed to update their IEC may kindly do the needful at the earliest.      

Thanking you,              

Yours faithfully,               

S. BALARAJU         

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR