Circulars

Online filling and Issuance of Preferential Certificate of Origin under India Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IKCEPA) for India’s Exports to Republic of Korea w.e.f. 06th March 2020
 

 

CHEMEXCIL
Basic Chemicals, Cosmetics & Dyes Export Promotion Council
(Set-up by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt of India)

Jhansi Castle, 4th floor, 7-Cooperage Road,   Mumbai – 400 001.
Tel  :  91-22-22021288, 22021330 Fax : 91-22-22026684.
E-mail : info@chemexcil.gov.in 
Website : http://www.chemexcil.gov.in


 

EPC/LIC/COO_ROK                               03/03/2020

 

To All Members of the council

 

 

Online filling and Issuance of Preferential Certificate of Origin under India Korea Comprehensive Economic

 

Partnership Agreement (IKCEPA) for India’s Exports to Republic of Korea w.e.f. 06th March 2020

 

 

 

Dear Members,

 

This  has reference to our earlier  circulars dated 12/12/2019 & 23/09/2019  informing you that  O/o DGFT has issued Trade  Notices  whereby   all Certificate of Origin (CoO)s for exports from India to Chile under India-Chile PTA and India to Nepal under SAFTA & SAPTA, respectively are required to be applied and issued through the new online platform (https: //coo .dgft.gov.in).

 

In continuation of the same,  O/o Directorate General Of Foreign Trade  have issued Trade Notice No. 53/2019-2020  dated 2nd March 2020   regarding Online filling and Issuance of Preferential Certificate of Origin under India Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IKCEPA) for India’s Exports to Republic of Korea w.e.f. 06th  March 2020.

 

As an effect of this Trade Notice, for exports to Republic of Korea under India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IKCEPA), the Preferential Certificate of Origin shall be applied and issued only from this platform with effect from 06th March 2020.

 

All agencies are required to issue preferential CoO for exports to Korea under IKCEPA through the platform URL: https://coo.dgft.gov.in. It is requested that exporters to Republic of Korea intending to take benefits under IKCEPA may register on the new platform immediately.

 

For the convenience of the members, following points may be taken note of with regard to the CoO portal/application process:

 

 

  • Digital Signature would be required for the purpose of electronic verification. The digital signature would be the same as used for other DGFT applications;

  •  

  • The digital signature to be used may be Class II or Class III and should have the IEC number of the firm embedded in the DSC;

  •  

  • On registration at the portal, a password would be sent on the email link to the IEC holder. In case the IEC holder desires to update email on which communication is to be done with the portal, the same may be done by using the ‘Online IEC application’ module on the DGFT website.

  •  

  • Once registration is done, all directors’/partners’ details and branch details would be auto-populated in the certificate of origin as available in the DGFT-IEC Please ensure that latest updated IEC details are available in the DGFT­IEC database and necessary steps taken to modify the IEC details online, whenever required;

  •  

  • For further guidance, registration and application help manual & FAQs may be seen on the main page of the CoO platform.

  •  

  • For any assistance any of the following channels may be used:

i. Raise a complaint/suggestion ticket through Contact@DGFT service available on the DGFT website.
ii. Call the Helpline at the Toll Free number 1800-111-550
iii. Send an email to coo-dgft@gov.in

 

Members exporting to  Republic of Korea are requested to take  note  of  this ease of doing business measure and do the needful accordingly. The DGFT Trade Notice No. 53/2019-2020  dated 2nd March 2020  is available for reference using below link-

 

S. No.

Notice No.

Year

Subject

Date

Details

1

TRADE NOTICE No. 53/2019-2020

2019-20

Online filling and Issuance of Preferential Certificate of Origin under India Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IKCEPA) for India's Exports to Republic of Korea w.e.f. 06th March 2020.

02/03/2020

Download (66.08 KB)

 

Members  may also  send their comments/ feed-back  on  our e-mail id’s:  ed@chemexcil.gov.in  & deepak.gupta@chemexcil.gov.in.

 

Thanking You,


Yours faithfully,

 

(S. G. BHARADI)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

CHEMEXCIL