Advance Authorisation(AA)

Input for exports exempted from payment of Basic Customs Duty, Additional Customs Duty, Education Cess, Anti-dumping Duty, Safeguard Duty and Transition Product Specific Safeguard Duty, wherever applicable.

Exempted from IGST and Compensation cess.

Advance Authorisation can be issued either to a manufacturer exporter or merchant exporter tied to supporting manufacturer,.

Advance Authorisation for pharmaceutical products manufactured through Non-Infringing (NI) process (as indicated in paragraph 4.18 of Handbook of Procedures) shall be issued to manufacturer exporter only.



Advance Authorisation shall be issued for:

Physical export (including export to SEZ)

Intermediate supply; and/or

Supply of goods to the categories mentioned in paragraph 7.02 (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of this FTP.

Supply of ‘stores’ on board of foreign going vessel / aircraft, subject to condition that there is specific Standard Input Output Norms in respect of item supplied



Export Obligation:

1. Minimum value addition of 15%
2. Period for fulfilment of export obligation - 18 months from the date of issue of Authorisation or as notified by DGFT.

Online

i) Application Link:

www.dgft.gov.in

Then follow the steps: For AA under Services > Advance Authorisation /DFIA > Apply for Advance Authorisation (ANF 4A).



ii) Steps Of Application Process:

Prerequisite:

Log onto DGFT’s website https://www.dgft.gov.in/ in and get your PAN based IEC

Link the existing IEC (For more details please see IEC section FAQ's)

Register the DSC under My Dashboards > View and Register Digital Signatures Token

IEC is issued for lifetime, to be updated yearly without any charges



For RCMC:

Obtain Registration cum Membership Certificate (RCMC) from the concerned Export Promotion Council (EPC) or Commodity Board concerned

Listed in Appendix 2T to the FTP available on www.dgft.gov.in

Necessity of RCMC

RCMC is a must to claim export benefits, participation in international trade fairs, to get restricted licenses and applying for imposition of anti dumping duty

Then they can apply for AA under Services > Advance Authorisation /DFIA > Apply for Advance Authorisation (ANF 4A)

IEC Copy.

Export Item Description.

ITC HS code of the export product.

Quantity of Export item.

FOB value of item to be exported.

Import Item description.

ITC HS code of the import product.

Quantity of Import item.

CIF value of imported item.

IGST duty percentage on item to be imported (%).

Custom duty percentage on item to be imported (%).

Port of Registration to be mentioned.

Valid RCMC from an Export Promotion Council suitable to the export product.

Industrial license.

CA certificate.

CA certificate of consumption for last 3 years.