Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
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Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi - 110 011
Date: April 21, 2025
Trade Notice No. 02/2025-26
To,
1. All Exporters/Members of Trade & Industry
2. All Banking and Financial institutions
3. All Export Promotion Councils/Commodity Boards
4. All DGFT Regional Authorities
Subject: Introduction of ‘Mode of Export of Services’ Field in eBRC Format for
Services Exports with effect from May 01, 2025 - regarding.
Reference is invited to Trade Notice No. 12/2024-25 dated August 14, 2024 and Trade
Notice No. 33/2023-24 dated November 10, 2023. This Directorate has enhanced the
online self-certification process for Electronic Bank Realisation Certificates (eBRCs),
enabling exporters to self-certify export realisations directly on the DGFT portal via
API integration or bulk upload functionality.
2. In this regard, attention is drawn to Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation)
[FTDR] Act, 1992, Chapter 1, Para 2, Sub-para (j) which states that,-"services” means
service of any description which is made available to potential users and includes all
the tradable services specified under the General Agreement on Trade in Services
entered into amongst India and other countries who are party to the said Agreement:
Provided that, this definition shall not apply to the domain of taxation;
2.1. The given service export classification nomenclature is also defined in the
General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) of the World Trade Organization
(WTO).
3. Accordingly, this Directorate is introducing a new field titled ‘Mode of Export of
Services’ in the eBRC format for the Services Export category, applicable for eBRC
generated on or after May 01, 2025. Exporters certifying eBRCs linked to IRMs will be
required to indicate the relevant mode of export of service while completing the
certification. The inclusion of this field is aimed at improving the granularity and
accuracy of services export data. This reform also aligns India’s data capture policy
with international norms under WTO GATS.
4. This new field - ‘Mode of Export of Services’ - corresponds to the four modes of
services trade which have been mentioned under GATS, namely:-
Mode
Definition
Example Services
Mode
1:
Cross-
Border Supply
Services supplied (from India)
remotely across borders without
movement of individuals.
IT
services,
remote
consulting, telemedicine
Mode
2:
Consumption
Abroad
Consumer travels to the service
provider’s country (i.e. to India)
Tourism,
medical
treatment in India, foreign
students
Mode 3: Commercial
Presence
Service
supplier
(from
India)
establishes a commercial entity
abroad.
Indian
bank
branches
overseas,
IT
company
subsidiaries
Mode 4: Presence of
Natural Persons
Individual
(from
India)
travels
abroad
temporarily
to
provide
services.
Engineers,
doctors,
IT
professionals
on
assignment
5. Help manual & Feedback:
User Manuals may be accessed on the DGFT website under the ‘Learn’ section
(Application Help and FAQs -> eBRC). Stakeholders are also encouraged to provide
their feedback via email to ebrc-dgft@gov.in
6. Support Channels:
For assistance, exporters may contact the DGFT Helpdesk through the toll-free
number or raise a service ticket via the DGFT website under Services -> DGFT
Helpdesk Service.
This Trade Notice is issued with the approval of the competent authority.
(Md. Moin Afaque)
Joint Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: afaque.moin@gov.in
(Issued from File No.: 01/02/74/AM-24/EG&TF)
