DGFT trade notice Trade Notice No. 04/2026-27 · 22 May 2026
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Review and Re-allocation of allocated Export Quota of Pharma Grade Sugar by Special EXIM Facilitation Committee (SEFC) – regarding
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Check the official recordThe Directorate General of Foreign Trade has initiated a review of Pharma Grade Sugar export quota utilization. Exporters previously allocated quotas must submit a Chartered Accountant-certified Utilization Certificate and, if requesting additional allocation, provide justification and valid export contracts or purchase orders. Submissions must be made via the DGFT IT system within 10 days of the notice date. Authorizations with over 50% utilization may be revalidated for six months. Unutilized quantities below this threshold will be transferred to a common pool for reallocation unless valid contracts are provided. Failure to submit the required information within the deadline may result in the reallocation of the unutilized quota.
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Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Trade Notice No. 04/2026-27 Date: May 22nd, 2026
Subject: Review and Re-allocation of allocated Export Quota of Pharma Grade Sugar by Special EXIM Facilitation Committee (SEFC) – regarding
In continuation of Trade Notice No. 06/2025-26 dated June 18, 2025 and subsequent notices regarding allocation of Pharma Grade Sugar, the competent authority has decided to review the utilization of the allocated quantities and assess the requirement for further allocation from the balance quota.
(i) Utilization Certificate issued by a Chartered Accountant indicating the quantity exported against the allocated authorization.
(ii) Requirement for additional allocation of Pharma Grade Sugar, along with:
(a) Justification for the requirement; and,
(b) Copies of valid export contracts/purchase orders, if available
The above details must be submitted within 10 days from the date of issuance of this Trade Notice by applying a revalidation application in the DGFT IT system enclosing the details mentioned in Para 2 above on the allottee's letterhead. Those who have already filed a revalidation application need not to apply again.
It is further informed that:
(a) Authorizations in cases where more than 50% of the allocated quantity has been utilized may be considered for revalidation for a further period of six months.
(b) In cases where utilization is less than 50%, the unutilized quantity shall be transferred to the common pool for reallocation, unless and until copies of valid export contracts/purchase orders are made available as part of the application in terms of this Notice.
(c) Allocation from the common pool shall be made proportionately based on the demand submitted by exporters and total quantity exported so far subject to availability.
Non-submission of the required information within the stipulated time may result in appropriate action, including reallocation of the unutilized quota.
Deficient applications or applications received through e-mail/post or received beyond the specified timelines will not be considered.
DGFT reserves the right to decide or alter the modalities of distribution and allocation as per applications received.
This Trade Notice is issued with the approval of the competent authority.
Yours sincerely,
(Bharani VLSVSS) Deputy DGFT Export Cell (Non-SCOMET) Telephone No.: +91-11- 23038767 E-mail: bharani.v@gov.in
(Issued from F.No. 01/91/191/025/AM23/EC/E-34622)
