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The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) is reviewing the utilization of wheat export quotas previously allocated under Public Notices 49/2025-26 and 05/2026-27. Exporters must submit a Chartered Accountant-certified utilization report for exports made up to August 26, 2026, along with any requests for additional quantities or surrenders, including supporting justifications and contracts. Submissions must be emailed to the DGFT by August 31, 2026, and applicants seeking additional quantities must also file an amendment application via the online portal by the same date. Failure to comply may result in the reallocation of unutilized quotas to a common pool and potential exclusion from future restricted export authorizations. Authorizations with less than 50% utilization are subject to forfeiture unless valid contracts are provided.
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Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Trade Notice No. 18/2026-27 Date: August 10, 2026
Subject: Review and re-allocation of allocated Export Quota of Wheat under HS codes 10011900 and 10019910 – regarding.
In continuation of Public Notice No. 49/2025-26 dated February 24, 2026 and Public Notice No. 05/2026-27 dated April 30, 2026 regarding allocation of Wheat, the Competent Authority has decided to undertake a review of the utilization of the quantities already allocated and to assess the requirement for further allocation of the unutilized quota, if any.
(i) Utilization Certificate issued by a Chartered Accountant indicating the quantity exported against the allocated authorization till August 26, 2026 along with Shipping Bill details.
(ii) Requirement for additional quantity of Wheat (if any) and request for surrender of allocated quantity, if any, along with:
(a) Justification for the requirement/surrender; and,
(b) Copies of valid export contracts/purchase orders, if available.
The above details must be submitted by August 31, 2026 via email to sefc-wheatflour-dgft@gov.in. Any license holder requiring additional quantity must also file corresponding amendment application in the online portal by enclosing relevant documents as detailed in Para 2 above by August 31, 2026. Requests for additional quantity that are not filed in portal or those without documents stated above or those filed beyond August 31, 2026 will be rejected.
It is further informed that:
(a) Authorizations in cases where more than 50% of the allocated quantity has been utilized may be considered for further re-allocation of Wheat.
(b) In cases where utilization is less than 50%, the unutilized quantity may be transferred to the common pool for reallocation, unless and until copies of valid export contracts/purchase orders are made available in terms of this Notice.
(c) Allocation from the common pool shall be made by DG, DGFT as per documents submitted by the firms.
Non-submission of the required information within the stipulated time may result in appropriate action, including reallocation of the unutilized quota and barring applicants from future restricted export authorizations. The aforesaid information is required to be e-mailed at sefc-wheatflour-dgft@gov.in.
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 DG, DGFT.
(Hrushikesh Reddy) Joint DGFT Export Cell (Non-SCOMET) (Issued from F.No. 01/91/180/032/AM22/EC/Part-I/E-45409)
