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The Directorate General of Foreign Trade provides a facility on its website to verify the authenticity of electronically-issued documents using a Unique Document Identification Number. All Customs Commissionerates, Regional Authorities, and members of trade and industry use this facility to check licenses, authorizations, scrips, certificates, and instruments. The system places a Unique Document Identification Number at the top-right corner of each electronic document. Stakeholders enter the Unique Document Identification Number on the Directorate General of Foreign Trade website without login credentials to download the complete electronic document. Stakeholders compare the details of any paper copy with the downloaded electronic copy. Stakeholders do not send requests for document verification to the Directorate General of Foreign Trade.
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Government of India / भारत सरकार Ministry of Commerce and Industry / वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय Department of Commerce / वाणिज्य विभाग Directorate General of Foreign Trade / विदेश व्यापार महानिदेशालय
Dated: 23rd July 2024 Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi
Trade Notice No. 09/2024-25
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Subject: Verification of authenticity of Licences, Authorisations, Scrips, Certificates, Instruments etc. issued by DGFT using the UDIN –reg
Reference is drawn to the requests received from time-to-time for verification of authorisation of Licences, Authorisations, Scrips, Certificates, Instruments etc. issued by DGFT. In this regard, it is informed that the provision for verification of authenticity of electronically-issued documents is already implemented on the DGFT Website for all stakeholders.
A Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN) is embossed at the top-right corner for all electronically-issued documents. The given UDIN may be keyed in on the DGFT Website (https://dgft.gov.in) --> Services --> Info for Customs Authorities --> Verify UDIN. No specific website login credentials are required for verification of the UDIN. On entering the UDIN, the complete electronic document shall be available for download. For verification of authenticity of any paper copy of a document, the details may be compared with the electronic copy downloaded vide the UDIN.
The given facility for verification of authenticity may be informed to all concerned and requests for verification of authenticity of a document may not be referred to DGFT.
This is issued with the approval of the competent authority.
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(Satya Raja Sekhar G) Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade Email: satya.grandhi@gov.in
(Issued from File No. 01/02/18/AM23/EG&TF)
