DGFT weekly summary
DGFT updates 17-23 August 2026: raw sugar TRQ and float glass MIP
DGFT opened a 10 lakh MT duty-free raw sugar TRQ until 31 October, set a one-year MIP on clear float glass, and automated export-obligation extensions.
The week in brief
What changed
Notification 31 and Public Notice 27 create a 10 lakh MT duty-free raw sugar TRQ until 31 October 2026. Millers and refiners apply online from 21 to 28 August; existing SION E52 Advance Authorisations get a one-time conversion option.
Clear float glass 4-12 mm under ITC(HS) 70051090 and 70052990 moves from Free to Restricted, remaining Free only at CIF of ₹34,000 per MT or more for one year. Advance Authorisation, EOU and SEZ imports stay outside the MIP if not sold in the DTA.
FTP Paras 2.52 and 2.53 now let export contracts and invoices, other than ACU-member trades, be denominated in foreign currency or Indian rupees, with realisation in foreign currency or rupees as specified.
One Star Export House status (other than gems and jewellery) now needs export performance in any two of the three preceding financial years, not all three.
Para 4.63 drops the Compensation Cess exemption on Diamond Imprest Authorisation imports because that cess ended on 1 February 2026; the IGST exemption continues.
After a PRC or EPCG Committee grants an export-obligation extension, the DGFT system now issues the extension letter on fee payment without a second Regional Authority application, and sends the new expiry date to ICEGATE.
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