Validity of Foreign Trade Policy Extended till 31.03.2023

Public Notice No. 26/2015-2020 Dated. 29^th September, 2022

In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 20152020, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes, with immediate effect, the following amendments:

In the Handbook of Procedures (HBP), 2015-20:

In para 1.01, the phrase 'shall remain in force until 30^th September, 2022' is substituted by the phrase 'shall remain in force until 31^st March, 2023'.
In para 3.20 (a), the phrase 'or 30.06.2022, whichever is later' is substituted by the phrase `or 31.03.2023, whichever is later'.
In para 4.12(vi), the date '30.09.2022', as appearing in the first sentence is substituted by `31.03.2023'.

Effect of this Public Notice: Validity of the existing Hand Book of Procedures, 2015-20 is extended upto 31^st March, 2023.

Public Notice No. 27/2015-2020 Dated 29^th September, 2022

In exercise of powers conferred under Paragraph 1.03 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-2020, as amended from time to time, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendment in para 5.15 of the Handbook of Procedures (2015-20) with immediate effect

The line "Time limit to file returns for the year 2022-23 is extended till 30.09.2022" is substituted with "Time limit to file returns for the year 2022-23 is extended till 31.12.2022".

Effect of this Public Notice: The last date for filing of annual returns under Para 5.15 of HBP 2015-20 has been extended till 31.12.2022.

Notification No. 37/2015-2020 Dated. 29^th September, 2022

S.O. (E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 read with paragraph 1.02 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-2020, as amended, the Central Government hereby makes, with immediate effect, the following amendments in the FTP 2015-2020:

In para 1.01, the phrase 'shall remain in force upto 30^th September, 2022 unless otherwise specified' is substituted by the phrase 'shall remain in force up to 31.03.2023 unless otherwise specified.'

Effect of this Notification: The existing Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020 which is valid up to 30^th September, 2022 is extended upto 31^st March, 2023.