DGFT has implemented e-platform for single point access of all FTAs/PTAs all designated Certificate of Origin (CoO) issuing agencies and for all export products, and is accessible at the URL: https://coo.dgft.gov.in
There were already over 8 Aggrements being issued under the Online Mode.
Now, w.e.f 15.10.2020, additional 4 Agreemetns will also be applied through Online Mode. The 4 New Agreements are:
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP)
India Malaysia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (IMCECA)
India Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (ISCECA)
No manual application for such a CoO should be submitted to an issuing agency after 15th October 2020.
CoO applications for exports under GSP may also be submitted through e-CoO platform w.e.f. 15th October 2020. However, the earlier procedure of submitting the manual CoO applications (under GSP) physically to the designated issuing agency shall also be in operation. There shall be a transition period of 3 months when both the online and the physical process shall be operated. Manual submission of GSP CoO applications is accordingly allowed to continue up to 14.01.2021 or until further orders.