G/TFA/N/IND/2/Rev.1  
 
 
25 July 2023  
(23-5050) Page: 1/7 
Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 1.4, 10.4.3, 10.6.2 AND 12.2.2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE FACILITATION  
COMMUNICATION FROM INDIA  
Revision  
The following communication, dated 21 July 2023 , is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of India. 
 
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India hereby makes the following notifications based on Articles 1.4, 10.4.3, 10.6.2 and 12.2.2 of 
the Agreement on Trade Facilitation.  
 
This notification updates notificat ion G/TFA/N/IND/2 dated 11 April 2019 relating to Article 1.4 and 
for ease of reference, this notification also incorporates information on Article 1.4 c) previously 
notified in document G/TFA/N/IND/2/Add.1.  The updated items are contained in the tables be low 
and highlighted  in the first column  in bold  in the respective tables.  
 
Article 1, paragraph 4  
 
(a) The official place(s) where the items in subparagraphs 1.1(a) to (j) have been 
published  [except sub paragraph (b) ] and respective uniform resource locators as 
referred to in sub paragraph 2.1 are as follows:  
 
Article 1, paragraph 1.1(a)  procedures for importation, exportation, and transit (including port, 
airport, and other entry -point procedures), and required forms and documents;  
 
Central Board of Indirect 
Taxes Customs (CBIC)  http://www.cbic.gov.in/  For all goods  
Wildlife Crime Control 
Bureau (WCCB)  http://wccb.gov.in/   
Plant Quarantine  http://plantquarantineindia.nic.in/PQISMain/
Default.aspx   
Animal Quarantine and 
Certification Services 
(AQCS)  http://www.aqcsindia.gov.in/   
Ministry of Textiles  http://texmin.nic.in/   
Department of Commerce  http://commerce.gov.in/   
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  Food Safety and 
Standards Authority of 
India (FSSAI)  https://www.fssai.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/file
s/Compendium_Food_Import_Regulations_12_
11_2021.pdf  Food Saf ety and 
Standards (Import) 
Regulations, 2017  
Bureau of Indian 
Standards (BIS)  https://www.bis.gov.in/  Home page of BIS  
https://www.bis.gov.in/index.php/fmcs/fmcs -
overview/  Overview page of Foreign 
Manufacturers 
Certifi cation Scheme 
(FMCS)    
https://www.bis.gov.in/index.php/fmcs/forms -
and-formats/  Forms and Formats of 
Foreign Manufacturers 
Certification Scheme 
(FMCS) require for forms 
required      
Food Safety and 
Standards  
Authority of India 
(FSSAI)  https://fssai.gov.in/cms/food -safety -and-
standards -regulations.php  
 Regulation’s page of 
FSSAI (Compendium  
encompasses all 
amendments to the  
individual regulations 
notified in the Gazette of 
India)  
Director General of 
Foreign Trade (DGFT)  https://www.dgft.gov.in/CP/?opt=ft -policy  
 Chapter -wise breakdown 
of Foreign Trade Policy 
2015-20  
https://www.dgft.gov.in/CP/?opt=ft -procedures  
 Chapter -wise breakdown 
of procedures of Foreign 
Trade Policy 2015 -20  
Central Drugs Standard 
Control Organization 
(CDSCO)  https://cdsco.gov.in/opencms/export/sites/CDS
CO_WEB/Pdf -documents/import -
registration/Guidingdoentforzonalsub -
zonalportoffices17.06.2011.pdf  Guiding document for 
Zonal sub -zonal port 
offices  
 
Article 1, paragraph 1.1(c) fees and charges imposed by or for governmental agencies on or in 
connection with importation, exportation or transit;  
 
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)  http://www.cbi c.gov.in/index  
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)  http://wccb.gov.in/Content/CITES/aspx  
Plant Quarantine  http://plantquarantineindia.nic.in/PQISMain/Defau
lt.aspx  
Animal Quarantine and Certification S ervices (AQCS)  http://aQCSindia.gov.in/trade.html  
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying 
(DAHD)  http://dahd.nic.in/trade  
Ministry of Textiles  http://texmin.nic.in/acts  
 
Bureau of Indian 
Standards (BIS)  https://www.bis.gov.in/index.php/product -
certification/product -certification -fee/  Details of product Certification 
fee for use of Indian Standard  
https://www.bis.gov.in/index.php/system -
certification -overview/certification -process/fee -
structure -for-mscs/  Mark 
Fee Structure for Foreign 
Manufacturers Certification 
Scheme (FMCS)  
https://www.bis.gov.in/wp -
content/uploads/2021/06/LIST -OF-FEE-3.pdf  List of fees to be charged 
from applicant/licensee    
FSSAI  https://epay.fssai.gov.in/fps/lib/faq.pdf  List of fees to be charged 
from applicant/licensee    
Food Safety and Standards 
Authority of India (FSSAI)  https://fssai.gov.in/cms/food -safety -and-
standards -regulations.php   Regulation’s page of FSSAI 
(Compendium encompasses 
all amendments to the 
individual regulations notified 
in the Gazette of India)  
https://fssai.gov.in/advisories.php  Advisories / Orders of FSSAI  G/TFA/N/IND/2/Rev.1  
 
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  Director General of Foreign 
Trade (DGFT)  https://content.dgft.gov.in/Website/dgftprod/88
df17ca -462a-4d66-9a54-
afcaf57aa347/PN.19E.pdf  Fees charged for vario us 
application/Licenses (Public 
Notice No. 19/2015 -2020)  
Central Drugs Standard 
Control Organization 
(CDSCO)  https://cdscoonline.gov.in/CDSCO/resources/ap
p_srv/cdsco/global/Online_Payment_User_Manu
al_v1.0.pdf  User Manual for SUGAM 
Online payments  
 
Article 1, paragraph 1.1(d) rules for the or valuation of products for customs purposes;  
Classification  
 
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs 
(CBIC)  http://www.cbic.gov.in/htdocs -cbec/customs/cst1617 -
300616/cst1617 -3006-idx 
 
Article 1, paragraph 1.1(e) laws, regulations, and administrative rulings of general application 
relating to rules of origin;  
 
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs 
(CBIC)  http://www.cbic.gov .in/htdocs -cbec/customs/cs -
act/formatted -htmls/cs -rules-idx 
Plant Quarantine  http://plantquarantineindia.nic.in/PQISMain/Default.aspx  
http://plantquarantineindia.nic.in/PQISPub/html/Laws.htm  
Animal Quarantine and Certification Services 
(AQCS)  http://aQCSindia.gov.in/trade.html  
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB):  http://wccb.gov.in/Content/WLP.aspx  
http://wccb.gov.in/Content/Cites/aspx  
Department of Commerce  http://commerce.gov.in/InnerContent.aspx?Type=  
InternationalTrademenu&Id=32  
 
Food Safety and Standards 
Authority of India (FSSAI)  https://fssai.gov.in/cms/food -safety -and-
standards -act-2006.php  Notified Food Safety and 
Standards Act, 2006 with all 
enforcement notifications  
https://fssai.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/Food_
Import_Regulations.pdf  Notified Food Safety and 
Standards (Import) 
Regulations, 2017  
https://fssai.gov.in/cms/food -safety -and-
standards -regulations.php  Regulation’s page of FSSAI 
(Compendium encompasses 
all amendments to the 
individual regulations 
notified in the Gazette of 
India)  
DGFT  https://www.dgft.gov.in/CP/?opt=ft -policy  Chapter -wise breakdown of 
Foreign Trade Policy 2015 -
20 
https://www.dgft.gov.in/CP/?opt=ft -procedures  Chapter -wise breakdown of 
procedures of Foreign Trade 
Policy 2015 -20  
 
Article 1, paragraph 1.1(f) import, export or transit restrictions or prohibitions;  
 
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)  http://www.bis.org.in/cert/ProdUnManCert.asp  
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)  http://wccb.gov.in/Content/Cites/aspx  
http://wccb.gov.in/Content/WLP.aspx  
Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)  http://dgft.gov.in  
Plant Quarantine  http://plantquarantineindia.nic.in/PQISPub/html/travel.htm  
Animal Quarantine and Certification Services 
(AQCS)  http://aQCSindia.gov.in/trade.html  
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  Food Safety and Standards 
Authority of India (FSSAI)  https://fssai.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/Food_
Import_Regulations.pdf   Notified Food Safety and 
Standards (Import)  
Regulations, 2017  
https://fssai.gov.in/cms/food -safety -and-
standards -regulations.php   Regulation’s page of 
FSSAI(Compendium 
encompasses all 
amendments to the 
individual regulation notified 
in the Gazette of India)  
 
Article 1, paragraph 1.1(g) penalty provisions for breaches of import, export, or transit formalities;  
 
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)  http://wccb.gov.in/Content/WLP.aspx  
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs 
(CBIC)  http://www.cbic.gov.in/htdocs -cbec/customs/cs -act/cs -act-
ch14-revised  
Plant Quarantine  http://plantquarantineindia.nic.in/PQISMain/Default.aspx  
Animal Quarantine and Certification Services 
(AQCS)  http://www.aQCSindia.gov.in/pdf/trade -3.pdf 
http://www.aQCSindia.gov.in/pdf/trade -4.pdf 
 
Bureau of Indian 
Standards (BIS)  https://bis.gov.in/other/Enforcement_Manual.pdf  Enforcement Manual of BIS 
including guidelines for 
dealing with violations  
https://www.bis.gov.in/index.php/the -bureau/bis -
act-rules-and-regulations/  BIS Act, Rules & Regulations  
Food Safety and Standards 
Authority of India (FSSAI)  https://fssai.gov.in/cms/food -safety -and-
standards -act-2006.php  Notified Food Safety and 
Standards Act, 2006 with all 
enforcement notifications     
https://fssai.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/Food_
Import_Regulations.pdf  Notified Food Safety and 
Standards (Import) 
Regulations, 2017  
Central Drug Standard 
Control Organization  https://cdsco.gov.in/opencms/opencms/system/
modules/CDSCO.WEB/elements/download_file_di
vision.jsp?num_id=NDI2MQ  Notified New Drugs and 
Clinical Trials  
Rules, 2019  
 
Article 1, paragraph 1.1(h) procedures for appeal or review;  
 
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau 
(WCCB)  http://wccb.gov.in/Content/WLP.aspx  
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and 
Customs (CBIC)  http://www.cbic.gov.in/htdocs -cbec/customs/cs -act/cs -act-ch15 
Plant Quarantine  http://plantquarantineindia.nic.in/PQISMain/Default.aspx  
Animal Quarantine and Certification 
Services (AQCS)  http://www.aQCSindia.gov.in/grievances.html  
Director General of Foreign Trade 
(DGFT)  http://dgft.gov.in/hand -book-of-procedures -2015-20-primary -tabs 
 
Bureau of Indian 
Standards (BIS)  https://www.bis.gov.in/index.php/the -bureau/bis -
act-rules-and-regulations/  BIS Act, Rules & Regulations  
Food Safety and Standards 
Authority of India (FSSAI)  https://fssai.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/Food_
Import_Regulations.pdf  Notified Food Safety a nd 
Standards (Import) 
Regulations, 2017  
https://fssai.gov.in/advisories.php  Advisories / Orders of FSSAI  
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  Article 1, paragraph 1.1(i) agreements or parts thereof with any country or countries relating to 
importation, exportation, or transit; and  
 
Department of Commerce  http://commerce.gov.in/InnerContent.aspx?Type=InternationalTrad
emenu&Id=32  
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and 
Customs (CBIC)  http://www.cbic.gov.in/htdocs -cbec/customs/cs -act/formatted -
htmls/cs -rules-idx 
Plant Quarantine  http://ppqs.gov.in/divisions/plant -quarantine/phytosantitary -
agreement  
 
Bureau of Indian 
Standards (BIS)  https://www.bis.gov.in/index.php/standards/inter
national -cooperation/  International Cooperation 
page of BIS. The page has 
link to detailed  country -wise 
MoUs signed with various 
countries  
Food Safety and Standards 
Authority of India (FSSAI)  https://fssai.gov.in/cms/international -co-
operation.php  Notified Food Safety and 
Standards (Import) 
Regulations, 2017  
 
Article 1, paragraph 1.1(j) procedures relating to the administration of tariff quotas  
 
Director General of 
Foreign Trade (DGFT ) https://www.dgft.gov.in/CP/?opt=ft -procedures  Chapter -wise breakdown of 
procedures of Foreign 
Trade Policy 2015 -20 
https://content.dgft.gov.in/Website/dgftprod/8790
b892-db7c-41e4-a166-
c4e5f88ae2ce/HBP%20Chapter2 -
Updated%20as %20on%20%2001.04.2022.pdf  Chapter 2 of the Foreign 
Trade Policy 2015 -2020: 
General provisions 
regarding exports and 
imports    
 
(b) The Uniform Resource Locators of website(s) referred to in paragraph 2.1  
 
The Uniform Resource Locators of website(s) referred to in Paragraph 2.1, sub paragraph (a) and 
(b) will be the same as mentioned in sub paragraph (a) of Paragraph 4, Article 1.  
 
Article 1, paragraph 4(c)1 
 
(c) The contact information of the enquiry points re ferred to in paragraph 3.1:  
 
Agency  Web Link  
Indian Customs Electronic Gateway 
- CBIC ICEGATE  https://icegate.gov.in/contact_us.html  
Compliance Information Portal – 
Provides links to the contact 
information of the enquiry points  https://cip.icegate.gov.in/#/pgs  
CBIC  - Turant Suvidha Kendra  https://www.cbic.gov.in/htdocs -cbec/enquiry -points  
Customs Nodal Officers for 
Grievance Redressal for faceless 
Assessment - CBIC  https://www.cbic.gov.in/htdocs -cbec/nodal -officers -cus-circ-45-2020 
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau - 
WCCB   https://www.cbic.gov.in/resources//htdocs -cbec/implmntin -trade -
facilitation/Enquiry%20points -
WCCB.pdf;jsessionid=8F471222D 58BD1FBB5006BE1F238DC58  
Directorate General of Foreign 
Trade  - DGFT    https://www.cbic.gov.in/resources//htdocs -cbec/implmntin -trade -
facilitation/Nodal%20Off icer%20details -
%20DGFT.pdf;jsessionid=FCD3F88F527F96F700543606BAED961D  
Central Drugs Standard Control 
Organisation - CDSCO  https://www.cbic.gov.in/resources//htdocs -cbec/implmntin -trade -
facilitation/Enquiry%20point -
%20C DSCO.pdf;jsessionid=717D00281B54A38807E29438154F9F64  
 
1 This information regarding Article 1, paragraph 4(c) was previously notified in document 
G/TFA/N/IND/2/Add.1.  G/TFA/N/IND/2/Rev.1  
 
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  Agency  Web Link  
Textile Committee  https://www.cbic.gov.in/resources//htdocs -cbec/implmntin -trade -
facilitation/Enquiry%20point%20 -
%20Textile%20committee.pdf;jsessionid=97B6AAFB57F2CD3C49ECC
BC8D400E391  
Animal Quarantine and Certification 
Services - AGCS  https://www.cbic.gov.in/resources//htdocs -cbec/implmntin -trade -
facilitation/AQCS%20Enquiry%20Point.pdf;jsessionid=E4AB12E70361
B83864C95D6FC6D0D315  
 
Article 10, paragraph 4.3  
 
India hereby makes the following notification  in accordance with Article 10.4 of the Trade Facilitation 
Agreement:  
 
As part of the "Ease of Doing Business " initiatives, Government of India has taken up implementation 
of the Single Window Project to facilitate the Trading Across Borders in India. The Single Window 
Interface for Facilitation of Trade (SWIFT) is the system through which India has implemented the 
"single window ". SWIFT allows importers and exporters the facility to lodge their clearance 
documents online at a single point only. Required pe rmission, if any, from other regulatory agencies 
is obtained online without the trader having to approach participating government agencies 
separately. SWIFT has streamlined the entire process of clearance of consignments and has 
significantly reduced the interface between trade and the regulatory agencies. Further information 
about SWIFT can be obtained at: https://www.icegate.gov.in/SWIFT/ . 
 
Some of the core facilities that have been provided under Single Window through SWIFT are as 
follows:  
 
i. Integrated Declaration: Traders will submit Integrated Import & Export Declarations 
that will contain clearance related information required by all Participating Government 
Agencies (PGAs). Separate forms/ declarations have been dispensed with Integrated 
Declaration is implemente d with the major import regulatory agencies which are 
involved in issuing clearances or "No Objection Certificates " for live consignments i.e. 
post import have been brought under the ambit of a single import declaration and the 
online clearance facility.  
 
ii. Integrated Risk Assessment:  All Participating Government Agencies (PGAs) will use 
an automated system to apply the principles of risk -based selectivity for carrying out 
inspection and testing. Indian customs already had a functional Risk Management 
System for risk based selective interdiction of consignments. Now under Integrated Risk 
Management System, risk criteria of major import/export regulatory agencies in India 
for interdiction, sampling and testing of consignments system is also integrated with the 
system.  
 
iii. Automated Routing:  The system applies business rules to identify consignments 
based on the declaration to automatically route them to the relevant PGAs.  
 
iv. Online Clearance:  The system records and collates clearance related decisions and 
approvals f rom all relevant PGAs and delivers the results to the trader at a single 
point. A system of online release of consignments with the major import/export 
regulatory PGAs is operational.  
 
Paperless processing:  A system that allows a trader to submit all suppo rting documents for 
clearance of consignments electronically with digital signatures. By doing this, trader does not have 
to approach to different regulatory agencies with hardcopy of documents thereby making entire 
process of consignment clearance faceles s and paperless.  
 
Article 10, paragraph 6.2  
 
There is no requirement of the mandatory use of customs brokers in India. Where an importer of 
exporter chooses to be represented by a customs broker, Section 146 of the Customs Act, 1962 
(No. 52 of 1962) provides that only a licensed customs broker can handle business relating to the 
entry or departure of a conveyance or import or export of goods at any customs station.  G/TFA/N/IND/2/Rev.1  
 
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Section 146 of the Customs Act, 1962, the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018 and related 
notifications are available at:  
 
• http://www.cbic.gov.in/htdocs -cbec/customs/cs -act/cs -act-ch17-revised2  (refer Section 146)  
• http://www.cbic.gov.in/resources//htdocs -cbec/customs/cs -act/formatted -htmls/Customs -
Brokers -Licensing -Regulations -english -
2019.pdf;jsessionid=1551EC9032355FFF9673877140F28F0B  
• http://www.cbic.gov.in/resources//htdocs -cbec/customs/cs -act/notifications/notfns -
2018/cs -nt2018/csnt41 -2018.pdf;jsessionid=89B6BE7148FBF87C29AD536F466ECD33  
• http://www.cbic.gov.in/resources//htdocs -cbec/customs/cs -act/notifications/notfns -
2018/cs -nt2018/csnt41h -2018.pdf;jsessionid=F1ACC86C9B9111385E8FC0B88BABF7CE  
(Hindi)  
• http://www.cbic.gov.in/resources//htdocs -cbec/customs/cs -act/notifications/notfns -
2019/cs -nt2019/csnt08 -2019.pdf;jsessionid=238F4677DA83123BBCDC8CAF199AD6E  
• http://www.cbic.gov.in/resources//htdocs -cbec/customs/cs -act/notifications/notfns -
2019/cs-nt2019/csnt08h -2019.pdf;jsessionid=45C205939FB09F1BF6E6D8A897B83B21  
(Hindi)  
 
Article 12, paragraph 2.2  
 
Ministry of Finance  
Commissioner (Customs & Export Promotion)  
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs  (CBIC)  
Government of India  Name: Mr. Amitabh Kumar  
Tel.: +91 11 23092080  
E-mail: commr.cus -cbec@nic.in ;  
  amitabh.kumar@nic.in  
 
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