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Sources for the Import and Export section

Every official page used for fees, rules and trade data in the Govt License Import and Export section, and what we could not verify.

Official sources checked: 2 Oct 2026

We use only government and statutory-body pages for fees, rules and trade data. If an amount or rule is found only on a non-official page, we show it as To confirm and do not present it as fact.

Official sourceWebsite
DGFT portalwww.dgft.gov.in
DGFT Handbook of Procedures, Chapter 2 (July 2026 edition)content.dgft.gov.in
DGFT Appendix 2K: scale of application feescontent.dgft.gov.in
DGFT Appendix 2T: list of Export Promotion Councils and Commodity Boardscontent.dgft.gov.in
DGFT Appendix 2A: list of Free Trade Agreements and Preferential Trade Agreementscontent.dgft.gov.in
DGFT IEC Module User Help Filecontent.dgft.gov.in
DGFT FAQs: Profile Management (IEC)content.dgft.gov.in
DGFT: How to Export, a practical guide (Niryat Bandhu, 2023-24)content.dgft.gov.in
DGFT: Customs Import Export Procedurescontent.dgft.gov.in
DGFT e-RCMC portal pagewww.dgft.gov.in
DGFT ITC (HS) import and export policy searchwww.dgft.gov.in
DGFT ITC (HS) 2022 Schedule 1: General Notes regarding Import Policycontent.dgft.gov.in
DGFT ITC (HS) Schedule 2: General Notes to Export Policycontent.dgft.gov.in
DGFT list of restricted items for import (407 codes, as on 12 June 2019)content.dgft.gov.in
DGFT list of prohibited items for import (88 codes, updated 12 June 2019)content.dgft.gov.in
DGFT ITC (HS) Schedule 2: chapter-wise Export Policy (2021 edition)content.dgft.gov.in
DGFT Notification 54/2015-20 of 9 Feb 2022: ITC (HS) 2022content.dgft.gov.in
Common digital platform for certificates of origin (trade.gov.in)www.trade.gov.in
ICEGATE (Indian Customs EDI Gateway)www.icegate.gov.in
ICEGATE advisory: AD code and bank account registrationold.icegate.gov.in
CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs)www.cbic.gov.in
GST portal user guide: Furnishing a Letter of Undertakingtutorial.gst.gov.in
GST portalwww.gst.gov.in
APEDAapeda.gov.in
APEDA circular on e-RCMC and feesapeda.gov.in
MPEDA: registration of exportersmpeda.gov.in
MPEDA: certificate feesmpeda.gov.in
Spices Board Indiawww.indianspices.com
Spices Board notice: CRES treated as RCMC (from 1 April 2008)www.indianspices.com
Spices Board: licensing and registration FAQwww.indianspices.com
FSSAIwww.fssai.gov.in
FSSAI FAQs on food import (15 Jan 2020)fssai.gov.in
FSSAI Food Imports Manualfssai.gov.in
FSSAI Food Import Clearance System (FICS)fics.fssai.gov.in
FSSAI FoSCoSfoscos.fssai.gov.in
Bureau of Indian Standardswww.bis.gov.in
BIS: products under compulsory certificationwww.bis.gov.in
BIS: Scheme II, Compulsory Registration Schemewww.bis.gov.in
BIS: do you require a BIS licence to import a product?www.services.bis.gov.in
Legal Metrology, Department of Consumer Affairslm.doca.gov.in
CDSCO imports and registrationcdsco.gov.in
CDSCO guidance document for import registration and licencecdsco.gov.in
CDSCO import checklistcdsco.gov.in
Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage: import and export procedureppqs.gov.in
Animal Quarantine and Certification Services: import and export proceduresaqcsindia.gov.in
DoT: Equipment Type Approval (ETA)eservices.dot.gov.in
DoT: WPC ETA self declarationeservices.dot.gov.in
TradeStat, Department of Commerce (data from DGCI&S)tradestat.commerce.gov.in
TradeStat: country-wise exportstradestat.commerce.gov.in
TradeStat: country-wise importstradestat.commerce.gov.in
TradeStat: commodity-wise exports to all countriestradestat.commerce.gov.in
TradeStat: commodity-wise imports from all countriestradestat.commerce.gov.in
PIB: India-UK CETA to enter into force on 15 July 2026www.pib.gov.in
PIB: India-UK CETA comes into forcewww.pib.gov.in
PIB: India-EU Free Trade Agreement concluded (27 Jan 2026)www.pib.gov.in
Department of Commerce: United States-India Joint Statement (7 Feb 2026)www.commerce.gov.in
Department of Commerce: India's Free Trade Agreements (2025-26) key highlightswww.commerce.gov.in
Ministry of External Affairs (find the Indian mission in your partner country)www.mea.gov.in

What we could not verify

  • Fees marked To confirm on our pages: they were not found on an official page we could read.
  • Older editions: DGFT's lists of restricted and prohibited imports are dated 12 June 2019 and the chapter-wise export schedule we read is the 2021 edition. DGFT's current policy is in its ITC (HS) search.
  • Websites of councils and boards are as DGFT lists them in Appendix 2T. Several could not be opened from our build environment, so they may have moved.
  • Foreign import portals: we could not open the Bangladesh National Board of Revenue site from our build environment.

Trade values come from TradeStat, fetched on 2026-10-02.

Common questions

Do you use blogs or news for fees?
No. Fees, rules and trade values come from government and statutory-body pages. Anything we cannot confirm there is marked To confirm.
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