The Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoC&I) On October 09, 2023, issued a notification regarding the Automatic System-based Issue of Status Holder Certificate (e-SHC).
The Status Holder Certificate (e-SHC) will be made available to the exporting entity in their registered email and the customer dashboard @DGFTportal (https://www.dgft.gov.in/CP), after necessary IT iterations, by August 15 each year. The data set used for the Status categorization will be the merchandise export performance of the preceding 3 financial years or the preceding 2 financial years (in the case of the gems and jewelry sector) plus the 3-month export data from April to June of the current financial year.
It is being reiterated that all Status Holder Certificates (e-SHC) issued under FTP 2015-20 will remain valid till September 30, 2023, only as provided under para 1.09 of HBP 2023, and any IEC holder willing to avail of the Status Holder Certificate (e-SHC) under the FTP 2023, and who is not getting covered under the new mechanism of automatic issue, will need to apply online to the concerned jurisdictional RAs of Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) as per para 1.08 of HBP 2023.
For guidance on these new processes, the Help manual & FAQs may be accessed at https://dgft.gov.in > Learn > Application Help & FAQs'.
[Trade Notice No: 28/2023-24]
