DGFT Notifies New Amendments in List of Agencies Authorized to Issue Certificate of Origin
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has recently issued a Public Notice No. 30/2025-26, dated 28th October 2025, to amend Appendix 2B of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023. The amendment adds authorised agencies that can issue Certificates of Origin (CoO) for the exports under the India-European Free Trade Association (India-EFTA) Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA).
The Authorised Agencies and their assigned products are as follows:
| Authorized Agencies | Products Assigned to Each Agency |
| Directorate General of Foreign Trade and its regional offices | All products |
| Export Inspection Council and Export Inspection Agencies | All products |
| Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) | Agricultural Products |
| Marine Products Export Development Authority and regional offices | Marine products |
| Central Silk Board and regional offices | Silk products |
| Coir Board | Coir and Coir products |
| Development Commissioner (Handicraft) and regional offices | Handicrafts |
| Spices Board | Spices and Cashew nuts |
| Textile Committee and regional offices | Textiles and Clothing |
| Tobacco Board | Tobacco and tobacco products |
| Cochin Special Economic Zone | All products by Units in SEZs and EOUs located within the jurisdiction of the Zonal Development Commissioner |
| Falta Special Economic Zone | All products by Units in SEZs and EOUs located within the jurisdiction of the Zonal Development Commissioner |
| Kandla Special Economic Zone | All products by Units in Surat SEZs and all SEZs and EOUs located within the jurisdiction of the Zonal Development Commissioner |
| MEPZ Special Economic Zone | All products by Units in SEZs and EOUs located within the jurisdiction of the Zonal Development Commissioner |
| NOIDA Special Economic Zone | All products by Units in SEZs and EOUs located within the jurisdiction of the Zonal Development Commissioner |
| SEEPZ Special Economic Zone | All products by Units in SEZs and EOUs located within the jurisdiction of the Zonal Development Commissioner |
| Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone | All products by Units in SEZs and EOUs located within the jurisdiction of the Zonal Development Commissioner |
Refer to the Official Notification for More Information.
