Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 provides a framework for increasing exports of goods and services as well as generation of employment. The focus of the new policy is to support both manufacturing and service sectors, with a special emphasis on improving the "ease of doing business".

Our team helps clients to take various benefits available under the Foreign Trade Policy Scheme 2015-20 and provide advisory and operational assistance for benefits under free trade and regional trade agreements.

Trade Facilitation and Compliance:

• Providing advisory and operational assistance for benefits under free trade and regional trade agreements
• Obtaining required registrations and licenses
• Help in identifying and availing benefits under Foreign Trade Policy schemes
• Setting up and operationalising EOUs, STP units or SEZ units
• Assistance in exit from the EOU, STP or SEZ schemes
• Import-Export Code
• Applying to DGFT for star house registration status certification in order to various benefits provided to Star House under FTP
• Advance Authorization Scheme in case of importer of input raw material which shall be physically incorporated in export products
• Conversion of DTA unit in to EOU unit
• EOU/STPI/EHTP/BTP units such as procurement of imported goods without payment of custom duty, procurement of permissible capital goods etc.
• Assistance in audits/investigations carried out by tax authoritie
• Other DGFT works
• Setting up and operationalizing EOUs, STP units or SEZ units
• Assistance in exit from EOU/SEZ to DTA
• Compliance services in case of STPI such as:
  • Monthly/Quarterly and Annual Performance Report etc.
  • Obtaining various approvals from STP Authorities for various activities such as:
    • Re-export of duty exempted Capital goods
    • Import of duty-free goods
    • Import of second-hand Capital Goods
    • De-bonding
    • Change of name/location etc.

Representations:

• Representing on tax and trade policy issues before relevant government authorities
• Assistance in developing economic justifications for tariff or non-tariff concessions
• Assisting in anti-dumping and other non-tariff proceedings