Changes in IEC with the introduction of GST-regd.

DGFT – Trade Notice No.09/2018 – Dated:- 12-6-2017 – No.01/93/180/04/AM-18/PC-2(B) Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Directorate General of Foreign Trade Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi Dated 12.06.2017 Trade Notice No. 09 To 1. All IEC holders/applicants 2. All EPCs / All Chambers of Trade and Industries 3. FIEO/ASSOCHAM/CII 4. All RA's of DGFT 5. All field formations of Customs Sub: Changes in IEC with the introduction of GST-regd. The Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 provides that no person shall make any import or export except under an Importer Exporter Code (IEC) number, granted by the Director General of Foreign Trade or the officer authorized by the Director General in this behalf. Further, P

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y assumes importance as identifier at the transaction level. In view of this, it has been decided that importer/exporter would need to declare only GSTIN (wherever registered with GSTN) at the time of import and export of goods. The PAN level aggregation of data would automatically happen in the system. 3. Since obtaining GSTIN is not compulsory for all importers / exporters below a threshold limit of turnover, all exporters / importers may not register with GSTIN [barring compulsory registration in certain cases as provided in section 24 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) or in cases where either credit is claimed of IGST], therefore, GSTIN cannot become universal, as IEC is for import/export business. Further, DG

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