Export of Goods and Services- Simplification and Revision of Declaration Form for Exports of Goods/Softwares
43 Dated:- 13-9-2013 Circular
FEMA
Superseded vide A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 20 dated 16-01-2026 w.e.f. 01-10-2026
RBI/2013-14/254
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.43
September 13, 2013
To
All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange
Madam / Sir,
Export of Goods and Services- Simplification and Revision of Declaration Form for Exports of Goods/Softwares
Attention of the Authorised Dealers is invited to Regulation 6 of the Notification No.FEMA 23/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000 viz. Foreign Exchange Management (Export of Goods and Services) Regulations, 2000, as amended by the Notification No.FEMA 36/2001-RB dated February 27, 2001 and A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 80 dated February 15, 2012,in terms of which every exporter of goods or softwares has to give declaration in one of the forms (GR/PP/SDF/SOFTEX/Bulk SOFTEX) and submit it to the specifi
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(Present web-based process of generation of GR Form No. gets replaced) through its website www.rbi.org.in . In order to generate the above number, the applicant has to fill-in the online form (Path www.rbi.org.in → Forms → FEMA → Forms Printing EDF/SOFTEX Form No.), thereafter, the related EDF/SOFTEX Form No. would be generated for each transaction by the applicant exporter. The specimen of online form and the advice are given in Annex III. The present facility of manual allotment of single as well bulk SOFTEX form number by Regional Offices of RBI would be dispensed with accordingly.
5. The Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) requires exporters to complete the EDF/SOFTEX Form using the number so allotted and submit them to the specified authority first for certification and then to AD for necessary action as hitherto.
6. The above instruction will come into force from October 1, 2013. Authorised Dealers may bring the contents of this circular to the notice of t
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D code:
AD Name & Address:
Mode of Realisation: [ ] L/C [ ] BG [ ] Others
(advance payment, etc. including transfer/remittance to bank
account maintained overseas)
Port of Loading / Source Port in case of SEZ:
Country of Destination:
Port of Discharge:
Whether payment to be
Let Export order (LEO) Date:
Received through ACU?
[
] Yes [ ] No
State of Origin of Goods:
Total FOB value in words (INR):
2.
Invoice-wise details of Export Value
Custom Assessable value (INR)*:
(If more than one invoice for a particular shipping bill, the block 2 will repeat as many times of invoices)
Invoice No.
Nature of Contract:
Invoice date.
Particulars
FOB Value
Freight
Insurance
Commission
Discount
Other Deduction
Packing Charges
Invoice Currency:
[ ] FOB [ ] CIF [ ] C&F
Invoice Amount:
[
] CI [ ] Others
Currency
Amount in FC
Exchange Rate
Amount (INR)
Net Realisable value
EXPORT DECLARATI
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se of the competent authority (i.e. Custom/SEZ) on behalf of Ministry concerned:
Certified, on the basis of above declaration by the Custom/SEZ unit, that the Goods described above and the export value declared by
the exporter in this form is as per the corresponding invoice/gist of invoices submitted and declared by the Unit.
Date:
(Signature of Designated/Authorised officials of Custom /SEZ)
@Strike out whichever is not applicable.
*Unit declared Value in case of exports affected from SEZs
Document 2
Name and address of Exporter
Letter of Permission (LOP) No.(STP/EHTP/SEZ/EPZ/100%
EOU/DTA Unit)
Name of Authorised Datacom Service Provider
Name and address of Authorised Dealer/Bank
Format of Softex Forms submitted in bulk
Summary Sheet
Section – A
IEC Code.
Date of LOP issued
Annex II
STPI/SEZ Centre
Authorized Dealer Code
Section – B
List of Invoices for offshore export value through datacom link
Period of Invoices raise
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transmitted. I/We @ undertake that I/we@ will deliver to the authorised dealer bank named above the foreign exchange representing the full value of the software exported as above on or before…
within the period of realisation stipulated by RBI from time to time ) in the manner specified in the Regulations made under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999.
(i.e.
@am/are not in the Caution List of the Reserve Bank of India.
I/We
Place:
Date:
Name:
Designation:
Stamp
(Signature of the
Exporter)
Space for use of the competent authority in STPI/EPZ/SEZ
Certified, on the basis of above declaration by the SEZ/STPI unit, that the software described above and the export value declared by the exporter in this form is as per the corresponding invoice/gist of invoices
submitted and declared by the Unit.
Place:
Date:
Name:
Designation:
Stamp
( Signature of the Designated/Authorised
Official of STPI/EPZ/SEZ)
@Strike out whicheve
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isation
Calculation
of Royalty
amount
details
value
ract/
Agreemen
% age and
Period of
currency
GR/SDF/
amount of
Royalty
PP/SOFT
t/PO Date
royalty
agreement
EX/EDF
Form No.
on which
SECTION C
DECLARATION BY EXPORTER
exports
were
declared
I/We@ hereby declare that I/we@ am/are@ the seller of the software in respect of which this declaration is made and that the particulars given above are true and that the value to be received from the buyer represents the
export value contracted and declared above. I/We@ also declare that the software has been developed and exported by using Authorised and legitimate datacom link and certified that the software described above was
actually transmitted. I/We@ undertake that I/we@ will deliver to the authorised dealer bank named above the foreign exchange representing the full value of the software exported as above on or before
within the period of realisation stipul
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