India Reminds Traders of Upcoming E-Filing Requirement for Certificates of Origin

India this week reminded companies that after Dec. 31 applications of non-preferential certificates of origin must be submitted through a new digital single window. The country’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade, which earlier this year had delayed the implementation date (see 2303290017), said in an Aug. 16 notice that a “few enlisted Agencies/chambers have still not started the process of on-boarding which defeats the purpose of initiating the online system.” The country is giving those agencies and chambers until Aug. 31 to “on-board” the new electronic platform, but companies can still submit paper certificates of origin through the end of the year.