DGFT India - Directorate General of Foreign Trade


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    DGFT India provides a set of guidelines and framework for importers and exporters wanting to trade in India. DGFT IEC stands for Importer Exporter Code issued by DGFT. Any bonafide person/ company starting a venture for International trade requires DGFT IEC. The guidelines are set by DGFT India - Director General of Foreign Trade.

    Presently, DGFT, India office is presided over by RS Gujral. The DGFT forms can be obtained from the DGFT offices in various zones. DGFT Delhi is located at IP Bhawan , New Delhi and all DGFT Notifications can also be obtained from our website which is updated on a regular basis. DGFT, India Foreign Trade enables companies to acquire benefits on their imports/exports, customs, exports promotion council etc.

    DGFT India is laying stress on the development of foreign trade in the country in the recent years. This is because foreign trade is gaining immense importance in the country by the day. DGFT views this as a national priority in terms of gaining economic as well as overall growth.

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      DGFT Officers Name and Designations with Office Telephone Nos and Email IDs.

      Name

      Designation

      Office Telephone No

      e-mail

      Shri R.S. Gujral Director General of Foreign Trade
      ISO 9001:2000 Certified Organisation
      Udyog Bhawan, H-Wing, Gate No.2,
      Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi -110011.
      011-23061562, 23062777, 23063436
      Fax:
      011-2306 2225,
      23061613
      e-mail : dgft@.nic.in, Website: http://dgft.delhi.nic.in
      Dr. Shyam S. Agarwal Additional Director General of Foreign Trade 23063466 adgft@nic.in
      Dr.(Smt.) Maya D. Kem Additional Director General of Foreign Trade 23063419 mayadkem@nic.in
      Shri S.K. Prasad Additional Director General of Foreign Trade 23061990 sk.prasad@nic.in
      Shri V. K. Srivastava Additional Director General of Foreign Trade (Room No.1, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi) 23063801 vk.srivastava@nic.in
      Shri Sanjay Rastogi
      (IAS,OR:91)
      Export Commissioner 23062961 ec@nic.in
      Shri O.P. Hisaria,ITS Joint Director General of Foreign Trade 23062671 op.hisaria@nic.in
      Shri Amitabh Jain
      (IAS,CG:89)
      Joint Director General of Foreign Trade 23062240 amitabhjain@nic.in
      Smt. Aditi Das Rout, ITS Joint Director General of Foreign Trade 23062968 adrout@nic.in
      Shri Anil Aggarwal, ITS Joint Director General of Foreign Trade

      Shri G. Seetharam Reddy, ITS Joint Director General of Foreign Trade

      Shri Tapan Mazumder Joint Director General of Foreign Trade 23061562 tmazumder@nic.in
      Shri T.K. Murugan,CSS Joint Director General of Foreign Trade 23061055 tkmurngan@nic.in
      Shri K.B. Roy, ITS


      Smt. Sharda Mesh Ram,CSS Joint Director General of Foreign Trade 23062675 sharda@nic.in
      Shri S.K. Samal Joint Director General of Foreign Trade & Management Representative for ISO Certification 23063249 sk.samal@nic.in
      Shri Anil Kumar Singh Joint Director General of Foreign Trade 23062232 anilsingh@nic.in
      Shri Narender Singh Joint Director General of Foreign Trade 23061586 nsingh@nic.in
      Smt. Sangeeta Singh Joint Director General of Foreign Trade 23062488 sangeeta.singh@nic.in
      Shri Ajay Mishra,ISS Director(Stats.) 23062767 amishra@nic.in
      Shri D.C. Sharma,ISS Director(Stats.) 23061586 dcsharma@nic.in
      Shri A.K. Sinha Senior Technical Director(NIC) 23061456 anilksinha@nic.in
      Dr. V.S. Rana Technical Director(NIC) 23062912 vsrana@nic.in

      Work Allocation Sector-wise.

      Dy. DGFT

      Jt.DGFT/Director/EC/Addl.DGFT/DGFT

      DUTY EXEMPTION SCHEME Go Top
      DES-I Section Product Group – Engineering for Alphabets A to N R.N. Meena 23061562; Extn. 323 ramanand.meena@nic.in S.K. Samal Maya D. Kem
      DES- II Section Product Group – Engineering for Alphabets O to Z & Electronics R.N. Meena 23061562; Extn. 323 ramanand.meena@nic.in S.K. Samal Maya D. Kem
      DES- III Section Chemicals & allied products for Alphabets B –M Chairman, Norms Committee-4, (Pharmaceuticals Products) V.K. Gupta 23061562 Ext.259, gupta@nic.in Sanjay Rastogi S.K. Prasad
      DES-IV Section Chemicals & allied products for Alphabets N-Z Ms. S.K. Ram 23061562 Ext. 379, skram@nic.in, S.K. Samal S.K. Prasad
      DES-V Section Leather, textiles, readymade garments, hosiery & knit wears (Chapters 41 to 43 and 50 to 67 of ITC(HS) Rajinder Pal Singh 23061562 Extn. 345, rpsingh@nic.in Anil Kumar Singh Surat Singh
      DES-VI Section Fish and marine products, food products, sports goods, handicrafts, packing policy and coordination work relating to Duty Exemption Scheme (Chapters 1 to 27 and 94 to 99 of ITC(HS). Rajinder Pal Singh 23061562 Extn. 345, rpsingh@nic.in Anil Kumar Singh Surat Singh
      DES- VIII Section Chemicals & allied products for Alphabets A. Plastic Products and Coordination work including Publication of SION and DEPB. Ms. S.K. Ram 23061562 Ext. 379, skram@nic.in S.K. Samal SS.K. Prasad
      EXPORT PROMOTION CAPITAL GOODS Go Top
      EPCG-I Section Export obligation monitoring for the period 1995-96. Amendment to EPCG licenses in respect of cases where the CIF value is Rs.10 crores and above. Clarification sought by firms/RLAs; Court cases. New EPCG applications. Processing of nexus approval cases sent by RLAs/ZLAs.

      Ishwar Singh 23061562 Extn. 385 Sanjay Rastogi Shyam S. Agarwal
      EPCG-II Section All amendments in EPCG licenses issued from Headquarters. Export Obligation monitoring for 1996-97 onwards Ishwar Singh,
      23061562 Extn. 385
      Sanjay Rastogi Shyam S. Agarwal
      EPCG-III Section Export obligation monitoring of EPCG licences right from inception of the Scheme i.e. w.e.f.01.04.1990 to 31.03.1995 (A to M alphabets). Residual work relating to old CG Scheme. Audit Para. EPCG licences issued after 31.03.1995 for which BG/LUT have been executed with DGFT. Ishwar Singh 23061562 Extn. 385, Sanjay Rastogi Shyam S. Agarwal
      EPCG-IV Section Export obligation monitoring of EPCG licences right from inception of the Scheme i.e. w.e.f.01.04.1990 to 31.03.1995 (N to Z alphabets). Residual work relating to old CG Scheme. Audit Para. EPCG licences issued after 31.03.1995 for which BG/LUT have been executed with DGFT. Ishwar Singh 23061562 Extn. 385, Sanjay Rastogi Shyam S. Agarwal
      RRESTRICTED IMPORT LICENSING Go Top
      All restricted items covered under Negative List of imports,/td>


      CASH ASSISTANCE, APPEAL AND E.O.CELL
      Cash compensatory support claims. Release of funds for Deemed exports.

      S.K. Prasad
      DRAWBACK
      Fixation of brand rates in respect of Deemed Exports. Board of approval Ratna Lalitha 23061562 Extn.253, ratna.l@nic.in Narinder Singh S.K. Prasad
      POLICY DIVISION


      (POLICY RESEARCH UNIT) (PRU)(Foreign Trade and Annual Policy Formulation/ Formulation of new Export Promotion Schemes, Board of Trade) M. K. Parimoo Shyam S. Agarwal
      Policy Cell
      Matters relating to item wise Export Policy as given in ITC(HS) Schedule 2, clarification / interpretation / amendment of item wise Export Policy / all matters relating to Export Policy / Export Licensing including SCOMET items


      Export Facilitation Committee C. Gangadharan Sanjay Rastogi Shyam S. Agarwal
      (Policy Cell – I)
      Formulation of Foreign Trade Policy and Handbook of Procedures (Vol.I) relating to Chapter 1,5 and 10 including amendment/clarification and interpretation thereof.



      Policy Research and Analysis Go Top
      Duty Drawback and other issues relating to DOR*
      Tasks Forces of other Deptt./Ministries

      Pre-budget proposals-Collection, Compilation and Presentation* S.K. Samal Shyam S. Agarwal
      Policy Interpretation and Relaxation Committee
      FTDR ACT*
      S.N. Dubey 23061562; Extn. 275, sndubey@nic.in S.K. Samal Shyam S. Agarwal
      Formulation of Foreign Trade Policy and Handbook of Procedures (Vol.I) relating to Chapter 3(Promotional measures)
      Port Officers Meeting Coordination
      Chairman-Norms Committee-5(Textiles & Leather)


      Ashok Kumar Arora Anil Kumar Singh
      1.FTP-Chapter 5(EPCG)
      2.Board of Trade
      3. Inter State Trade Counci

      G.Seetharam Redd
      1.Import Licensing (except Marble)
      2.Area Specific Import Policy and Implementation(except SAARC)
      3.WTO, Anti-Dumping, Countervailing Duty Cases
      4.Chairman, Norms Committee 6(Marine, Food, Sports & Misc.)

      Anil Aggarwal
      Policy-I (Implementation aspects of FTP, amendments/interpretation/ clarification/relaxation of FTP relating to Chapter-6, 7 (EOUs, EHTPs, STPs, BTPs, SEZs respectively)and Chapter –VIII(Deemed Export) . Smt. C.R. Valsala Hariharan Amitabh Jain Shyam S. Agarwal
      1. General Issues relating to Foreign Trade(Including Rupee appreciation) and FTP formulation.
      2.FTP Chap.4 (Duty Exemption/Remission Schemes including DEPB Schemes)
      3. Service Tax Refund/Exemption
      4.Chairman, DEPB Committee
      Smt. Kiran Sehgal,
      23061562 Extn.232
      kiran.sehgal@nic.in
      Tapan Mazumder Shyam S. Agarwal
      CVD Matters Smt. Valsala Hariharan 23061562 Ext. 396, Mukesh Bhatnagar S.K. Prasad
      POLICY DIVISION Go Top
      (Policy Cell – II)
      1.FTP-Chap.2 and 9(General Provision and Definitions)
      2.ITC(HS)
      3.Policy and Licensing related to Marble
      4.FTA Cell
      5.Import Policy and implementation related to SAARC Countries
      6.Chairman, Norms Committee 2 (Engineering Gr.'A')
      Subhas R. O. P. Hisaria B. S. Meena
      (Policy Cell – II)
      Foreign Trade Policy(FTP)- 6,7,7A &8(EOUs etc., SEZs and Deemed Exports)
      Smt. C.R. Valsala Hariharan
      23061562 Extn 396, Sanjay
      Rastogi Shyam S. Agarwal
      DEPB Committee Smt. Kiran Sehgal, 23061562 Extn.232, kiran.sehgal@nic.in M. K. Parimoo Surat Singh
      Enforcement-cum-Adjudication
      ECA-I
      Appeals, Appellate Committee Cell,
      Review/Revision/ Reference on Act/Rules/ Orders relating to appeals/ Acts/ Rules /Orders under FTDR Act.
      S.S.Saha 23061562 Extn.260, ssaha@nic.in S.K. Samal Maya D. Kem
      ECA-II Section
      Commercial disputes and complaints relating to quality from overseas importers against Indian exporters and vice-versa. Appeals against orders of registration and de-registration issued by the Export Promotion Councils. Verification of GSP Certificate referred by foreign authorities for authentication and verification.
      Board of Approval
      Smt. C.R.Valsala Hariharan 23061562 Extn.396, Sanjay Rastogi B. S. Meena
      Investigation and adjudication cases – DGFT, Preventive and Intelligence work, Coordination. K.P. Singh 23061562 Extn 323, singhkp@nic.in T.K. Murugan Maya D. Kem
      LITIGATION


      Writ petitions, Compendium of court judgment. A.K. Paul 23061562 Extn 255, akpaul@nic.in T.K. Murugan S.K. Prasad
      Export Facilitation (Grievance And Co-Ordination) Smt. C.R. Valsala Hariharan 23061562 Extn.396, Sanjay Rastogi
      Port Officers Meeting Coordination Ashok Kumar Arora Anil Kumar Singh Surat Singh
      STATISTICS DIVISION Go Top
      Parliament Section --- D.C. Sharma Vinod Kumar Srivastava
      Foreign Trade Information Unit. --- D.C. Sharma Vinod Kumar Srivastava
      CIS Unit and Stat. Misc. Unit --- Ajay Mishra Vinod Kumar Srivastava
      Publication and MIS Trade (SC) --- Ajay Mishra Vinod Kumar Srivastava
      Human Resources Development
      Human Resources Development (HRD)-I Section(Except Training & Cadre Restructuring). R.S. Bisht
      23061562/Extn. 314,
      Aditi Das Rout Shyam S. Agarwal
      Human Resources Development (HRD)-I Section(Training & Cadre Restructuring). R.S. Bisht
      23061562/Extn. 314,
      Sangeeta Singh Shyam S. Agarwal
      Human Resources Development (HRD)-II Section R.S. Bisht
      23061562/Extn. 314,
      Aditi Das Rout Shyam S. Agarwal
      Human Resources Development
      (HRD)–III Section K.P.Singh 23061562 Mukesh Bhatnagar Shyam S. Agarwal
      Library H. Phaltual 23061562 Ext.344, Narinder Singh Vinod Kumar Srivastava
      R & I Section,
      Counter Assistance, Enquiry Counter, Public Relation officer
      H. Phaltual 23061562 Ext.344, --- Surat Singh
      Vigilance Section --- Aditi Das Rout Shyam S. Agarwal
      Trading House Cell Veena Bhalla Sharda Mesh Ram S.K. Prasad
      EDI Division(Including Transaction Cost Issues)
      ISO Certification HRD(Training)
      --- Sangeeta Singh Shyam S. Agarwal
      General Branch
      Audit
      CPIO-Right tin Information Act
      ECA-I
      Krishan Kumar
      23061562; Extn. 380,
      K.B. Roy Surat Singh
      Coordination Unit S.N. Dubey
      23061562; Extn. 275, sndubey@nic.in
      --- Vinod Kumar Srivastava
      O & M &
      S.I.U/I.W.S.U
      K.P.Singh 23061562 Aditi Das Rout Vinod Kumar Srivastava
      Budget & Account (B&A) Section Kushal Kumar 23061562 Extn. 382, Narinder Singh Maya D. Kem
      Cash Branch Kushal Kumar
      23061562 Extn. 382,
      Narinder Singh Maya D. Kem
      DGCI&S and Data Analysis Cell H. Phaltual 23061562 Ext.344, Narinder Singh Maya D. Kem
      Hindi Cell
      HRD-III (Excluding Training)
      Veena Bhalla Sharda Mesh Ram Vinod Kumar Srivastava
      NATIONAL INFORMATIC CENTRE (NIC) Go Top
      NIC T.A.Khan, Dy. Director general, 23061299, takhan@nic.in A.K. Sinha, Senior Technical Director, 23061456, anilksinha@nic.in V.S. Rana Technical Director 23061562 Extn 305, vsrana@nic.in

      DGFT Regional Offices

       

      DGFT Pune

      The Joint Director General of Foreign Trade
      C Block, PMT Commercial Complex, Shankarseth Road,
      Swargate, Pune - 411 037
      Fax No. 0212-24441577
      e-mail address: jdgft_pune@hotmail.com
      Name & Designation Telephone No. & e-mail address Go Top
         Office Residence
      Shri K.L. Sharma Joint DGFT 24441577, 24445143, jdgft_pune@hotmail.com 26837073
      Shri H.N. Wadetiwar Dy. DGFT 24445841, jdgft_pune@hotmali.com -
         



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