Revision of User Charges and Fee Refund Process under FTP

Amendment in Appendix 2K (Scale of User Charges and Process for Deposit/Refund of Application Fee/Penalty, etc) of FTP 2023 – Public Notice No. 02 /2025-26

In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 read with 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2023, as amended from time to time, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby amends Appendix 2K (Scale of User Charges and Process for Deposit/ Refund of Application Fee/Penalty, etc) of Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms(ANF) as Annexed herewith (changes made are in bold letters).

2. Effect of this Public Notice:
   Appendix 2K of FTP, 2023 has been revised to provide the provision of Registration Fee for various Import Monitoring Systems (SIMS/CIMS/NFMIMS/PIMS etc.) under Implementation, with immediate effect.

APPENDIX -2K
[Refer Para 2.11 of FTP 2023]
Scale of Application Fee/User Charges and Process for Deposit/ Refund of Application
Fee/Penalty etc.

1. Scale of Application Fee for various services:

2. Mode of Deposit of Application Fee/Penalty/Any Other Fee
   
   The user charges/penalty/any other fee shall be deposited in the following manner: –
   Online payment of the requisite user charges/Penalty/any other Fee shall be part of the online services that are hosted on the DGFT website(s). The online service workflow when completed shall direct the applicants to the payment gateway for online payment of the specific charges.
   In case of any online/offline process where the direct online payment option is not available, the payment is to be made online through the e-Miscellaneous Payments System(eMPS) on the DGFT Website.
   The online payment options would include Internet Banking, debit cards, credit cards, UPI or any other payment methods as authorized from time to time.
   
3. Exemption from Payment of Fees:
   No fee shall be payable in respect of any application made by such class or category of applicant as specified in Foreign Trade (Regulation) Rules,1993.
   
4. Refund of Application Fees:
   Application fee is nothing but the fee for processing of the application. Therefore, the fee once received will not be refunded except in the following circumstances, namely: –
   a. Where the fee has been deposited in excess of the specified amount of fee; or
   b. Where the fee has been deposited but no Application has been made; or
   c. Where the fee has been deposited in error but the applicant is exempt from payment of fee.
   d. No claim for refund of application fee shall be entertained by the jurisdictional authority after expiry of one year from the date of the payment.
   
5. Procedure:
   i. Where the applicant is eligible for refund of application fee, an application may be submitted online using the online refund management process. The application shall be auto-submitted to the concerned authority within whose jurisdiction the related file was submitted/the fee was paid. In case where no file has been generated the application shall be submitted to DGFT(HQ) by default.
   ii. Any request for refund of payments made in the DGFT legacy system, which was being maintained by NIC, shall be made as per the manual procedure notified earlier. An application in the ANF-2G may be submitted to the licensing authority within whose jurisdiction the fee was paid. On receipt of application, the licensing authority shall pass refund order after verifying from the Pay and Accounts Officer concerned that the amount in question has been credited to the relevant treasury head of Government of India.
   iii. On receipt of the online application for refund, the jurisdictional authority shall verify the details of the fees paid and grounds for refund. The same shall be duly noted and approved on file before proposing a sanction. Respective PAO would authorise the payment to the user on sanction.
   iv. Sanction order for refund of fees shall be valid for three months from the date of issue.
   Request for re validating the same may be considered on merits by the authority which issued the Refund Order.
   
6. Adjustment of Fee:
   In cases, where a new Authorization or Duty Credit Scrip is issued by RA in lieu of the earlier Authorization/Scrip (which was cancelled by RA, on the request of the firm on account of non-registration at the Customs Port), or in case the RA suggests the firm to file application under correct scheme the application fees paid in the earlier Authorization/Scrip may be requested for refund. Head of Office of concerned jurisdictional authority shall have the authority to propose sanction of any such refunds. The grounds for refund shall be duly noted before proposing a sanction.

i. PN 49/2015-20 dated 31.03.2021
ii. PN 52/2015-2020 dated 30.11.2018
iii PN 52/2015-2020 dated 30.11.2018

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