Attention of all members of Trade is invited to Trade Notice No.8 dated 14th December 2003 vide which this office had made the facility available to know the status of their applications through SMS service provided by Hutchison Max Telecom Private Ltd. (TM Orange). The said facility was also extended through Reliance India Mobile Phones vide Trade Notice No.1/05 dated 20th July 2004. Now the facility is being further extended through SMS service of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) for making information available to the exporters with regard to the status of their application and status of default.

To avail this facility, user may follow the instructions given below: -
 

(a) To know the status of application through SMS:

Step 1: Enter the message as

" DGFT < type first three characters of the name of the party> "

(e.g. for knowing the status of application of Glaxo with Key Number:1176866, the Message shall be DGFT GLA 1176866 )

Step 2:

Send SMS on "8282"

After sending SMS to "8282" the user will instantly get the status of their application including other relevant details.

(b) To know the status of default through SMS:

Step 1:

Enter message as

"IEC "

(e.g. for knowing the defaulter status of Glaxo with IEC Number: 0388040092, the Message shall be IEC 0388040092 Gla)

Step 2:

Send SMS on "8282"

After sending SMS to "8282" the user will instantly get the defaulter status for the IEC number including other relevant details.

This office will continue to provide additional facilities to the trade and industry keeping in view the need to reduce the transaction cost and time of the trade. Further suggestions/feed back from members of the trade and industry will be of immense value for this office so that further steps can be taken by this office for providing additional and improved services in future.
 

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(S.S.SANDHU)
ZONAL JOINT DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE