FTP - Procedure for Obtaining Cotton RCs
AS per Notification No.113 dated 4th May, 2012 application for registration of contracts for export of raw cotton would be submitted to the 7 designated RAs namely: - Ahmadabad, CLA, New Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai and Mumbai. To streamline the process of registration the following procedure would be adopted in addition to those provided in the Notification No.113 of 4 th May 2012.
(1) E-mail to precede the application
Each intending exporter has to first send an e-mail addressed to cottonexport-dgft@nic.in before filing hard copy of the application to the concerned RA for issue of RC.
(2) The content of the e-mail would be a brief description of where the exporter wants to export and such other details that he may like to give. But it must contain the name, address, telephone number and other contact details and IEC Number of the applicant;
(3) A printout of the e-mail sent to cottonexport-dgft@nic.in shall be enclosed to the hard copy of the application to be submitted to the RA in the proforma prescribed earlier in Notification No.63 dated 4th August 2011.
(4) If an exporter wants to export through multiple ports then it has the liberty to seek split RCs as long as the overall quantity limit is within the eligibility given in para 2 of the Notification No.113 dated 4th May 2012. Similarly for export to different buyer, split RC's can be issued within the overall entitlement of an applicant.
DGFT Trade Notice No. 1/2012, Dated: May 08, 2012