FTP Consulting
Foreign Trade Policy and DGFT schemes — Advance Authorisation, EPCG, RoDTEP, export obligations, redemption and DGFT proceedings.
- Estimate Cost
- ₹10,000 – ₹1,00,000
- Typical duration
- 15 days
Service overview
- The FTP Consulting service helps you capitalize on India’s Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) regulated by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)
- WCP professionals help you unlock export incentives, secure duty-free import licenses, and clear policy hurdles with ease
Who needs it? / When is it needed?
- Exporters and importers looking to maximize savings through schemes like Advance Authorization, EPCG, and RoDTEP.
- Manufacturers importing machinery or raw materials duty-free under export obligations.
- Businesses dealing with export obligation delays, penalty proceedings, or norms fixation issues with the DGFT.
What to expect from the WCP Professionals
- Pre-Application Eligibility & Scheme Structuring: WCP professionals evaluate your product portfolio to align your business with the most profitable FTP incentive schemes.
- Strategic License Application & Norms Fixation: WCP professionals manage online portal filings, standard input-output norms (SION) fixations, and scrip generations error-free.
- Precision Drafting of Representations & Appeals: Standard applications often stall. WCP professionals custom-draft policy relaxation requests (PRC cases) and legal representations to clear stuck files.
- Handling DGFT Deficiency Queries: If regional authorities raise objections or demand supplementary documents, the team responds quickly with accurate justifications.
- Post-Approval Redemption Handover: Once your benefits are realized, WCP professionals guide you through export obligation discharge and give you comprehensive tracking tools.
Key deliverables
- FTP Benefit Optimization Roadmap
- DGFT Licenses, Authorizations, and Scrips
- Policy Relaxation (PRC) Filings
- Export Obligation Discharge Certificates (EODC)
- Post-Approval Compliance Tracker
Standard turnaround time
Turnaround spans from days for routine scrip generation to weeks or months for complex license redemptions and norms fixation cases.
Government fees, timelines & key outcomes
DGFT application fees are prescribed in the Handbook of Procedures and are generally linked to the value of the authorisation; online filing is through the DGFT portal.
Key outcomes: duty-free or concessional imports, export incentives claimed, and export obligations discharged and authorisations redeemed on time.
Forms & filings involved
- ANF Applications for Advance Authorization and EPCG
- RoDTEP
- RoSCTL scrip requests on the DGFT portal
- Export Obligation Discharge applications
Documents required
- Importer-Exporter Code (IEC) and active Digital Signature (DSC)
- Shipping bills, commercial invoices, and export bills
- Bank Realization Certificates (e-BRCs)
- CA consumption certificates (where required)
What we need from you
- Provide timely access to your DGFT portal account and digital keys.
- Share clean, reconciled export and import data matching official portals.
Important conditions
- Final approval of licenses, scrips, and redemptions rests with the DGFT.
- Failure to fulfill export obligations on time can attract government penalties.
Additional information
Proper FTP guidance lowers your import costs, unlocks cash-saving export incentives, and keeps your international operations penalty-free.
The estimated cost covers indicative professional fees only. Government fees, stamp duty and taxes are payable at actuals.
How it works
- 1. Raise a service enquiry describing your requirement.
- 2. A Relationship Manager reviews it and opens it for bidding.
- 3. Pay into escrow and assign the professional you select.
- 4. Track progress to completion, then accept and release payment.
Frequently asked questions
What is an Advance Authorisation?
A DGFT authorisation allowing duty-free import of inputs used to make export products, subject to an export obligation.
What is EPCG?
The Export Promotion Capital Goods scheme allows concessional import of capital goods against an export obligation of six times the duty saved over six years.
What is RoDTEP?
Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products — a refund of embedded taxes not otherwise refunded, given as transferable duty credit.
What if export obligation is not met?
Duty saved must be paid with interest, though extensions and regularisation are possible under the policy.