DGFT orders wheat-flour export-quota holders to file Utilization Certificates by 10 July 2026 or lose unutilised quota
Wheat-flour export-quota holders must email a CA-issued Utilization Certificate (exports to 30 June 2026) and any additional-quantity or surrender request by 10 July 2026 — sub-50%-utilised quota goes to the common pool and non-filers risk barring from future restricted-export authorisations
Change
On 1 July 2026 the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) issued Trade Notice No. 08/2026-27 requiring all holders of wheat-flour export authorisations issued under Public Notices 44/2025-26 and 48/2025-26 to submit, by 10 July 2026, a Chartered-Accountant Utilization Certificate for exports up to 30 June 2026 with Shipping Bill details and any additional-quantity or surrender request, failing which unutilised quota may be reallocated and non-filers may be barred from future restricted-export authorisations.
Why it matters
DGFT is reviewing wheat-flour export-quota utilisation and reclaiming unused allocations. Every exporter holding an authorisation under the two Public Notices must, by 10 July 2026, email a CA-issued Utilization Certificate showing quantities exported to 30 June 2026 with Shipping Bill details, plus any request for additional quantity or surrender with justification and, where available, copies of valid export contracts/purchase orders; those seeking additional quantity must also lodge a portal amendment application by the same date. Authorisations utilised above 50% may be considered for further re-allocation; those below 50% risk having the unutilised balance moved to a common pool unless backed by valid contracts. Late, portal-omitted or undocumented requests will be rejected, and non-submission may trigger reallocation and barring from future restricted-export authorisations.
Implications
- — Holders of wheat-flour (and related products) export authorisations issued under Public Notices 44/2025-26 and 48/2025-26 must email a Chartered-Accountant-issued Utilization Certificate covering exports to 30 June 2026, with Shipping Bill details, to [email protected] by 10 July 2026 — non-submission may result in reallocation of the unutilised quota and barring from future restricted-export authorisations.
- — Authorisation holders seeking additional quantity must both submit the justification and valid export contracts/purchase orders by email and file a corresponding amendment application in the DGFT online portal by 10 July 2026 — requests not filed in the portal, lacking the required documents, or filed after that date will be rejected.
- — Holders whose utilisation is below 50% of the allocated quantity must furnish copies of valid export contracts/purchase orders to retain their unutilised balance — otherwise the unutilised quantity may be transferred to the common pool for reallocation to other exporters.
Who is affected
- — Holders of wheat-flour and related-products export-quota authorisations under Public Notices 44/2025-26 and 48/2025-26
- — Wheat-flour exporters seeking additional quota or surrendering allocated quota
- — Export-documentation and compliance teams managing DGFT restricted-export authorisations
What to watch
- — 10 July 2026 — deadline to email the CA Utilization Certificate and file any additional-quantity amendment application in the DGFT portal; later or undocumented requests are rejected.