Advance Authorisation or DFRC or DFIA for Intermediate Supplies

4.13

The application for grant of Advance Authorisation or DFRC or DFIA for Intermediate supply may be made on the basis of a tie-up agreement with the exporter (physical/deemed) holding an Advance authorisation or DFRC or DFIA . The Regional Authority concerned shall consider such requests.

The Advance Authorisation or DFRC or DFIA for Intermediate supply shall be issued after making the Authorisation/Certificate invalid for direct import of items to be supplied by the intermediate manufacturer. In such cases, a copy of the invalidation letter will be given to the Authorisation/Certificate holder and copy thereof will be sent to the intermediate supplier as well as the Regional Authority of the intermediate supplier. The Authorisation/Certificate holder in such case has an option either to supply the intermediate product to holder of Advance Authorisation/DFRC/DFIA or to export (physical/deemed) directly. However, once the Electronic message transfer facility among the Regional Authorities becomes fully operational, the requirement of sending a copy of the invalidation letter/ARO to the jurisdictional Regional Authority shall not be required.

The facility of Advance Authorisation shall be available even in cases where the intermediate supplier has supplied or intend to supply the material subsequent to fulfilment of export obligation by the exporter holding the Advance Authorisation/ DFIA from where the invalidation letter was issued.