New CLA office in Delhi
offers upgraded facilities
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The office of Zonal Jt. Director General of Foreign Trade (CLA) moved into Indraprastha Bhawan in from Asaf Ali Road towards the end of the year 2006. Mr. D. K. Singh Zonal DGFT (North) claims that the new office is equipped with all the modern facilities and has been designed with a view to providing upgraded infrastructural support to the exporters. The LAN system has been modified and now an exporter can check the status of his application with the help of two computers installed at the ground floor and he needs not to wait to meet an official for the same. The DGFT website www.dgft.gov.in/dgftcla now offers a new link at www.dgft.gov.in/dgftcla, which, besides providing information on various schemes, also indicates the status of IEC and various licensing applications filed in this office. The Website in addition provides day-wise statistics of the IEC and all the licenses issued during a month. The Menu, ‘Frequently Asked Question’ is very useful to a newcomer to international trade, claims Mr. Singh. |
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D. K. SIngh Zonal DGFT (North) |
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The DGFT official further claims that having the facility of online filing of applications now available in all the offices of the DGFT, more and more licenses are being issued online. The two tables reflect the statistics of IEC and other licenses issued by the DGFT from April 2004 onwards. |
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Workshop on Export Documentation in Mumbai In view of the overwhelm ing response to the first Workshop on Export Documentation, the Western Region office of FIEO organized a second Workshop on 5 December 2006 at Mumbai. The Workshop was attended by many middle and senior level representatives of exporting companies from Mumbai and adjoining areas. The 1st workshop in Mumbai was organized on 17 November 2006. While welcoming the participants, Ms. Shyamalee Banerjee, Dy. Director, FIEO, Western Region informed them about the significance of documentation in exports and cautioned the participant exporters to pay personal attention to export documents. Mr. Rajesh Bhatia, Jt. Director, FIEO, Western Region endorsed the view of Ms. Bannerji and said that even the slightest of mistakes in export documents could lead to major problems. He informed the participants that soon a third batch would also be organsied at Mumbai. Mr. A. O. Kuruvilla, Manager, Research, MVIRDC World Trade Centre, a special guest on the occasion talked about current scenario in international market and stressed on market intelligence as a key to success in export. |
