Section 07
Export schemes and incentives
Money back on taxes built into your price, duty-free inputs, cheaper credit and insurance against a buyer who does not pay. Each scheme shows its current status and the notification it rests on.
- schemes
- 14
- kinds of help
- 7
Schemes are changed by notification, often at short notice. Read the status line on each page and confirm on DGFT before you count the money in your price.
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Tax refund
- Tax refundRoDTEPRemission of Duties and Taxes on Exported ProductsRefunds hidden taxes (fuel, electricity duty, mandi tax, stamp duty and the like) that are not refunded any other way, as a percentage of FOB value.Read →
- Tax refundRoSCTLRebate of State and Central Taxes and LeviesThe RoDTEP-like rebate for apparel, garments and made-ups (HS Chapters 61, 62 and 63). These items get RoSCTL instead of RoDTEP.Read →
- Tax refundDrawbackDuty Drawback (All Industry Rates)Returns the customs duty paid on imported inputs used in your export product, at a fixed All Industry Rate per HS heading — paid straight into your bank account.Read →
- Tax refundTMATransport and Marketing Assistance for Specified Agriculture ProductsA freight subsidy for agricultural exports. It covered exports from March 2019 to March 2022 and is not open for current shipments.Read →
- Tax refundLUTLetter of Undertaking for zero-rated exports under GSTExport goods without paying IGST by filing an LUT in Form GST RFD-11 once a year.Read →
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Duty-free inputs
- Duty-free inputsAdvance AuthorisationAdvance AuthorisationImport the raw materials for an export order without paying customs duty or IGST, on the condition that you export the finished goods.Read →
- Duty-free inputsEPCGExport Promotion Capital Goods SchemeImport machinery at zero customs duty if you export goods worth six times the duty saved, within six years.Read →
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Credit & finance
- Credit & financeEPMExport Promotion Mission (Niryat Protsahan and Niryat Disha)The umbrella export-support mission announced in Budget 2025–26: cheaper export credit, collateral guarantees, testing and certification refunds, freight help and trade-fair support.Read →
- Credit & financeCGSECredit Guarantee Scheme for ExportersExtra collateral-free working capital from your bank, with a 100% government guarantee to the bank.Read →
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Payment insurance
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Marketing help
- Marketing helpMAI / MASMarket Access Initiative (now Market Access Support under EPM)Support to take part in overseas trade fairs, buyer-seller meets, reverse buyer-seller meets in India, and trade delegations.Read →
- Marketing helpDistricts as Export HubsDistricts as Export HubsEvery district has an Export Promotion Committee and an export action plan that names its key products — a local door for help and contacts.Read →
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Zones
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