DGFT invites fresh bids for 2.02 lakh tonnes of balance raw sugar TRQ
DGFT has invited fresh applications for the remaining 2,02,550 tonnes under the 10 lakh-tonne raw sugar TRQ. Applications will be accepted online for seven days, with daily batch-wise allocation. If demand exceeds availability, quantities will be distributed pro-rata. Earlier, 7,97,450 tonnes were allocated under the scheme.
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has invited fresh applications from eligible sugar millers and refiners for allocation of the balance 2,02,550 tonnes available under the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) scheme for import of 10 lakh tonnes of raw sugar, according to a public notice issued on September 1, 2026.
The notice, issued by Lav Agarwal, Director General of Foreign Trade and Ex-officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India, was issued in continuation of an earlier public notice dated August 20, 2026, and its corrigendum dated August 24, 2026, and follows the recommendations of a committee constituted for TRQ sugar allocation, which met on August 28, 2026.
Against the TRQ of 10 lakh tonnes notified on August 20, 2026, applications amounting to 7,97,450 tonnes were received and allocated under the earlier notice, the DGFT said, leaving a balance quantity of 2,02,550 tonnes available under the scheme.
Eligible millers and refiners can submit applications for the balance quantity online through the DGFT portal, under the Import Management System’s Tariff Rate Quota module, according to the notice. The application window will remain open for seven days from the date of publication of the notice.
Unlike the one-time allocation carried out earlier, allocation of the balance quantity will now be made on a daily basis, the notice said. Applications received up to 5:30 PM on a given day will be treated as one batch and processed for allocation on the following working day, subject to scrutiny and eligibility, while applications received after the cut-off will be carried over to the next day’s batch. Allocation against each day’s batch will be made in the order of aggregate demand for that day, on a self-declaration basis, subject to availability of the balance quota.
Should the cumulative quantity applied for on a given day, combined with the quantity already allocated until the preceding day, exceed the available balance quota, allocation will be made on a pro-rata basis among all applicants in that batch, in proportion to the quantity applied for by each, the notice said.
Applications received after the quota stands fully allocated will not be considered, and such applicants will be informed accordingly through the DGFT portal, according to the notice. The date and time stamp of submission recorded on the DGFT portal will determine the day to which an application belongs, with no manual or offline submissions to be entertained.
All other terms and conditions prescribed under the earlier public notice and its corrigendum will continue to apply to allocations made under the latest notice, the DGFT said, adding that it reserves the right to amend, modify, relax or withdraw any provision as may be considered necessary, subject to the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023, and applicable law.
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Source : ChiniMandi
