Export Consultant in Moradabad | Brass Handicraft Exporters | Rasp International

RoDTEP is the primary remission scheme for handicraft exports and EPCH publishes rates specific to the handicraft sector under Appendix 4R. The critical point is that RoDTEP rates are set against the eight digit HS code, not against a product description. Brass decorative articles, brass utility ware, EPNS items, iron craft and wooden articles all sit under different chapters and carry different rates.

A wrong or lazy HS classification does not produce an error message. It silently reduces or zeroes your remission and nobody tells you. We see this most often where a unit exports a mixed consignment and classifies everything under one convenient code.

Duty drawback works differently from RoDTEP and the two are frequently confused. Drawback pays directly into your bank account. RoDTEP issues a transferable scrip. A scrip can only be sold twenty four hours after issuance, not before.

The RoDTEP declaration on the shipping bill checklist. If the RoDTEP option is not marked as yes at the time of filing, the claim is dead. It cannot be added retrospectively. It does not matter that your product is eligible, that your RCMC is valid, or that every other document is perfect.

We have seen exporters lose entire seasons of remission to a single unticked box handled by a CHA who was moving fast. If you export regularly out of ICD Moradabad, this belongs on a pre filing checklist that somebody in your office owns, not your clearing agent.

The other recurring failure is an AD Code, IFSC or account number mismatch between what DGFT holds and what the shipping bill carries. The scrip cannot credit to a bank account the system does not recognise.

You need a valid RCMC to claim most export benefits, and for handicraft product lines EPCH is the relevant council. RCMC is now issued electronically through the DGFT platform under the e-RCMC process, which means your DGFT profile data and your RCMC application data have to agree with each other.

Mismatches between the firm name on your IEC, your GST registration, your bank records and your RCMC application are the most common reason these get stuck. Name matching is case sensitive. A firm registered in capitals will not match the same name in title case.

Moradabad units routinely import metallic scrap as raw material, and scrap imports carry their own compliance layer separate from anything on the export side. Pre shipment inspection requirements, correct classification of the scrap grade, and clean documentation on the import leg all matter, because problems here surface later as customs queries rather than at the time of import.

If you are running an import leg and an export leg, Advance Authorisation is worth examining. It allows duty free import of inputs against an export obligation. It is powerful and it is unforgiving, because an unmet export obligation eventually lands you on the Denied Entity List and freezes your DGFT benefits entirely.

Four reasons, in order of how often we see them.

Documentation mismatch across PAN, Aadhaar, GST and bank records. PAN and Aadhaar not linked, which blocks Aadhaar OTP authentication completely and forces you onto a Class 3 DSC. Handwritten cancelled cheques, which get rejected because the cheque must be pre printed with the account holder name. And branch addresses entered in an order that does not match the serial order shown on the GST certificate.

When a shipment is waiting and the cheque is the problem, a bank certificate in the prescribed format is usually the faster route than reordering a chequebook.

Yes. The window runs from 1 April to 30 June every year and it is mandatory even where there are no changes to declare. Confirming with no changes is free. Modifying carries a fee. Missing the window deactivates your IEC, which means shipments stop.

This catches established Moradabad units more than new ones, because a firm exporting for fifteen years assumes a lifetime IEC needs no maintenance.

RoDTEP rates were reduced by fifty percent in February 2026 under Notification 60/2025-26 and then restored in full in March 2026 under Notification 66/2025-26. ITC HS Chapters 01 to 24 were exempt from that cut. The scheme has been extended to 30 September 2026 under Notification 74/2025-26.

The number that should shape your filing behaviour is the budget. The FY2026-27 allocation is roughly ten thousand crore against a prior figure closer to eighteen thousand crore. A smaller pool with the same claimant base means filing early in the year matters more than it used to. Sitting on claims is now a real cost.

Most of this work is filing work and filing is not local. DGFT applications, RCMC, RoDTEP claims, e-BRC closure, AD Code registration and DSC issuance are handled on portals, and we file at all regional authorities and at DGFT headquarters in New Delhi. Documentation review, classification checks and scheme selection happen over call and WhatsApp.

Where physical presence matters, which is mostly customs escalation and port level coordination, we work through established relationships rather than pretending to have an office in every city.

Five things. Whether your IEC annual updation for this year is confirmed. Whether the RoDTEP declaration is being marked on every shipping bill. Whether your HS classification actually matches Appendix 4R for each product line you ship. Whether your AD Code and bank details match across DGFT, GST and your shipping bills. And whether any issued scrips are sitting unsold past the point where you needed the cash.

If you are unsure on any of them, that is the conversation to have.