About Enhanced Certificates of Origin 2.0 System:
- It is an upgrade designed to simplify the certification process for exporters and enhance trade efficiency.
- It offers several user-friendly features, such as multi-user access, which enables exporters to authorize multiple users under a single Importer Exporter Code (IEC).
- Additionally, the system now supports Aadhaar-based e-signing alongside digital signature tokens, providing greater flexibility.
- An integrated dashboard offers exporters seamless access to enhanced Certificate of Origin (eCoO) services, Free Trade Agreement (FTA) information, trade events, and other resources.
- The platform also introduces an in-lieu Certificate of Origin feature, allowing exporters to request corrections to previously issued certificates through an easy online application process.
- The platform processes over 7,000 eCoOs daily, including both preferential and non-preferential certificates, connecting 125 issuing agencies which includes 110 national and regional chambers of commerce & industry
- Certificates of Origin is a single access point for all exporters, for all FTAs/PTAs and for all agencies concerned.
- The electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificates of Origin has become mandatory via the eCoO 2.0 platform, and is available to exporters at https:// trade.gov.in under the “Get Certificate of Origin” section.
- The platform has been designed and developed by DGFT and Regional & Multilateral Trade Relations (RMTR) Division, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
