Published: 1 Jul 2026
DGFT to Review & Re-Allocate Wheat Flour Export Quota: Exporters Must Respond by 10 July 2026
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The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) is reviewing utilisation of the export quota allocated for wheat flour and related products. Exporters holding authorisations must submit a Chartered Accountant’s utilisation certificate and any additional-quantity or surrender requests by 10 July 2026, or risk having unutilised quota moved to a common pool for reallocation.
What Has Been Announced
Through Trade Notice No. 08/2026–27 dated 1 July 2026, issued in continuation of Public Notice No. 44/2025–26 dated 16 January 2026 and Public Notice No. 48/2025–26 dated 24 February 2026, the Competent Authority has decided to review the utilisation of wheat flour export quantities already allocated, and to assess the requirement for further allocation of any unutilised quota.
All exporters who were issued authorisation to export wheat flour and related items under those Public Notices must respond with the details below.
What Exporters Must Submit
- CA-issued Utilisation Certificate showing quantity exported against allocation till 30 June 2026
- Shipping Bill details supporting the exported quantity
- Requirement for additional quantity, if any
- Request for surrender of allocated quantity, if any
- Justification for the requirement or surrender
- Copies of valid export contracts / purchase orders, if available
Submissions must be e-mailed to sefc-wheatflour-dgft@gov.in by 10 July 2026. Any licence holder requiring additional quantity must also file a corresponding amendment application in the online portal, enclosing the relevant documents, by the same date.
Requests not filed in the portal, filed without the required documents, or filed after 10 July 2026 will be rejected.
Timeline at a Glance
Public Notice No. 44/2025–26: original allocation of wheat flour quota.
Public Notice No. 48/2025–26: further allocation of wheat flour quota.
Cut-off date for the exported quantity to be certified in the Utilisation Certificate.
Trade Notice No. 08/2026–27 issued, initiating the review and re-allocation.
Deadline to e-mail details and file portal amendment applications.
How Utilisation Affects Your Quota
Eligible for re-allocation
Authorisations where more than 50% of the allocated quantity has been utilised may be considered for further re-allocation of wheat and wheat flour and related products.
Unutilised quota to common pool
Where utilisation is below 50%, the unutilised quantity may be transferred to the common pool for reallocation, unless copies of valid export contracts / purchase orders are provided under this Notice.
Allocation from the common pool will be made by the DG, DGFT as per the documents submitted by the firms.
Consequences of Non-Submission
Missing the deadline carries real risk.
- Non-submission within the stipulated time may lead to reallocation of the unutilised quota
- Applicants may be barred from future restricted export authorisations
- DGFT reserves the right to decide or alter the modalities of distribution and allocation
What It Means for Exporters
Compliance
Every wheat flour authorisation holder must proactively report utilisation with a CA certificate. Silence is not a safe option.
Commercial
Well-utilised or contract-backed quotas can secure additional allocation, while idle quota is at risk of being surrendered to the pool.
Time-Critical
With a hard 10 July 2026 deadline and mandatory portal filing, documentation must be assembled and submitted without delay.
Key Insight
This is a use-it-or-lose-it moment for wheat flour quota holders. Exporters who can evidence strong utilisation, or back their unutilised quota with valid export contracts, are best placed to retain and even grow their allocation. Those who stay silent risk losing it to the common pool.
How Omega QMS Can Help
Support for wheat flour exporters includes:
- Compiling the CA Utilisation Certificate with Shipping Bill reconciliation
- Preparing justification for additional-quantity or surrender requests
- Filing amendment applications correctly in the DGFT online portal
- Organising export contracts / purchase orders to protect unutilised quota
- Meeting the 10 July 2026 submission deadline end to end
- Ongoing advisory on restricted export authorisations and quota policy
Hold a Wheat Flour Export Quota?
Need help with your utilisation certificate and DGFT portal amendment before 10 July 2026?
Reference: Trade Notice No. 08/2026–27, dated 1 July 2026, issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India (File No. 01/91/180/032/AM22/Pt.I/EC/E-32553), with the approval of the DG, DGFT and signed by the Joint DGFT, Export Cell (Non-SCOMET). Issued in continuation of Public Notice No. 44/2025–26 (16 January 2026) and Public Notice No. 48/2025–26 (24 February 2026).
