This is regarding renewal of RCMC by members for the financial year 2025-26.

Members are requested to get their RCMC renewed by 31.3.2025 as per the fee structure in para 10 & 11 below. Members may also renew their RCMC for a three-years period as well (20025-26, 26-27 and 27-28). As mandated by Ministry of Commerce, and as was done during the current financial year, the renewal has to be carried out through DGFT common digital RCMC portal.

Members who have already renewed their RCMC for the financial year 2025-26 and 2026-27 last year itself along with that of Financial Year 2024-25 (three-year period), are not required to renew now as the records have been updated that their RCMC stands renewed for 2025-26 and 2026-27,

Members may renew the membership on the DGFT portal https://www.dgft.gov.in/CP/?opt=e-rcmc by clicking on the above link. Members who are already registered with DGFT portal may use the same user Id and password which is used for IEC for logging into the portal. If members are not already registered with DGFT portal, they have to press register button and get themselves registered.

While applying for RCMC, one should keep the copy of relevant documents (APR of Previous FY or Self certified letter for proof of export turnover, Valid LOA/LOP, etc.) ready as you will be required to upload these documents.

Please send an email to membership@epces.in & accounts@epces.in immediately after making payment so that the payments are reconciled and adjusted for.

Mode of Payment

• For the online mode – While applying for the RCMC on the DGFT portal, members can pay the RCMC fee through the payment gateway while using the Net Banking/Credit Card/Debit Card/ UPI provided in the portal.
• For offline mode - Members must pay RCMC fee in advance and then they may apply for RCMC on the DGFT portal and enter the details of payment made in advance (such as through NEFT/RTGS/DD/Cheque, etc.) and submit the application. In this mode, it is all the more important to send an email to membership@epces.in & accounts@epces.in immediately after making payment so that the payments are reconciled and adjusted for.

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Government Instructions:

RCMC of EPCES is compulsory for all the EOUs, SEZ units, SEZ Developers and Co-developers as per the below instructions of the Government of India:

1. Vide DGFT Trade Notice No 35/2021-22 dated 24.2.2022 making it mandatory for the exporters to file RCMC application through the common digital RCMC portal
2. Ministry of Commerce & Industry (Department of Commerce) Gazette Notification G. S. R. (771-E) dated 5-08-2016 amending rule 2 and rule 22 of SEZ Rules providing that “RCMC means membership certificate issued by the Export Promotion Council for EOUs & SEZs” and that “Units or the developer including co-developer shall obtain a Registration-cum-Membership Certificate for availing exemptions, drawback and concessions”.
3. DGFT Public Notice 27/2015-2020 dated 26-08-2019 which authorizes EPCES to issue RCMC to Export Oriented Units (EOUs) & Public Notice 45/2015-2020 dated 27-12-2022 which provides that “All products & Services by EOUs & SEZs falling with jurisdiction of EPCES”.Government instructions are enforced by SEZ Online and SEZ/Jurisdictional Customs authorities. Members are requested to renew their RCMCs well before 31.3.2025 in order to avoid holding up of their export/import cargo by the Customs authorities.

For any difficulty in applying for RCMC on e-RCMC digital portal of DGFT, please contact the following officers:

Members Fee Structure for One (1) Year for Renewal/New of RCMC for the F.Y. 2025-26.

Members Fee Structure for Three (3) Year for Renewal/New of RCMC for the F.Y. (2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28)

EPCES ICICI Bank account for making payment through NEFT/RTGS/IMPS (for offline payment directly to EPCES Account).