The DGFT issued Trade Notice – 15 /2025-26 dated October 29, 2025, regarding the revision of exporter eligibility criteria for registration on “Source from India” service of Trade Connect ePlatform.
Reference is drawn to Trade Notice No. 5/2025-26 dated June 13, 2025 wherein “Source from India” service of Trade Connect ePlatform (https://www.trade.gov.in/pages/source-from-india) was rolled out for all Status Holder exporters. ‘Source from India’, a flagship feature on the Trade Connect ePlatform (hereinafter referred to as “Trade Connect”) serves as a one stop reference point for international buyers to discover accomplished Indian Exporters to source from. The service allows exporters to create their own microsites on Trade Connect and showcase their products as well as credentials of their entity.
In order to enable more accomplished Indian exporters to create their profiles on “Source from India” facility of Trade Connect, it has now been decided to amend the eligibility criteria of exporters for availing the said facility.
With effect from 1st November 2025, all valid IECs (IECs that are not in DEL) fulfilling a minimum export realisation of USD 100,000 in at least one of the previous three financial years at the time of application will now be eligible to create their microsites on Source from India, in addition to Status Holders. It may be noted that the DGFT eBRC database will serve as the sole reference point for realisation data and will determine eligibility based on aggregate eBRC value available on a financial year basis.
Users registered on Trade Connect whose profiles are linked to eligible IECs will automatically see the option for “Source from India” microsite creation on their dashboard. A detailed guide is annexed to this Trade Notice which may be referred for step-by-step guidance on the same.
Indian Missions Abroad have also been duly sensitised to use “Source from India” as a reference point for addressing sourcing needs of foreign buyers approaching the missions for requests to help find Indian suppliers for various products.
Export Promotion Councils and Industry associations are requested to give wide publicity to the contents of this Trade Notice and encourage participation of all eligible members.
The Trade Notice can be accessed at: https://a2ztaxcorp.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Trade-Notice-15-2025-26-on-Source-from-India-eligibility-change.pdf
