RoDTEP and RoSCTL extended to 31 December: what exporters should do

If you export knitwear from Tiruppur or home textiles from Karur, part of your margin is the refund you get under RoDTEP or RoSCTL. Both schemes were due to end on 30 September. They have been extended, but only for three months. Here is what changed, what it means for the orders you are quoting now, and how to make sure the refund you are owed actually reaches you.

What changed on 30 September

On 30 September 2026, DGFT issued Notification No. 41/2026-27. It continues the RoDTEP scheme up to 31 December 2026. RoDTEP refunds central, state and local duties and taxes inside your export product that are not refunded any other way.

• It covers exports by DTA units, Advance Authorisation holders, SEZ units and EOUs.
• The rates and value caps in Appendix 4R and Appendix 4RE, as they stood on 30 September 2026, do not change.
• All other terms of the scheme stay the same.

The same day, the government extended RoSCTL from 1 October to 31 December 2026, at existing rates. RoSCTL is for garments and made-ups. RoDTEP covers other products.

Why three months matters for your pricing

Garment orders are usually priced well before the goods ship. Now you know the rates for exports up to 31 December, but not after. Both schemes were last extended in March, for six months. The Commerce Ministry has asked for a five-year extension. The Finance Ministry has the final say.

• For goods that will be exported by 31 December, you can price on today's rates.
• For goods that will ship in January or later, quote a price that still works if the rate changes, or agree in writing with the buyer how the price moves if it does.
• Watch orders that could slip past 31 December because of fabric or dyeing delays.

How to keep claims from slipping

The rules below are for RoDTEP. Ask your customs broker to confirm the steps for RoSCTL.

• Declare it on every shipping bill. You must declare that you want RoDTEP for each export item in the shipping bill. Check this with your customs broker before filing, not after.
• Follow each bill to the credit. The refund comes as a credit in your ledger with Customs. Keep a list of bills that have shipped but show no credit yet, and chase the old ones.
• Use or transfer the credit. The credit is issued as an electronic scrip. It pays only Basic Customs Duty on imports. If you import little, you can transfer it to another importer.
• Match money in against bills out. The rebate depends on export payment arriving within the time FEMA allows. If it does not, the rebate is treated as never given. Tie each shipping bill to its payment, its scrip and, if sold, the scrip sale.
• Keep the records. Exporters must keep records that support each claim. Customs checks a sample of exporters, picked by risk.

How we can help

This work spreads across your customs broker, the customs portal, the bank and your books, and it is easy for one claim to fall between them. We build simple trackers that follow each shipping bill from declaration to credit, scrip and payment, and flag the ones that have stalled. See what we build. Kanakku reads your bank statements and matches each credit to the right invoice, so export receipts and scrip sales sit cleanly in your books. If you would like to look at your own claims with us, talk to us.