RoDTEP — the scheme that refunds embedded taxes and duties on your exports — was briefly cut to 50% of notified rates in late 2025, and then restored to full. DGFT withdrew the 50% restriction (Notification No. 66/2025-26, 23 March 2026) and extended the scheme at full rates and value caps to 30 September 2026 (Notification No. 74/2025-26). So the rebate is back to full — but it now runs on a fixed validity date. Here is the current position and what to do.
What RoDTEP actually refunds
RoDTEP (Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products) refunds the embedded, non-creditable taxes and duties that GST and drawback do not cover — fuel used in transport, electricity duty, mandi tax, stamp duty and similar levies buried in your cost. It is credited as a transferable scrip / ledger credit in your ICEGATE account, usable against import duties or saleable.
It is not a bonus; it is a refund of taxes you already bore. Leaving it unclaimed is leaving your own money with the government.
The cut, and the reversal
RoDTEP had a volatile year — worth getting straight, because plenty of exporters are still working off the wrong number:
- Rates were first reduced to 50% of notified levels (DGFT Notification No. 60/2025-26), squeezing realisations for a few months.
- That restriction was then withdrawn and full rates restored — DGFT Notification No. 66/2025-26 (23 March 2026) brought rates and value caps back to the levels applicable as on 22 February 2026.
- The scheme was then extended at full rates and caps to 30 September 2026 (DGFT Notification No. 74/2025-26, 31 March 2026), with Appendices 4R and 4RE unchanged.
So as things stand you claim at full rates — but the scheme is only notified up to 30 September 2026, and the past year shows how quickly that can move.
If you cut export prices during the 50% phase and did not move them back when full rates returned, you are quietly absorbing a rebate you are once again entitled to.
The RoDTEP whipsaw caught a lot of careful exporters. Some I sat with had cut their export prices when the 50% restriction came in — sensible at the time — and then never moved them back when full rates returned in March. They are handing a margin to their buyers for no reason. The real lesson is not this one cut; it is that RoDTEP now lives notification to notification. Claim at full today, but do not price a single long-dated order on RoDTEP past 30 September until the next extension is actually on paper.
— Hardik Garg, Founder & Senior Advisor
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We verify your HS-code rates at the restored levels, file and reconcile claims through ICEGATE, and re-work export costing now that full rates are back — end to end.
How to claim RoDTEP correctly
1. Declare intent on the shipping bill
The RoDTEP claim must be flagged at the shipping-bill stage. Miss the declaration and the claim for that shipment is generally lost.
2. Let the scroll generate
Customs processes the claim and generates a scroll; the credit lands in your ICEGATE RoDTEP ledger.
3. Create and use/transfer the scrip
Convert the ledger credit into a scrip to use against import duty or transfer to another party.
4. Reconcile every month
Match shipping bills to scrolls to credits, so nothing is dropped between systems.
Why you must verify your rate
RoDTEP rates are tied to HS codes, and classification errors are common. Verifying the rate matters because:
- A wrong HS code can apply a lower rate — or invite a query later.
- Some products are excluded or capped; assuming a rate without checking is risky.
- After the restoration, confirm the current full notified rate for your exact product — do not carry over a figure from the 50% phase.
Re-pricing after the whipsaw
With rates back to full, the costing question flips:
- Re-state realisation per SKU at the restored full RoDTEP rate — and undo any price cut you made during the 50% phase.
- Check that drawback, GST refund and RoDTEP are all being claimed without overlap.
- Do not bake RoDTEP beyond 30 September 2026 into long-dated quotes until the next extension is notified.
The bottom line
RoDTEP is back at full rates and runs to 30 September 2026 — so the job now is simple: claim everything you are entitled to at the restored rate, undo any pricing you cut during the 50% phase, and reconcile every shipping bill to its scroll. The one thing not to do is assume permanence; the scheme moved three times in a year. Claim while it is live, watch the 30 September date, and keep your costing ready to flex the moment the next notification lands.
RoDTEP, drawback and GST refunds — claimed together, correctly.
We run the full export-incentive stack so nothing overlaps and nothing is left unclaimed.