Government Restores RoDTEP Rates and Value Caps to Support Exporters Amid West Asia Trade Disruptions

• RoDTEP (Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products) is India's flagship WTO-compliant export remission scheme refunding embedded central, state and local levies not rebated under any other mechanism.
• On 23 March 2026, the Ministry of Commerce & Industry restored full RoDTEP rates and value caps (rolling back a 50% cut imposed on 23 Feb 2026) to cushion exporters from West Asia maritime disruption.
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