Star Export House Status & Benefits

Star Export House status is the recognition of an exporter under the Foreign Trade Policy — the certificate granted by the DGFT to the exporters who achieve the prescribed export performance in the preceding years, with the status tiers — the Star Export House and the higher tiers of the One Star to the Five Star — and the benefits that come with the status: the fast-track clearances, the fee concessions, the priority treatment and the scheme-specific advantages under the Foreign Trade Policy. The status is the exporter's badge of performance and the access to the policy's preferential treatment.

The Star Export House status is the recognition of the sustained export performance — the certificate from the DGFT under the Foreign Trade Policy, with the export performance thresholds that the policy prescribes for the status and the tiers, and the benefits — the customs clearance facilitation, the fee waivers, the priority in the policy schemes. The status is applied for on the DGFT platform with the export performance data, and it is renewed as the policy cycles.

The cost of the missing status is the lost facilitation: the fees paid that the status would have waived, the clearances that the status would have fast-tracked, the scheme benefits that the status unlocks. The status is free to the exporter who has earned it.

This service is for exporters qualifying for the Star Export House status. We assess the export performance against the Foreign Trade Policy thresholds, prepare and file the application on the DGFT platform, obtain the certificate and the status tier, and manage the renewals and the benefits so the exporter carries the status and its advantages.