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RBI’s New Export Realisation Rules: Nine Months to Bring Home Export Proceeds. But What If the Buyer Does Not Pay?
An Indian exporter ships goods overseas. The buyer receives the goods but delays payment. Months pass. Reminders go unanswered.
The exporter now faces two problems: recovering the money and complying with FEMA.
Under the Foreign Exchange Management (Export and Import of Goods and Services) Regulations, 2026, effective 1 October 2026, export proceeds must ordinarily be realised and repatriated within nine months.
For exports invoiced and/or settled in Indian Rupees, the prescribed period is twelve months.
Interestingly, RBI had originally proposed fifteen and eighteen months respectively, but revised these periods before the new regulations came into force.
There is another important development.
Authorised Dealer banks have been empowered to deal with certain legacy export-import transactions that previously required RBI approval.
What does this mean for exporters?
An unpaid export invoice is not merely a commercial receivable. It can also become a regulatory compliance issue.
Exporters should therefore:
- Review outstanding export bills and EDPMS records.
- Identify invoices approaching their realisation deadlines.
- Maintain documentary evidence of recovery efforts.
- Seek appropriate extensions or regularisation through their AD banks.
- Examine legal recovery options where overseas buyers remain unresponsive.
The real lesson: Export compliance does not end when the goods leave India. It ends only when the export transaction is properly accounted for and the applicable regulatory obligations are fulfilled.
At EXIM Consultants, we assist exporters in examining complex export realisation, FEMA and banking compliance matters.
Is your company carrying export receivables that have remained outstanding beyond the prescribed period?
#ExportRealisation #RBI #FEMA #EXIMCompliance #Exporters #InternationalTrade #EXIMConsultants
Regulatory references: Notification FEMA 23(R)/2026-RB dated 13 January 2026 and Amendment Notification FEMA 23(R)/(1)/2026-RB dated 22 September 2026.
RBI’s New Export Realisation Rules: Nine Months to Bring Home Export Proceeds. But What If the Buyer Does Not Pay?
An Indian exporter ships goods overseas. The buyer receives the goods but delays payment. Months pass. Reminders go unanswered.
The exporter now faces two problems: recovering the money and complying with FEMA.
Under the Foreign Exchange Management (Export and Import of Goods and Services) Regulations, 2026, effective 1 October 2026, export proceeds must ordinarily be realised and repatriated within nine months.
For exports invoiced and/or settled in Indian Rupees, the prescribed period is twelve months.
Interestingly, RBI had originally proposed fifteen and eighteen months respectively, but revised these periods before the new regulations came into force.
There is another important development.
Authorised Dealer banks have been empowered to deal with certain legacy export-import transactions that previously required RBI approval.
What does this mean for exporters?
An unpaid export invoice is not merely a commercial receivable. It can also become a regulatory compliance issue.
Exporters should therefore:
- Review outstanding export bills and EDPMS records.
- Identify invoices approaching their realisation deadlines.
- Maintain documentary evidence of recovery efforts.
- Seek appropriate extensions or regularisation through their AD banks.
- Examine legal recovery options where overseas buyers remain unresponsive.
The real lesson: Export compliance does not end when the goods leave India. It ends only when the export transaction is properly accounted for and the applicable regulatory obligations are fulfilled.
At EXIM Consultants, we assist exporters in examining complex export realisation, FEMA and banking compliance matters.
Is your company carrying export receivables that have remained outstanding beyond the prescribed period?
#ExportRealisation #RBI #FEMA #EXIMCompliance #Exporters #InternationalTrade #EXIMConsultants
Regulatory references: Notification FEMA 23(R)/2026-RB dated 13 January 2026 and Amendment Notification FEMA 23(R)/(1)/2026-RB dated 22 September 2026.
