Bill of Exchange & Bank Realization Certificate (e-BRC): Accelerating Export Receivables
An export sale is not complete when the container sails. It is complete when international currency lands in your bank account and your regulatory obligations with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are closed.
The Danger of Open EDPMS Entries
Under the Export Data Processing and Monitoring System (EDPMS), customs alerts the RBI whenever a carpet shipping bill is cleared. If the corresponding inward remittance is not linked within 9 months, your company is placed on the caution list, blocking future export clearances.
The 3 Pillars of Regulatory Closure
- Formal Bill of Exchange Generation: Issue clean First and Second of Exchange drafts demanding payment from the overseas buyer bank.
- FIRC & Inward Remittance Matching: Reconcile incoming foreign currency wire amounts with individual export invoice balances in FocusApp Accounts.
- Automated e-BRC Generation: Ensure your authorized dealer (AD) bank issues digital realization certificates on the DGFT portal immediately upon fund realization.
Stay on the right side of financial compliance and keep your export engine humming without administrative friction.
Ayesha Khan
Head of Customer Success, FocusApp
Ayesha spends her days onboarding exporters onto FocusApp and turning their WhatsApp chaos into a working system. Before FocusApp, she ran export operations for a Bhadohi carpet manufacturer for six years.
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