Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) Para 2.12, permits importers to clear goods that were shipped or arrived before the issuance of an authorisation, provided the goods are not yet cleared by customs. Such goods must be warehoused first and later cleared using the authorisation. However, the DGFT clarified that warehousing is not mandatory if the authorisation is obtained after the shipment date (as per the Bill of Lading) but before customs clearance. The DGFT emphasized that enforcing warehousing in such cases contradicts the facilitative intent of Para 2.12 and unnecessarily increases import costs.