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Special economic zones have urged a review of the applicability of quality control orders (QCOs) for the sale of goods from SEZs to the domestic tariff area, the commerce ministry said on Friday.

They have also flagged issues regarding the lack of parity for SEZ units under concessional import duty and duty drawback schemes available to DTA (domestic tariff area) units, operational inefficiencies introduced by the new procurement certificate process, and the countervailing duties imposed by the US.

The SEZ developers and units raised these issues during a meeting with Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal.

They urged to 'review QCO applicability for SEZ-to-DTA sales,' th

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