Government of India

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Department of Commerce

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Subject: - Amendment in Export Policy of items under HS Code 1101.

The Central Government, in exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 read with section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, hereby amends export policy of items under HS code 1101 of ITC (HS), Schedule - II, 2018 as under:

2. The Notification will come into effect from 14th of August, 2022. The provisions as under Para 1.05 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020 regarding transitional arrangement shall not be applicable under this Notification. During the period from 8th August, 2022 till 14th August, 2022 the following consignments of Maida, Samolina (Rava / Sirgi), will be allowed to be exported:-

(i) ' where loading of above mentioned items on the ship has commenced before this Notification; and

(ii) where above mentioned consignment has been handed over to the Customs before this Notification and is registered in their system.

3. Effect of this Notification:

Export Policy of items [Wheat Flour (Atta), Maida, Samolina (Rava / Sirgi), Wholemeal atta and resultant atta] under HS Code 1101 remains 'Free', but export shall be subject to recommendation of Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) constituted for allowing export of wheat. The provisions as under Para 1.05 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020 regarding transitional arrangement shall not be applicable under this Notification. Necessary modalities with regard to quality of these items will be notified separately.

(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)

Director General of Foreign Trade

Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India

E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No. 01/91/180/032/AM22/EC/Pt,/E- 31336 )