Subject: Imposition of Port restrictions on supply of Prohibited/Restricted essential commodities to the Republic of Maldives during 2024-25.

In exercise of the 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 paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2023. the Central Government hereby incorporates following conditions in Notification No. 03/2023 dated 05.04.2024 for exporting of essential commodities to Maldives under bilateral trade agreement between Government of India and Government of Maldives: -

Export of essential commodities under Prohibited/restricted category to the Republic of Maldives during 2024-25 shall be permitted only through the following 4 Customs Stations: -

i. Mundra Sea Port

ii. Tuticorin Sea Port

iii. Nhava Sheva Sea Port (JNPT)

iv. ICD Tughlakabad

3. Effect of this notification:

Imposition of Port restrictions for exporting of essential commodities under Prohibited/restricted category to the Republic of Maldives during 2024-25, as per the quota notified under DGFT Notification No. 03/2023 dt. 05.04.2023, has been notified.

(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)

Director General of Foreign Trade

Ex-officio Additional Secretary,

Government of India

E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from F. No. 01/91/171/59/AM20/EC/E-20816)