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88(RE-2010)/2009-14, Dated: 12/12/2011

Export of 10,000 Tons of non-Basmati rice to Horn of Africa (Kenya, Somalia & Djibouti)

To be Published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-II, Section - 3, Sub-Section (ii))

Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan

Notification No. 88 (RE – 2010)/2009-2014
New Delhi, Dated: 12th December, 2011

Subject: - Export of 10,000 Tons of non-Basmati rice to Horn of Africa (Kenya, Somalia & Djibouti).

S.O. (E)    In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992) read with Para 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, the Central Government hereby amends Notification No. 71 (RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 09.09.2011 read with Notification No. 76 (RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 23.09.2011 with immediate effect, as under.

2.         Sub-paras 2.1 and 2.2 were added at the end of para 2 in the Notification No. 71 (RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 09.09.2011 through Notification No. 76 (RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 23.09.2011. Now a new sub-para 2.3 is added in the Notification No. 71 (RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 09.09.2011, as follows:

2. ……………

“2.3   Export of 10,000 tons of non-basmati rice to Horn of Africa (Kenya, Somalia & Djibouti) from Central Pool Stock of FCI at economic cost of Rs. 20,689.50 per ton shall be permitted”.

3. Effect of this notification:

Export of 10,000 tons of non-basmati rice to Horn of Africa (Kenya, Somalia & Djibouti) from Central Pool Stock of FCI at economic cost has been permitted.

(Anup K. Pujari)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from F.No.01/91/180/775/AM 10/Export Cell)

Opinion

The Government had removed the ban on the export of all varieties of non-Basmati rice out of privately held stocks vide Notification No. 71(RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 09.09.2011. It was stipulated that the export will be allowed only through Custom EDI ports.

Thereafter, vide Notification No. 76(RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 23.09.2011 the Government had allowed export of Non-Basmati rice by a Public Sector Undertakings or by any other government organizations under Food Aid Programme and under bi-lateral trade agreement between Government of India and Government of Maldives.

Now, the Government has further allowed the export of 10,000 tons of non-basmati rice to Horn of Africa (Kenya, Somalia & Djibouti) from Central Pool Stock of FCI at economic cost of Rs. 20,689.50 per ton.