CBIC Board Repeats DGFT Circular Ban on
Wheat Export
·
No Transitional Arrangements, All
Exports to Stop wherever they are, no Relief for Transit Goods
[CBIC Instruction No.
21/2022-Customs dated 30th August, 2022]
Subject: Amendment in Export Policy of Items under HS Code 1101.
Kind attention is
invited to Director General of Foreign Trade's (DGFT) Notification No. 29/2015-2020
dated 27.08.2022 (copy enclosed) issued vide S.O. No.4028(E) amending the
Export Policy of Items under HS Code 1101. Vide the Notification Central
Government has withdrawn the exemption on Wheat or Meslin
Flour (HS Code 1101) from export restrictions/ban. It is clarified vide the
said notification that Wheat or Meslin Flour under HS
Code 1101 is no longer exempted from export restrictions/ban. The status of
other 9 items in Notification No.
31(RE-2012)/2009-2014 dated 4th February, 2013 remain unchanged.
2.
Further, DGFT Notification No. 30/2015-2020 dated 27.08.2022 (copy enclosed)
issued vide S.0. No.4028(E) has amended the Export Policy of Items under HS
Code 1101, stipulating that export policy of Items [wheat or Meslin Flour (Atta), Maida, Samolina
(Rava/Sirgi), Wholemeal atta and resultant atta] under HS Code 1101 is amended from 'Free' to
'Prohibited'. Vide para 2 of the said notification, it
has been informed that the provisions as under Para 1.05 of the Foreign Trade
Policy, 2015-2020 regarding transitional arrangement shall not be applicable
under the above said Notification. However, the export of above items, shall be allowed on the basis of permission granted by
the Government of India to other countries to meet their food security needs
and based on the request of their Government.
3.
All the Pr. Chief/Chief Commissioners are hereby requested
to kindly bring the contents of this Notification to the attention of all
concerned for its immediate implementation.
F.
No. 450/89/2022-Cus-IV