Maida, Rava Export Follow Atta and Wheat Route, Restricted subject
to IMC Approval and EIC Certificate
·
No Transition under Para 1.05
Wheat flour exports
witnessed a sudden and unusual surge in the aftermath of the ban on the
outbound shipment of wheat on May 13, indicating that many traders might be
using this route to beat the prohibition on the grain’s exports.
Usually, monthly
exports at this time of the year are about 6,000-8,000 tonne.
However, flour dispatches exceeded 1 lakh tonne
within a month of the ban on wheat, according to industry sources.
In value terms,
exports of wheat or meslin flour jumped 64% last
fiscal from a year before to $247 million, according to the DGCIS data. In
contrast, wheat exports jumped 274% in FY22 to $2.12 billion.
[DGFT
Notification No. 25/2015-2020 dated 8 August, 2022]
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.
Subject:
-Amendment in Export Policy of items under HS Code 1101.
S.O. (E).-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:
|
S.No. |
ITC HS Codes |
Description |
Existing Export
Policy |
Revised Export
Policy |
|
64 |
1101 |
Wheat Flour (Atta),
Maida, Samolina (Rava / Sirgi), Wholemeal atta and
resultant atta |
Free. However,
export of wheat flour (atta) is subject to
recommendation of Inter- Ministerial Committee (IMC) on export of wheat. |
Free. However, export of all items is subject to recommendation of Inter-Ministerial
Committee (IMC) constituted for allowing export of wheat. Export of all the
shipments approved by IMC shall be allowed subject to Issuance of Quality
Certificate by Export Inspection Council (EIC) or its EIAs at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. |
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.
(Issued
from File No. 01/91/180/032/AM22/EC/Pt,/E-31336)