Agri Exports Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) Notified
·
All Agri
Products from Chapter 1 to 24 Covered with exception for Meat, Sea Food, Dairy,
Onions, Wheat, Rice, Lac, Sugar, Molasses, Liquor and Tobacco
·
138 countries covering West Africa,
Gulf, North America, South America, Russia, ASEAN, China, Far East
·
Sea Shipments through Full Container
loads only, air also allowed. Both normal and reefer containers.
·
Disbursement through Regional Offices
of DGFT after payment realization through direct bank transaction for freight
paid
·
Detailed procedure for scrutiny of the
claims to be notified
·
Current scheme only for 13 months from
1 March 2019 to 31 March 2020
Department of Commerce of the Ministry of
Commerce & Industry has notified a scheme for Transport and Marketing Assistance
(TMA) for Specified Agriculture Products on 5 March 2019.
2. Introduction and Objective
i.
The “Transport and Marketing
Assistance” (TMA) for specified agriculture products scheme aims to provide assistance
for the international component of freight and marketing of agricultural produce
which is likely to mitigate disadvantage of higher cost of transportation of export
of specified agriculture products due to trans-shipment and to promote brand recognition
for Indian agricultural products in the specified overseas markets.
ii.
The scheme would be suitably
included in the Foreign Trade Policy (2015-20).
3. Coverage
a.
All exporters, duly registered
with relevant Export Promotion Council as per Foreign Trade Policy, of eligible
agriculture products shall be covered under this scheme.
b.
The assistance, at notified
rates, will be available for export of eligible agriculture products to the permissible
countries, as specified from time to time.
4. Applicability
The Scheme would be applicable for a period
as specified from time to time. Presently the Scheme would be available for exports
effected from 1.3.2019 to 31.03.2020
5. Eligibility of Products
The assistance will be
provided on export of all agriculture products covered in HSN chapter 1 to
24 including marine and plantation products except those mentioned in Annexure (1).
6. Pattern of Assistance
(a) Assistance under TMA would be
provided in cash through direct bank transfer as part reimbursement of freight
paid. FOB supplies where no freight is paid by Indian exporters
are not covered under this scheme.
(b) The level of assistance would be different for different
regions as notified from time to time for export of eligible products. List of export
destinations/countries in each region eligible for assistance under TMA are mentioned in Annexure (2).
(c) The assistance shall be admissible only if payments
for the exports are received in Free Foreign Exchange through
normal banking channels.
(d) The scheme shall be admissible for the exports made
through EDI ports only.
(e) The scheme covers freight and marketing assistance
for export by air as well as by sea (both normal and reefer cargo).
(f) For export of products by sea, TMA will be based
on the freight paid for a full Twenty-feet Equivalent Unit
(TEU) containers. The assistance will not be available for (i)
Less than Container Load (LCL) and (ii) a container having
both eligible and ineligible category of cargo. Further, no TMA is available where
the cargo is shipped in bulk/break bulk mode. A forty feet
container will be treated as two TEUs.
(g) Assistance for products exported by air would be
based on per ton freight charges on net weight of the export cargo, calculated on
the full ton basis, ignoring any fraction thereof.
(h) The assistance will be provided
at the rates as notified in Annexure 3.
7. Categories of export ineligible for TMA
The following exports categories / sectors
shall be ineligible under this scheme:
i.
Products exported from
SEZs/ EOUs/ EHTPs/ STPs/ BTPs/ FTWZs
ii.
SEZ/EOU/EHTPs/STPs/BTPs/FTWZs
products exported through DTA units
iii.
Export of imported goods
covered under paragraph 2.46 of the FTP;
iv.
Exports through trans-shipment,
i.e. exports that are originating in third country but trans- shipped through India;
v.
Items, which are restricted
or prohibited for export under Schedule-2 of Export Policy in ITC (HS), unless specifically
notified.
vi.
Export products which are subject to Minimum Export Price or export
duty, unless specifically notified.
vii. Export of goods through courier or foreign post offices using
e-Commerce
8. Procedure for Availing
Assistance under the Scheme
TMA would be reimbursed
through the Regional Authorities of DGFT as per the procedure laid down in Chapter
7(A) of Handbook of Procedures (2015-2020).
9. Mechanism for Scrutiny
of the claims, audit, recovery and penal action.
DGFT will lay down procedure for scrutiny
of the claims, audit of the payments made, recovery of the ineligible/excess paid
assistance, interest on such recoveries. The defaulters shall be liable for penal
action under the provisions of Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act,
1992, Rules and orders made thereunder.
Annexure
(1)
List
of agriculture products not eligible under TMA
The assistance will be provided for
all agriculture products covered under HSN chapter 1 to 24, with the following exceptions:
|
Chapter |
HS Codes |
Description |
|
Chapters 1, 2 &
5 |
All HS Codes |
- Live animals |
|
|
|
- Meat and Edible
Meat Offal |
|
|
|
- Products of
Animal Origin, not elsewhere specified or included |
|
Chapter 3 |
030617 |
- Other shrimps and
prawns : |
|
Chapter 4 |
0401 |
-Milk and cream,
not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
|
|
0402 |
- Milk and cream,
concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
|
|
0403 |
- Buttermilk,
curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other
fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured
or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa |
|
|
0404 |
- Whey, whether or
not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter;
products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing
added sugar or other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included |
|
|
0405 |
- Butter and other
fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads |
|
|
0406 |
- Cheese and curd |
|
Chapter 7 |
0703 |
- Onions, shallots,
garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled |
|
Chapter 10 |
1001, 1006 |
-Wheat And Meslin |
|
|
|
-Rice |
|
Chapters 13 &
14 |
All HS Codes |
- Lac; Gums, Resins
and other Vegetable Saps and Extracts |
|
|
|
- Vegetable
Plaiting Materials; Vegetable Products not elsewhere specified or included |
|
Chapter 17 |
1701, 1703 |
-Cane Or Beet Sugar
And Chemically Pure Sucrose, In Solid Form - Raw Sugar Not Containing Added Flavouring Or Colouring Matter
; |
|
|
|
-Molasses resulting
from the extraction or refining of sugar |
|
Chapters 22 and 24 |
All HS Codes |
- Beverages,
Spirits and Vinegar |
|
|
|
- Tobacco and
Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes |
Annexure
(2)
List of Export destinations/countries
in each region under TMA
List
of Regions and Export destinations/countries in each region eligible for assistance
under TMA are as under:
|
Region |
Country
Name |
|
West
Africa |
Benin,
Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Niger, Cape Verde, Nigeria |
|
EU |
Albania,
Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City |
|
Gulf |
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab
Emirates |
|
North
America |
Antigua
and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras,
Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America |
|
ASEAN |
Brunei
Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam |
|
Russia
& CIS |
Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,
Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan |
|
Far
East |
Japan,
North Korea, South Korea |
|
Oceana |
Australia,
Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau,
Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu |
|
China |
PRC
China, Hong Kong, Taiwan |
|
South
America |
Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname,
Uruguay, Venezuela |
Annexure
(3)
Differential rate of assistance
under TMA (Amount in Indian Rupees)
|
Region |
Amount
Per TEU (Normal) |
Amount
Per TEU (Reefer) |
By
Air Amount per tonne |
|
|
|
|
|
|
West Africa |
11200 |
19600 |
840 |
|
EU |
9800 |
21000 |
1120 |
|
Gulf |
8400 |
14000 |
700 |
|
North America |
21000 |
28700 |
2800 |
|
ASEAN |
5600 |
12600 |
700 |
|
Russia & CIS |
12600 |
22400 |
700 |
|
Far East |
8400 |
12250 |
840 |
|
Oceana |
16800 |
24500 |
2800 |
|
China |
0 |
12600 |
840 |
|
South America |
23800 |
31500 |
3500 |