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
NOTIFICATION NO. 80 (RE-2007)/2004-2009
NEW DELHI, THE 18th FEBRUARY, 2008
Subject: Prohibition on export of non-basmati rice- exemption for export to Bangladesh.
S.O.(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 and Section 3(2) of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992) read with Para 1.3 and Para 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2004-2009, the Central Government hereby makes the following further addition with immediate effect at the end of Paragraph 2 of Notification No. 38(RE-2007)/2004-2009, dated 15.10.2007 as amended:
“2.9 The prohibition imposed by this Notification on export of non-basmati rice shall not be applicable to export of 50,000 MT of non-basmati rice to Bangladesh through the West Bengal Essential Commodities Supply Corporation Limited (WBECSC Ltd.). This 50,000 MT of non-basmati rice shall be procured by the WBECSC Ltd. exclusively from within the state of West Bengal.”
2. This issues in Public Interest.
(R.S. GUJRAL)
Director General of Foreign Trade
And Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to the Govt. of India
(Issued from F.No.01/91/180/846/AM’08/PC-III)
