(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. 72 (RE-2010)/2009-2014
New Delhi, the 9th September, 2011
Subject:- Removal of ban on export of wheat.
S.O.(E) In exercise of the 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 makes the following amendments in the ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import items, as amended from time to time.
2. In supersession of Notification No. 33(RE-2007)/2004-2009, dated 08th October, 2007, the following amendments are made with immediate effect against entry at Sl. No.46A of Chapter 10 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) : –
Sl. No. |
Tariff Item HS Code |
Unit |
Item Description |
Export Policy |
Nature of Restriction |
46 A | |||||
1001 10 |
Kg |
Durum wheat : | Free | Export permitted through Custom EDI ports only. | |
1001 10 90 |
Kg |
Other | Free | ||
1001 90 |
Kg |
Other: | Free | ||
1001 90 20 |
Kg |
Other wheat | Free | ||
1001 90 39 |
Kg |
Other | Free |
Sub-heading Note : The term durum wheat means wheat of the Triticum durum species and the Hybrids derived from the inter specific crossing of Triticum durum which have the same number (28) of chromosomes as that species.
3. Effect of this notification:
Export of wheat has been made free. Exports shall be only through Custom EDI ports.
(Anup K. Pujari)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from F.No.01/91/180/773/AM 10/Export Cell)