Supply of essential commodities to the Republic of Maldives during 2024-25 - 03/2023 - Foreign Trade Policy

Government of India Ministry of Commerce Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Vanijya Bhawan Notification No. 03/2023 New Delhi, 05 th April 2024 Subject: Supply of essential commodities to the Republic of Maldives during 2024-25. S.O. 1624 (E) - In exercise of the 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 paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2023 , the Central Government hereby allows export of the following quantities of Eggs, Potatoes, Onions, Rice, Wheat Flour, Sugar, Dal, Stone Aggregate and River Sand to the Republic of Maldives during 2024-25, under bilateral trade agreement between Government of India and Government of Maldives : S. No. Commodity Unit Quantity to be allowed for FY 2024-25 1. Eggs Nos. 427,536,904.20 2. Potatoes MT 21,513.08 3. Onions MT 35,749.13 4. Rice MT 124, 218.36 5. Wheat Flour MT 109,162.96 6. Sugar 64,494.33 7. Dal MT 224.48 8. Stone Aggregate MT 1,000 000.00 9. River Sand MT 1,000 000.00 2. Export of the above items to the Republic of Maldives shall be exempted from any existing or future restriction/prohibition during 2024-25. 3. For the export of above quantity of River Sand and Stone Aggregate, CAPEXIL shall ensure that the suppliers/extractors have obtained appropriate clearances and mining of the sand is not undertaken in the Coastal Regulation Zone Area, which is prohibited under the Coastal Regulation Zone notification. 4. In addition to above, export of River Sand and Stone Aggregate will be allowed subject to the exporter obtaining necessary environmental clearances/No Objection Certificate from the designated nodal authority of respective State Governments from where the River Sand is obtained. This permission will also be subject to any State legislation/judicial orders relating to mining of 'River Sand' and 'Stone Aggregate' 5. Effect of this notification: Export of Eggs, Potatoes, Onions, Rice, Wheat Flour, Sugar, Dal, Stone Aggregate and River Sand have been permitted to the Republic of Maldives under bilateral trade agreement between Government of India and Government of Maldives during 2024-25 as per the quantities indicated in the Table at Para I above. The export of above items to Republic of Maldives will be exempted from any existing or future restriction/prohibition on export. (Santosh Kumar Sarangi) Director General of Foreign Trade Ex-officio Additional Secretary, Government of India E-mail: [email protected] (Issued from F. No. 01/91/171/59/AM20/EC/E-20816)