TMI BlogCentral Government introduce 'Revised Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) for Specified Agriculture Products Scheme'X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 03.2020 and Notification no. 17/3/2018-EP (Agri.IV) dated 27.04.2020 . It has now been decided to introduce the Revised Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) for Specified Agriculture Products Scheme for the exports effected on or after 01.04.2021. The earlier scheme would remain in operation for the exports effected up to 31.03.2021. 2. Introduction and Objective 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 recognit ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ructify. (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 kilogram freight charges on net weight of the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... assistance under TMA Scheme The assistance under the Scheme is available for all agriculture products covered in 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 7 0703 - Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled Chapt ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Swaziland), Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia. Europe 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, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... (Reefer) By Air (Amount per kilogram) West Africa 16800 29400 1.68 East Africa 16800 31500 1.68 Europe 14700 31500 2.24 Gulf 12600 21000 1.40 North America 31500 43050 5.60 ASEAN 8400 18900 1.40 Russia CIS 18900 33600 1.40 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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