The central authorities in the present day (July 20) amended the rice export norms placing the non-basmati white rice in prohibited class. The export coverage regarding non-basmati white rice (Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not or not polished or glazed: Other) has been revised from free to prohibited and it has come into power instantly, a Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) notification mentioned.
However, Directorate General of Foreign Trade mentioned exports of such selection of rice will probably be permitted underneath sure situations the place loading “has commenced before the issue of notification and where the shipping bill is filed and vessels have already berthed or arrived and anchored in Indian ports and their rotation number has been allocated before this notification”.
The approval of loading in such vessels will probably be issued solely after affirmation by the involved port authorities relating to anchoring/berthing of the ship for loading of Non-basmati rice previous to the Notification.
Also, export will probably be allowed on the idea of permission granted by the federal government to different nations to satisfy their meals safety wants and based mostly on the request of their authorities.
West African nation Benin is one of the main importers of non-basmati rice from India. Other vacation spot nations are Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Cote D’ Ivoire, Togo, Senegal, Guinea, Vietnam, Djibouti, Madagascar, Cameroon Somalia, Malaysia, Liberia, and UAE.
India in September 2022 banned the exports of damaged rice and imposed a 20 per cent responsibility on exports of non-Basmati rice, aside from parboiled rice amid considerations about overestimated low manufacturing as a result of a fall in space underneath the paddy crop. It later lifted the ban in November.
(With ANI inputs)
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