The Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has banned the export of broken rice with effect from 9th September 2022.
As per the notification issued on Thursday, the provisions under Para 1.05 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020 regarding transitional arrangement shall not be applicable under this Notification for the export of broken rice under HS code 1006 40 00.
“During the period from 9 September, 2022 till 15th September 2022 the following consignments of broken rice will be allowed to be exported: i. where loading of broken rice on the ship has commenced before this Notification; ii. 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 be issued only after confirmation by the concerned Port Authorities regarding anchoring/berthing of the ship for loading of broken rice prior to the Notification; and iii. where broken rice consignment has been handed over to the Customs before this Notification and is registered in their system,” the notification said.
The Central Government, empowered under the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992, read with Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, amended the Export Policy of broken rice against ITC (HS) code 1006 40 00 of Chapter 10 of Schedule 2 of the ITC (HS) Export Policy.
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