Notification No.27//2015-2020   Dated. 11^th August, 2020

Issued By. DGFT

S.O.(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992), as amended, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.()1 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-2020, the Central Government hereby allow the following quantities of Eggs, Potatoes, Onions, Rice, Wheat Flour, Sugar, Dal, Stone Aggregates and River Sand for export to the Republic of Maldives under bilateral trade agreement between Government of India and Government of Maldives during the period 2020-21:-

S. No.	Commodity	Quantity
1	Eggs	354,067,829 Nos
2	Potatoes	17,816.22 MT
3	Onions	29,605.90 MT
4	Rice	102,872.35 MT
5	Wheat Flour	90,404.10 MT
6	Sugar	53,411.45 MT
7	Dal	185.90 MT
8	Stone Aggegates	8,00,000 MT
9	River Sand	2,00,000 MT

Export of the above items shall be exempted from any existing or future restriction/prohibition during the period 2020-21 to the Republic of Maldives.

The Export of River Sand and Stone Aggregates to Maldives is allowed subject to the following conditions:

1. Export permitted subject to No Objection Certificate by CAPEXIL, which shall monitor the overall quota and send a quarterly report to Export Cell in DGFT (Hqrs.).
2. For the export of above quantity of River Sand and Stone Aggregates, CAPEXIL shall also 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.
3. In addition to above, export of River Sand and Stone Aggregates 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 commodities are obtained.
4. This permission will also be subject to any other State legislation/ judicial orders relating to mining of 'River Sand' and 'Stone Aggregates'

Effect of this notification: Export of Eggs, Potatoes, Onions, Rice, Wheat Flour, Sugar, Dal, Stone Aggregates and River Sand has been permitted to the Republic of Maldives under bilateral trade agreement between Government of India and Government of Maldives during the period 2020-21 as per the quantities indicated in the Table at Para 1 above. The export of above items to Republic of Maldives will be exempted from any existing or future restriction/ prohibition on export.

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