GOVERNMENT OF
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
AND INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE
PUBLIC NOTICE
NO. 87
(RE-2005)/2004-09
NEW DELHI : 9th FEBRUARY, 2006
Subject :
Import of 5 lakh MTs Wheat at Zero Duty
.
Attention is invited to Government of
In exercise of powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade
Policy, 2004 - 09, as Notified in Gazette of India extraordinary, Part – II,
Section – 3, Sub – Section (ii) as amended from time to time and as per
provisions contained in the Department of Revenue Ad-hoc Exemption Order No.
4/2006-Customs
dated
9th
February, 2006 and Amendment thereof dated 9.2.2006, the Director General
of Foreign Trade hereby notifies the following
arrangements:
(i)
Import of 5 lakh MTs of wheat under
Chapter 10 of the ITC (HS) Classification of Export and Import Items, 2004-09
will be allowed at Zero Duty.
(ii)
The imports will be made by 31st
August 2006.
(iii)
The imports will be allowed only through the
State Trading Corporation (STC) subject to para 2.11
of the Foreign Trade Policy.
(iv)
The
import will be
allowed into India only through the following ports, namely, Chennai, Tuticorin,
Cochin, Vishakhapatnam,
Mangalore and Kakinada.
This issues in public
interest.
(K. T.
CHACKO)
Director General of
Foreign Trade
(Issues from F.No.
01/89/180/Misc.66/AM-06/PC-I(A)