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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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 India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Ad-hoc Exemption Order No.4/2006-Customs dated 9th    February, 2006 and Amendment thereof dated 9.2.2006.  As per the said Ad-hoc Exemption Order, import of wheat is allowed at Zero Duty as per all the conditions specified therein. 

 

            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)