Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan
Notification No. 72 (RE-2010)/2009-2014
New Delhi, the 9th September, 2011
Subject:- Removal of ban on export of wheat.
S.O.(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992) read with Para 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import items, as amended from time to time.
2. In supersession of Notification No. 33(RE-2007)/2004-2009, dated 08th October, 2007, the following amendments are made with immediate effect against entry at Sl. No.46A of Chapter 10 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) : -
| Sl. No. | Tariff Item HS Code | Unit | Item Description | Export Policy | Nature of Restriction |
| 46 A | |||||
| 1001 10 | Kg | Durum wheat : | Free | Export permitted through Custom EDI ports only. | |
| 1001 10 90 | Kg | Other | Free | ||
| 1001 90 | Kg | Other: | Free | ||
| 1001 90 20 | Kg | Other wheat | Free | ||
| 1001 90 39 | Kg | Other | Free |
Sub-heading Note : The term “durum wheat” means wheat of the Triticum durum species and the Hybrids derived from the inter – specific crossing of Triticum durum which have the same number (28) of chromosomes as that species.
3. Effect of this notification:
Export of wheat has been made free. Exports shall be only through Custom EDI ports.
(Anup K. Pujari)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from F.No.01/91/180/773/AM 10/Export Cell)