**Summary:**
This notification, No. 06/2023, issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, dated April 8, 2024, imposes port restrictions on the export of essential commodities under the prohibited/restricted category to the Republic of Maldives for the period 2024-25. This action is taken in accordance with Section 3 and Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992, and paragraphs 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2023.
Specifically, exports of these essential commodities to the Maldives, as permitted under the bilateral trade agreement and within the quota specified in DGFT Notification No. 03/2023 dated April 5, 2023, will be allowed only through the following four customs stations: Mundra Sea Port, Tuticorin Sea Port, Nhava Sheva Sea Port (JNPT), and ICD Tughlakabad.
For further information, contact Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Director General of Foreign Trade & Ex-officio Additional Secretary, Government of India, at dgft@nic.in. The notification's file number is F. No. 01/91/171/59/AM20/ECE/208/16.
Key Entities Referenced
Republic of Maldives: The recipient country subject to the port restrictions on essential commodities.
Foreign Trade Development Regulation Act, 1992: The legal basis for the notification, specifically Section 3 and Section 5.
Foreign Trade Policy FTP, 2023: The prevailing foreign trade policy under which the notification is issued.
Mundra Sea Port: One of the designated customs stations for exporting essential commodities to the Maldives.
Tuticorin Sea Port: One of the designated customs stations for exporting essential commodities to the Maldives, located in Tamil Nadu, India.
Nhava Sheva Sea Port: One of the designated customs stations for exporting essential commodities to the Maldives, also known as Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) located in Maharashtra, India.
ICD Tughlakabad: One of the designated customs stations for exporting essential commodities to the Maldives, located in Delhi, India.
Santosh Kumar Sarangi: The Director General of Foreign Trade and Ex-officio Additional Secretary, Government of India, who issued the notification.
To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part II Section 3, Sub Section (ii)
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Vanijya Bhawan
Notification No. 06 /2023
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New Delhi,{S April, 2024
Subject: Imposition of Port restrictions on supply of Prohibited/Restricted essential
commodities to the Republic of Maldives during 2024-25.
$.0.(E); In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 read with Section 5 of the Foreign
Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with
paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2023, the Central Government
hereby incorporates following conditions in Notification No. 03/2023 dated 05.04.2024 for
exporting of essential commodities to Maldives under bilateral trade agreement between
Government of India and Government of Maldives: -
Export of essential commodities under Prohibited/restricted category to the
Republic of Maldives during 2024-25 shall be permitted only through the following 4
Customs Stations: -
i. Mundra Sea Port
ii. Tuticorin Sea Port
ii. | Nhava Sheva Sea Port (JNPT)
ICD Tughlakabad
3. Effect of this notification:
Imposition of Port restrictions for exporting of essential commodities under
Prohibited/restricted category to the Republic of Maldives during 2024-25, as per the quota
notified under DGFT Notification No. 03/2023 dt. 05.04.2023, has been notified.
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(Santosh Kunlar Sarangi)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-officio Additional Secretary, Government of India
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from F. No. 01/91/171/59/AM20/EC/E-208 16)