Amendment to Transport and Market Assistance Scheme for specified Agriculture Products. - 17/3/2018-EP (Agri.IV) - Foreign Trade Policy

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE (Department of Commerce) New Delhi, the 27th April, 2020 No. 17/3/2018-EP (Agri.IV).- The Central Government had introduced a Scheme titled Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) for Specified Agriculture Products vide Notification No. 17/3/2018-EP (Agri.IV) dated 27.02.2019. The Scheme was further amended vide Notification No. 17/3/2018-EP (Agri.IV) dated 06.06.2019. It has been decided to further amend the Scheme, as indicated below: 2. Clause 6 (g) shall be substituted with the following: (g) Assistance for products exported by air would be based on per kilogram freight charges on net weight of the export cargo, calculated on full kilogram basis, ignoring any fraction thereof. 3. Annexure (3) shall be substituted with the following: ANNEXURE (3) Differential rate of assistance under TMA (Amount in Indian Rupees) Region Amount Per TEU Amount Per TEU By Air (Normal) (Reefer) Amount per kilogram West Africa 11200 19600 0.84 East Africa 11200 21000 0.84 EU 9800 21000 1.12 Gulf 8400 14000 0.70 North America 21000 28700 2.80 ASEAN 5600 12600 0.70 Russia CIS 12600 22400 0.70 Far East 8400 12250 0.84 Oceana 16800 24500 2.80 China 0 12600 0.84 South America 23800 31500 3.50 4. The above modifications will be applicable only for the fresh applications, submitted after the date of this notification. The applications already submitted cannot be modified. [F.No. 17/3/2018-EP (Agri.IV)] DIWAKAR NATH MISRA, Jt. Secy