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TMI BlogTransport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) for Specified Agriculture Products NotifiedX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) for Specified Agriculture Products Notified X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e specified overseas markets. (ii) The scheme would be suitably included in the Foreign Trade Policy (2015-20). 3. Coverage * All exporters, duly registered with relevant Export Promotion Council as per Foreign Trade Policy, of eligible agriculture products shall be covered under this scheme. The assistance, at notified rates, will be available for export of eligible agriculture products to the permissible countries, as specified from time to time. 4. Applicability: The Scheme would be applicable for a period as specified from time to time. Presently the Scheme would be available for exports effected from 1.3.2019 to 31.03.2020 5. Eligibility of Products: The assistance will be provided on export of all agriculture products cover ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ed in HSN chapter 1 to 24 including marine and plantation products except those mentioned in Annexure (1). 6. Pattern of Assistance (a) Assistance under TMA would be provided in cash through direct bank transfer as part reimbursement of freight paid. FOB supplies where no freight is paid by Indian exporters are not covered under this scheme. (b) The level of assistance would be different for different regions as notified from time to time for export of eligible products. List of export destinations/countries in each region eligible for assistance under TMA are mentioned in Annexure (2). (c) The assistance shall be admissible only if payments for the exports are received in Free Foreign Exchange through normal banking channels. (d) The ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... scheme shall be admissible for the exports made through EDI ports only. (e) The scheme covers freight and marketing assistance for export by air as well as by sea (both normal and reefer cargo). (f) For export of products by sea, TMA will be based on the freight paid for a full Twenty-feet Equivalent Unit (TEU) containers. The assistance will not be available for (i) Less than Container Load (LCL) and (ii) a container having both eligible and ineligible category of cargo. Further, no TMA is available where the cargo is shipped in bulk/break bulk mode. A forty feet container will be treated as two TEUs. (g) Assistance for products exported by air would be based on per ton freight charges on net weight of the export cargo, calculated on th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e full ton basis, ignoring any fraction thereof. (h) The assistance will be provided at the rates as notified in Annexure 3. 7. Categories of export ineligible for TMA The following exports categories / sectors shall be ineligible under this scheme: (i) Products exported from SEZs/ EOUs/ EHTPs/ STPs/ BTPs/ FTWZs (ii) SEZ/EOU/EHTPs/STPs/BTPs/FTWZs products exported through DTA units (iii) Export of imported goods covered under paragraph 2.46 of the FTP; (iv) Exports through trans-shipment, i.e. exports that are originating in third country but trans- shipped through India; (v) Items, which are restricted or prohibited for export under Schedule-2 of Export Policy in ITC (HS), unless specifically notified. (vi) Export products w ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... hich are subject to Minimum Export Price or export duty, unless specifically notified. (vii) Export of goods through courier or foreign post offices using e-Commerce 8. Procedure for Availing Assistance under the Scheme TMA would be reimbursed through the Regional Authorities of DGFT as per the procedure laid down in Chapter 7(A) of Handbook of Procedures (2015-2020). 9. Mechanism for Scrutiny of the claims, audit, recovery and penal action. DGFT will lay down procedure for scrutiny of the claims, audit of the payments made, recovery of the ineligible/excess paid assistance, interest on such recoveries. The defaulters shall be liable for penal action under the provisions of Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992, Rules an ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d orders made thereunder. Annexure (1) List of agriculture products not eligible under TMA The assistance will be provided for all agriculture products covered under HSN chapter 1 to 24, with the following exceptions: Chapter HS Codes Description Chapters 1, 2 & 5 All HS Codes - Live animals - Meat and Edible Meat Offal - Products of Animal Origin, not elsewhere specified or included Chapter 3 030617 - Other shrimps and prawns : Chapter 4 0401 -Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 0402 - Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 0403 - Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and crea ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... m, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa 0404 - Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included 0405 - Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads 0406 - Cheese and curd Chapter 7 0703 - Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled Chapter 10 1001, 1006 -Wheat AndMeslin -Rice Chapters 13 & 14 All HS Codes - Lac; Gums, Resins and other Vegetable Saps and Extracts - Vegetable Plaiting ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Materials; Vegetable Products not elsewhere specified or included Chapter 17 1701, 1703 -Cane Or Beet Sugar And Chemically Pure Sucrose, In Solid Form - Raw Sugar Not Containing Added Flavouring Or Colouring Matter ; -Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar Chapters 22 and 24 All HS Codes - Beverages, Spirits and Vinegar - Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes Annexure (2) List of Export destinations/countries in each region under TMA List of Regions and Export destinations/countries in each region eligible for assistance under TMA are as under: Region Country Name West Africa Benin, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Niger, Cape Verde, Nigeria EU Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bos ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City Gulf * Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates North America Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trin ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... idad and Tobago, United States of America ASEAN Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam Russia & CIS Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan Far East Japan, North Korea, South Korea Oceana Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu China PRC China, Hong Kong, Taiwan South America Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela Annexure (3) Differential rate of assistance under TMA (Amoun ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t in Indian Rupees)
Region
Amount Per TEU (Normal)
Amount Per TEU (Reefer)
By Air
Amount per tonne
West Africa
11200
19600
840
EU
9800
21000
1120
Gulf
8400
14000
700
North America
21000
28700
2800
ASEAN
5600
12600
700
Russia & CIS
12600
22400
700
Far East
8400
12250
840
Oceana
16800
24500
2800
China
0
12600
840
South America
23800
31500
3500 X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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