Govt asks customs to permit export of rice consignments with restricted amount of damaged rice

In a commerce discover on Wednesday, the Directorate Basic of Overseas Commerce (DGFT) mentioned that representations have been obtained from commerce and business looking for consideration in the direction of the issues being confronted by exporters in clearing the consignments of different classes of rice on account of presence of sure content material of damaged rice within the mentioned consignments.

“Contemplating the hardships confronted by the commerce group and so as to facilitate exports, it’s clarified that wherever issue is being confronted, the restrict of tolerance of damaged rice in consignments of rice for export could also be allowed when it comes to The Rice Grading and Advertising Guidelines, 1939,” it mentioned.

The discover is addressed to customs commissioners, regional authorities of DGFT and members of commerce.