According to an official notification issued recently by the Directorate-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), exports of specified quantity of essential commodities to the Maldives have been exempted from any kind of domestic restrictions or prohibition in the current fiscal.
“Export of potatoes, onion, rice, wheat, flour, sugar, dal and eggs has been permitted to Maldives under bilateral trade agreement between India and Maldives during the period 2019-20 with effect from April,” the DGFT said.
It added that the export of these items to the Maldives would be exempted from any existing or future restrictions/prohibition. The fixed quantity for potatoes, onion, rice, wheat flour, sugar, dal and eggs are 15,492.36 metric tonnes (MT), 25,744.26 MT, 89,454.22 MT, 78, 612.26 MT, 46,444.74 MT, 161.65 MT and about 30.79 crore, respectively, reports said.
