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Transport & Marketing Assistance (TMA) - Scheme Overview

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Description

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Scheme Name

Transport & Marketing Assistance (TMA) Scheme

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Implementing Agency

DGFT

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Objective

To provide assistance for the international component of freight and marketing of agricultural produce which is likely to mitigate disadvantage of higher cost of transportation

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Period

01.03.2019 to 31.03.2020

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Pattern of Assistance

:- Fixed amount per TEU (Twenty Feet Equivalent Unit) Container.

:- Forty Feet Container will be considered as 2 units

: - Application to submitted on quarterly basis

:- Quantum of assistance depends on destination country

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Eligible Products

Chapters 1 to 24 of ITC HS classification (Conditions apply)

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Eligibility Criteria

Applicant Should be Registered with Relevant Export Promotion Council

1.  Shipping Billing should be either in C&F or CIF (Not eligible for FOB SBs) - In other words exporter should pay the freight component

2.  Payment should be in Freely Convertible Currency through normal banking channels

3.  E-BRCs are necessary

4.  Only applicable for Exports done from EDI Ports

5.  Applicable for Normal and Reefer Containers

6.  Container Should have only eligible products (Do not mix ineligible products)

7.  Shipment should be done to only notified countries

8.  Only for Full Container Load

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Ineligible Categories of Export

1.  Export of imported goods covered under paragraph 2.46 of the FTP;

2.  Exports through trans-shipment, i.e. exports that are originating in third country but trans- shipped through India;

3.  Items, which are restricted or prohibited for export under Schedule-2 of Export Policy in ITC (HS), unless specifically notified.

4.  Export products which are subject to Minimum Export Price or export duty, unless specifically notified.

5.  Export of goods through courier or foreign post offices using e- Commerce

6. There should not be multiple HSN Code products in one container.