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The Government has imposed port restrictions and some mandatory conditions on the exports of Sona Masuri, Ponni Samba and Matta, premium non-basmati rice varieties. Exports of these three varieties were permitted last month with quantity ceilings.
Now in a notification, the Directorate-General of Foreign Trade has said that out of the total 1,00,000 tonnes of Sona Masuri allowed for export, 50,000 tonnes each would have to be from Chennai and Vishakhapatnam.
Besides, the entire 25,000 tonnes of Ponni Samba exports would have to be from Tuticorin, while a similar quantity of ‘Matta' has been permitted through the Cochin port, it said.
The notification specified certain conditions that have to be mandatorily observed while exporting these varieties of non-basmati rice. They include: export should be in consumer packs of not more than 10 kg each; a maximum quantity of 5,000 tonnes for all three varieties would be allowed for export per Import Export Code; the export would be allowed only during the current marketing season ending September 30; the Customs Department will do random testing of samples for quality analysis from AGMARK Laboratories to check against any mis-declaration of varieties being exported.
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