Eligible entities for allocation of quota:

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(a) Milk Powder (Tariff Code No. 0402.10 or 0402.21): National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), State Trading Corporation(STC), National Cooperative Dairy Federation (NCDF), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd.(NAFED), Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation (MMTC), Projects & Equipment Corporation of India Limited(PEC) and Spices Trading Corporation Limited (STCL) are eligible to avail the quota.

(b) Maize(corn)(Tariff Code No. 1005.90): National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd.(NAFED), State Trading Corporation (STC), Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation (MMTC), Projects & Equipment Corporation of India Limited(PEC), Spices Trading Corporation Limited (STCL) and State Cooperative Marketing Federations are eligible to avail the quota.

(c) Crude sunflower seed or safflower oil or fractions thereof(Tariff Code No. 1512.11): National Dairy Development Board(NDDB), State Trading Corporation (STC), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd.(NAFED) Spices Trading Corporation Limited (STCL) and Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) State Cooperative Marketing Federation & State Cooperative Civil Supplies Corporation are eligible to avail the quota.

(d) Refined rape, colza or mustard oil, other(Tariff Code No. 1514.19 or 1514.99): National Dairy Development Board(NDDB), State Trading Corporation (STC), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd.(NAFED), Spices Trading Corporation Limited (STCL) and Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) State Cooperative Marketing Federation & State Cooperative Civil Supplies Corporation are eligible to avail the quota.

All the eligible entities are eligible to avail the quotas as per the request of the applicants received.

All eligible entities desiring availment of the quota as mentioned above, may make application to Exim Facilitation Committee (EFC) in the Aayaat-Niryaat Form of the Handbook of Procedures in the office of Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi-110 011. The completed application forms along with the required / prescribed documents must reach this office on or before 1st March of each financial year preceding to the year of the quota e.g. Applications for TRQ for 2007-2008 must reach DGFT by 1st March, 2007.

The imports have to be completed before 31st March of the financial year i.e. the consignments must be cleared by the customs authorities before this date.

Since import of maize (corn) is under State Trading Regime (STR), the allottes of quota i.e. designated agencies in para 1 (b) above for this item shall also be granted an import licence/ Authorisation for the allotted quantities as indicated at Sl. No. 21(b) of Customs Notification No. 21/2002 dated 1.3.2002 in terms of para 2.11 of Foreign Trade Policy, 2004-2009, if they do not wish to make the imports through Food Corporation of India (FCI).

The application fee for these applications shall be paid according to the procedure contained in Appendix 21 B to Handbook of Procedures, Vol.I, 2004-2009.

The Exim Facilitation Committee (EFC) in the DGFT will evaluate and allot the quota among the applicants by 31st March of each financial year preceding to the year of the quota e.g. For 2007-08, EFC will allot quota by 31st March, 2007.