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Air freight subsidy for North East perishables

Special Correspondent

The State-wise list of commodities will be scrapped

The products identified include banana, guava, lemon and orange Rates of inland transport assistance will be 90 p.c. of air freight

NEW DELHI: The Union Government on Wednesday announced 50 per cent assistance in air freight for perishable commodities meant for exports from any airport in the Northeastern region to Delhi or Mumbai. The revised guidelines to this effect have been cleared by Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh under the Export Development Fund for the North East.

An official release says this being done since perishable commodities, including flowers and horticulture products, require special treatment and requests had been made for revising the existing guidelines. Besides, the State-wise list of commodities would be done away with and the identified products would be eligible for inland transport assistance. The products identified are banana, guava, lemon, orange, pears, pineapples, plums, cut flowers, ginger, passion fruit, kiwi, apple, bamboo and cane for food purposes.

The rates of inland transport assistance for the eligible products would be 90 per cent of the air freight charged by the airline from any airport in the North Eastern States (NES) or Bagdogra to Guwahati or Kolkata for exports. In the case of highly perishable commodities, it would be 50 per cent of the air freight charged by the airline from any airport in the NES to Delhi or Mumbai airport for exports.

The assistance will be Re. 1 a kg if the goods are transported from anywhere in the NES by road for exports through any notified Land Customs Station in the NES or through Guwahati airport or actual freight paid, whichever is less. It will be Rs. 2 a kg if the goods are transported from NES to Kolkata or any other port by rail through ICD, Guwahati, for exports or actual freight paid, whichever is less.

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