New Delhi, May 17: The Centre on Tuesday said that wheat consignments handed over to Customs for examination and registered into their systems on or prior to May 13, 2022, would be allowed to be exported.
The government also allowed a wheat consignment headed for Egypt, which was already under loading at the Kandla port.
This followed a request by the Egyptian government to permit the wheat cargo being loaded at the Kandla port, an official statement said.
Mera International India Pvt. Ltd., the company engaged for export of the wheat to Egypt, had also given a representation for completion of loading of 61,500 MT of wheat of which 44,340 MT of wheat had already been loaded and only 17,160 MT was left to be loaded.
The government decided to permit the full consignment of 61,500 MT and allowed it to sail from Kandla to Egypt.
The Government of India had earlier restricted wheat exports to manage the overall food security situation in India and to support the needs of neighbouring and vulnerable countries that are adversely affected by the sudden changes in the global market for wheat and are unable to access adequate wheat supplies. The order was to ensure India’s food security and check inflation.
