New Delhi: Exports of broken rice will be now allowed till September 30, including for where loading of broken rice on the ship has commenced before the initial ban order came into effect, where the shipping bill is filed and vessels have already berthed or arrived and anchored in Indian ports and their rotation number has been allocated, and where broken rice consignment has been handed over to the customs and is registered in their system, a new notification by Directorate General of Foreign Trade said.
Earlier, it was allowed till September 15. On September 9, India banned the export of broken rice with immediate effect. The export policy for the commodity was revised from "free" to "prohibited".
