Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi -110 011
Public Notice No.61/2009-2014 (RE-2010)
The 1st July, 2011
Subject: Trade in Border Haats across the border at Meghalaya between Bangladesh
and India.
In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy,
2004-09, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following
arrangements under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated 23.10.2010
between India and Bangladesh:
- In terms of the provisions contained in the Foreign Trade Policy, the
following commodities will be allowed to be traded in the Border Haats at
Baliamari – Kalaichar and Lauwaghar –Balat:
- Locally produced vegetables, food items, fruits, spices;
- Minor local forest produce e.g. bamboo, bamboo grass, and broom stick but
excluding timber;
- Products of local cottage industries like Gamcha, Lungi etc;
- Small locally produced agriculture household implements e.g., dao, plough,
axe, spade, chisel etc;
- Locally produced garments, melamine products, processed food items, fruit
juice, etc.
- Locally produced under the above means ‘the produce of the concerned border
district of the designated Haat’. Clarification as to the specific commodity
falling under the above list of items will be given by the Haat Management
Committee, constituted under Article 1 of the operational guidelines of the MOU.
- Vendors who are allowed to sell their products in the Border Haats shall be
the residents of the area within five (5) km radius from the location of Border
Haat. The vendees may offer immediate consumption items of snack foods/ juices
as may be allowed by the Haat Management Committee.
Effect of Public Notice
It operationlises the provisions of Memorandum of Understanding dated 23.10.2010
between India and Bangladesh and facilitates trade in Border Haats at Baliamari
– Kalaichar and Lauwaghar –Balat across the borders at Meghalaya.
(Anup K.Pujari)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from F. No. 01/93/180/11/AM-12/PC-2(B)