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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi -110 011
Public Notice No. 15 /2015-2020 (RE-2015)
Dated the 03rd June 2015
Subject: Trade in Border Haats across the border of Tripura between India and
Bangladesh
In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.4 read with 2.21 of the
Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, 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 Kamalasagar,
Tripura (India) & Tarapur Kasba (Bangladesh) near border Pillar No-2039:
- 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;
- Locally produced small agricultural household implements e.g., dao,
plough, axe, spade, chisel etc.
- Locally produced garments, melamine products, processed food items, fruit
juice, etc.
2. Locally produced’ in the above paragraph means ‘the produce of the
concerned border districts of the designated Haats’. 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.
3. 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
Haats. The vendees may offer immediate consumption items of snack foods/juices
as may be allowed by the Haat Management Committee.
4. Effect of Public Notice:
It operationalises the provisions of Memorandum of Understanding dated
23.10.2010 between India and Bangladesh by facilitating border trade between the
two through two new border Haats at Kamalasagar, Tripura on the Indian side and
Tarapur Kasba on Bangladesh side.
( Pravir Kumar )
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: [email protected]
Issued from F.No:01/93/180/11/AM-12/PC-2(B)
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