Sri Lankan rice importers to be issued certificate

The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) will issue the “certificate of origin” for the export of long grain basmati rice to Sri Lanka under zero-duty facility on the first-come-first-serve basis, according to a TDAP official on Monday.

Sri Lankan public sector agency will import 500 tonnes of basmati rice duty-free. The official said that this certificate will be issued on submission of copies of “bill of lading” along with the commercial invoice and the original copy of quality certificate by the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) or Quality Review Committee (QRC) certifying that the consignment is long grain basmati rice.

He pointed out that TDAP will issue the certificate on post-shipment basis only. He said Sri Lankan Department of Commerce will not allocate any quota to the importers in Sri Lanka. He said that Sri Lankan importers will now apply for the issuance of letter of recommendation through their Commerce Department to the Ministry of Finance. The official said that these measures have been taken to fully utilise the available quota.

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