The Government of India has changed the export policy for wheat flour and related products, which come within ITC (HS) Code 11010000, altering their export status from ‘Prohibited’ to ‘Free’ with immediate effect.
In this regard, Notification No. 34/2026-27 dated 24 August 2026 has been issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
The Central Government has made an amendment, in exercise of the powers granted u/s 5 read with Section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, and read with Para 1.02 and Para 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023.
In the notification, the export policy mentioned in Schedule 2 of the ITC (HS) Export Policy has been revised for products included under input tax credit (ITC) (HS) Code 11010000.
Under the amended export policy, the included products are Wheat or Meslin Flour (Atta), Maida, Semolina (Rava/Sirgi), Wholemeal Atta, and Resultant Atta. The current export policy for such products, which was ‘Prohibited’, has now been changed to ‘Free’.
Therefore, export of the above-mentioned wheat flour and related products would be allowed under the ‘Free’ export policy category with immediate effect, subject to the applicable provisions of the Foreign Trade Policy and pertinent regulatory provisions.
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The Notification effect furnishes that the export policy of wheat flour and pertinent products that come under HS Code 11010000 has been revised from ‘Prohibited’ to ‘Free’ with immediate effect.
Read DGFT Notification No. 34/2026-27
