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Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Cess Act, 1985 (No. 3 of 1986).

Country/Territory
India
Document type
Legislation
Date
1986
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for the levy and collection, by way of a cess, of a duty of customs on the exports of certain agricultural and processed food products for the development and promotion of their export and for matters connected therewith.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Agricultural commodities Agricultural development Authorization/permit International trade Food quality control/food safety Processing/handling
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

This Act is complementary to the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985. The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985 provided for the establishment of an authority to be called the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority and empowered that Authority to promote export of agricultural and processed food products. In order to ensure that the said Authority had necessary resources to discharge its functions, this Act contains provisions for the levy by way of a cess of a duty of customs on all the scheduled products which are exported.

Full text
English
Website
nbaindia.org