TMA

TMA Scheme

The commerce ministry has laid out a detailed procedure for claiming benefits under the newly introduced Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) scheme, which aims at boosting agricultural exports. Under the TMA plan, the government will reimburse a certain portion of freight charges and provide assistance for marketing of agricultural produce.

• Under the scheme Financial Assistance shall be provided for transport and marketing of agriculture products to boost exports of such commodities to certain countries in Europe and North America.
• DGFT Notification No 58/2015-2020 published on 29 March 2019 regarding addition of a new chapter 7(A) added in FTP on Transport and Marketing assistance (TMA) for Specified Agricultural Products
• DGFT Public Notice No 82/2015-20 published on 29 March 2019 regarding procedure and ANF for availing Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) for Specified Agriculture Productions.
• Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) for export of Specified Agriculture Products to specified destinations would be available as per Department of Commerce’s Notification No. 17/3/2018-EP (Agri.IV) dated 27.2.2019

Applicability of the Scheme:
The Scheme would be applicable for a period as specified from time to time.

Export by Air as well as by Sea Both normal and Refer cargo

For Export of Products by Sea

• TMA will be based on the Freight paid for a Full Twenty-fee Equivalent Unit (TEU) Containers
• A Forty Feet Container will be treated as two TEUs.

The assistance will not be available for
(1) Less than Container Load (LCL) and
(2) A container having both eligible and ineligible category of cargo
(3) Where the cargo is shipped in bulk / break bulk mode

For Products Exported by Air
Assistance for products exported by air would be based on per ton freight charges on net weight of the export cargo, calculated on the full ton basis, ignoring any fraction thereof