G/STR/Q1/IND/17  
 
9 October 2018 
(18-6228) Page: 1/2 
Working Party on State Trading Enterprises  Original: English  
 
STATE TRADING  
QUESTIONS FROM CANADA  TO INDIA  
REGARDING  INDIA'S LAST NOTIFIC ATION  IN 20121 
The f ollowing communication, dated 8 October 2018, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Canada notes that India has not  submitted any notifications on State Trading Enterprises (STEs) 
since November 2012.  Could India please provide an update as to when a more recent notification 
will be provided to the Working Party? Canada notes that since India 's November 2012 notificati on 
that there have been developments regarding the procurement, import and export of pulses.   
 
Section 1 of India 's notification, Canada notes that the Food Corporation of India (FCI), the National 
Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd  (NAFED), the Minerals and Metal Trading 
Corporation (MMTC Ltd.), the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Ltd. (NCCF), 
Projects and Equipment Corporation of India Limited (PEC) and the State Trading Corporation (STC) 
are listed as having im port or export privileges. Canada understands that these STEs now have a 
role in the procurement and/or disposal, import and export, of pulses.  
 
Question 1  
 
Could India elaborate on the role of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), the National Agricultural  
Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED), the Minerals and Metal Trading Corporation 
(MMTC Ltd.), the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Ltd. (NCCF), Projects and 
Equipment Corporation of India Limited (PEC) and the State Tra ding Corporation (STC) and describe 
any privileges related to the procurement and/or disposal, import or export of pulses for the period 
since India 's 2012 notification to the present?  
 
Question 2  
 
The Department of Consumer Affairs website indicates that  as of 8 September  2017, the National 
Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) of India procured approximately 1.2 million 
MT of pulses (urad, moong, tar, masur and chana).  Could India elaborate if pulses acquired by 
NAFED are subsequently inc luded in the e -auctions held by the Food Corporation of India?  Could 
India elaborate on the role of the NAFED in the inter -state movement and export of pulses?   
 
Question 3  
 
Could India elaborate on the role of the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketi ng Federation and 
the Food Corporation of India in the import restriction for dry peas put in place by Ind ia in 
25 April 2018?   
 
Question 4  
 
In reference to section 3.B, could India explain what is covered under the phrase "other conditions 
of purchase or sale" when pulses are imported and resold into India 's domestic market, or exported, 
                                                
1 G/STR/N/14/IND, dated 30 November 2012.  G/STR/Q1/IND/17  
 
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  by either  the Food Corporation of India (FCI), the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing 
Federation of India Ltd (NAFED), the Minerals and Metal Trading Corporation (MMTC Ltd.), the 
National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Ltd. (NCCF), Projects and Equipment 
Corporation of India Limited (PEC) and the State Trading Corporation (STC)?  
 
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