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REGISTERED No. D. 221

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART I—Section 1

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 161] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30,1963/KARTIKA 8,1885

MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

PUBLIC NOTICES

IMPORT TRADE CONTROL

New Delhi, the 30th October 1963

SUBJECT:—Import of parts of sewing machines falling under S. No. 288 (a) /TV during April 1963—March 1964.

No. 133-ITC(PN)/63.—Attention is Invited to Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & industry, Import Trade Control, Public Notice No. 67-ITC(PN)/63, dated the 26th June 1963 imposing a ban on the import of parts of sewing machines [S. No. 288 (a) /TV] during April 1963—March 1964.

2. The position has been reviewed and it has been found that it may take sometime before the indigenous industry will be in a position to meet all the requirements of the approved assemblers both in the large scale and small scale sectors. It has, therefore, been decided that import of parts of sewing machines falling under S. No. 288 (a)/IV mentioned hereunder will be allowed to approved assemblers on the basis of Rs. 3/- per machine: —

Import of permissible spare parts:

1. Oscillating rock shaft. 2. Face Plate. 3. Arm side cover. 4. Bobb in case. 5. Needle bar. 6. Pressure foot. 7. Link with stud. 8. Square roller. 9. Thread take-up lever.

10. Shuttle. 11. Shuttle carrier with spring.

3, The Approved assemblers should submit their applications for import licences for April 1963—March 1964 in the prescribed form and manner, if not already- done, so as to reach the licensing authority concerned by the 15th December, 1963. The Approved assemblers in the small scale sector should enclose with their applications essentiality certificates from the State Director of Industries and the approved assemblers in the scheduled sector should submit their applications through the Directorate General of Technical Development.

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SUBJECT: Import of Capital equipments, Machine tools, Components and spare

parts against the U.K. Credit.

No. 138-ITC(PN)/63.—It Is notified for the Information of the Trade that In terms of a credit agreement signed on the 16th October, 1963, a loan of £ 4 million (Rs. 5'33 crores) has been made available by the British Government to the Government of India as a part of their contribution towards the foreign exchange costs of Economic Development under India's Third Five Year Plan.

2. The above loan, which has been made under the authority of Section 3 of the U.K. Export Guarantee Act, 1949, will be subject to the following conditions: —

(i) The loan is primarily to be used for improving the operating efficiency of manufacturers in India, particularly the metal using and engineer- ing industries, who traditionally look to Britain for tneir supplies of components, spare parts and equipment and who on account of foreign exchange difficulties ore experiencing difficulties in obtaining their supplies of the specific items from Britain,

(ii) The loan is designed to provide a little extra leeway, so that the firms eligible to benclit from the loan can receive additional import licences.

3. As a result of the discussions between the British Government and the Government of India, it has been decided to allocate this £ 4 million¹ loan (Rs, 5-33 crores; in the following manner for licensing within spcciiic ceilings which may be earmarked for the purpose: —

(a) Firms producing Sugar, cement, textile and electrical machinery and equipment and manufacturers of automobiles and ta:i;- components, which are of British design, will be given additional licences for components and in exceptional cases for small amounts of specialised raw materials essential to the production process, which have neces- sarily to be imported from Britain, [In some cases, small amounts may also be used for spares when these cannot be cateied lor by the manufacturers' representatives referred to in (b) below.]

(b) Representatives of British manufacturers of machinery and equipment, who have been receiving import licences in the past as established Importers will bo given additional licences to bring in spare parts for Machine tools, Coal mining machinery, Weighing und office machi- nery, electrical machinery and apparatus, transport and earth-moving equipment and other Capital jgoods of high priority, which are neces- sary for servicing and maintaining the equipment; of their Principals which are already installed in India.

(c) Firms producing other metal products may also be given licences against this loan to replace obsolete and written-off machine tools and other equipment of British origin as well as for minor balancing equipment needed for use along with British machinery which they have already installed.

4. The licence will be issued with an initial validity period of six months only, and can be revalidated only on the baj^s Indicated in para 5 below.

5. Firm orders must be placed on the suppliers in the U.K. within three montha from the date of issue of the licence. The licence may be submitted to the licens- ing authority concerned for revalidation only after firm orders have been placed, and on the basis of the dates of delivery of equipment indicated by the suppliers.

6. Payments against the import licence may be effected by the licensee through authorised dealers in foreign exchange in the normal manner and must be com- pleted either on shipment of goods or delivery of the goods in Jndia, subject to a small payment, wherever necessary, not exceeding 10 per cent of the invoice value of the goods, to be paid on satisfactory performance of the plant, but in any case not later than 1 year after complete shipment of the equipment.

7. Within a fortnight of the placing of orders, a report in duDlicate should be sicnt to the Department of Economic Affairs, Foreijm Credits Section, Ministry of Finance, North Block, Central Secretariat, New Delhi, with a copy to the Ministry cE Industry (Foreign Exchange Section), Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi, supported by the following information: —

(a) Name and address of the importer, (b) ?fo. and date and value of the licence.

(c) Name and address of the U.K. suppliers. (d) Value in £ of the order placed and accepted by the U.K. supplies. (e) Short description of goods to be imported, (f) Terms of payment under the contract. (g) Name and address of the authorised dealer in loreign exchange in India

through whom payment is to be effected.

(h) A schedule showing probable dates on which payments under the con- tract will fall due.

8 Within a month of the placing of orders, the licensee should send two cppies of the contract with the U.K. suppliers accompanied by four copies of a Certifi- cate of Manufacture from the supplier in the form attached to the Department of Economic Affairs, Economic Aid Section. If any contract is to be amended the licensee should intimate promptly the change in the contract to the Depart- ment of Economic Affairs, Economic Aid Section and send four copies of the amendment to the contract accompanied by four copies of a further certificate in the form attached. The licensee should ensure that the suppliers' certificate as in the attached form is promptly submitted to the Department of Economic Affairs, Economic Aid Section. Where payments are made by Letter of Credit, the Indian Exchange Bank should indicate the requirement of the supplier's Certi- ficate of Manufacture in the letter of credit itself. Where, however, remittances are made by a method other than Letter of Credit, the Indian Exchange Bank will allow remittance only after the receipt of the supplier's certificate by the importer.

9. The licensee should submit to the Department of Economic Affairs, Economic Aid Section, within one month of making the payment the following documents: (I) Four copies of the original invoice of the U.K. supplier or three photo copies or duplicates of such invoice duly certified by the U.K. supplier that the payment has been made; (iij one copy of the relevant bill of lading.

10. The applications for additional licences for import of Roods specified in categories (a) and (c) of para 3 above for the half year October, 1963—March, 1964 will be entertained by the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports, New- Delhi, from the scheduled industries producing specific types of machinery and equipments, except Textile machinery, and from manufacturers of automobiles and their components and other metal products on the basis of the essentiality certificates issued by the concerned sponsoring authorities. The applications from scheduled industries producing Textile machinery will be entertained by the Joint Chief Controller of Imports and Exports, Bombay on the basis of essentiality certificates issued by the Textile Commissioner, Bombay. Such applications should be supported by satisfactory documentary evidence to show that:—

(1; Machinery and equipment produced are of British' design;

(il) The obsolete and wrltten-ofl machine tools and other equipment which are desired to be replaced, are of British origin; and

(iii) The balancing equipment needed is for use along with the British machinery already installed.

The applications from scheduled industries born© on the books of the Directorate General of Technical Development should be routed through' the concerned Directorates of the Directorate General of Technical Development. The appliea- tions for additional licences for import of goods specified in category (b) of para Lat £VV t ° - V re half year October, 1963-March, 1961 will also be entertained by the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports, New Delhi, from established importers, who are Representatives of British manufacturers of machinery and equipment. Such applications should show the details of licences obtained tor specific items in the past and should be supported by satisfactory evidence to

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11. The applications from the eligible categories of importenj Ir* additinnnT

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1'ORM OF CERTIFICATE HEFERHEB TO IN THE MINISTRY or INTERNATIONAL TRADE PUBLIC NOTICE N O, 138-ITC(PN)/63, DATED THE 30TH OCTOBER, 1963 CERTIFICATE OF MANUFACTURE

Description of goods Contract No. Date Amount

I hereby declare that I have the authority to make and sign this certificate on behalf of the supplier (s) named below and that I have the means of knowing and do hereby certify that:

Every article mentioned in the above-mentioned contract (s) has been or will be wholly manufactured in the Umted Kingdom.

¹ Signed

For and on behalf of

(name and address of supplier).

P. SABANAYAGAM,

Chief Controller of Imports and Exports.

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