REGISTERED NO. D. 221
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I—Section I
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MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
RESOLUTION
TARIFFS
New Delhi, the 31st December, 1965.
ar/65.—The Tariff Commission has submitted its Report on of protection to the Ball Bearings Industry and the grant er Roller Bearings Industry on the basis of an inquiry er Sections 11 (e) and 13 of the Tariff Commission Act,
..commendations are as follows: —
ited to ball bearings and adapter ball bearings, not im. bore diameter, covered by I.C.T. Item 1) and 72(37) should be continued for a further years ending 31st December, 1968 but the of duty should be raised to 125 per cent further, ball bearings 'and adapter ball bearings 1 mm. bore diameter and upto and including iamcter and roller bearings upto and including
( 1 5 1 9)
1520 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART I-SEC. 1]100 mm. bore diameter (excluding railway axle box bearings) should be brought within the scheme of protection and subjecter1 to the same rate of duty, namely, 125 per cent ad valorem. Tt- duty also should remain in force till 31st December, 1963. A., craft bearings will also be outside the scheme of protection.
(2) If the recommendations regarding protection arc accepted r Government, the relevant items of the First Schedule to tr Indian Tariff Act, 1934 should be amended.
(3) For the reasons mentioned by the Tariff Commission, the futur of the small scale sector of the roller bearings industry i doubtful. Such units as have made good progress may be give necessary assistance in all possible ways but great caution h. to be exercised in allowing any expansion of such units.
(4) Since the imported raw materials account for only 15 'to 30 pt cent of the cost of the finished products, and these will pn gressively be available in the country, it is desirable to encourag the fullest manufacture of roller bearings by providing foreig exchange for the import of raw materials to the required exte rather than import of finished products.
(5) Either the Directorate General of Technical Development or ti Ministry of Steel and Mines should make an assessment of 1 demand for various sections of steel required fur the r> bearings industry and co-ordinate the efforts of capable pro<' of rods, wires and tubes to ensure sufficient production the indigenous demand by the end of the Fourth Five YeL-
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- producers will be able to secure suitable raw materi these sources. (7) Blanket licences or licences with monetary limits shor possible contain a schedule or schedules of the s: permitted to be imported and the protective rate apply uniformly no matter what the end use migb extent possible sizes near the protected type allowed to be imported except by a consumer ar a proper check on the quantities needed by hirn' (8) Periodical meetings between the Ball and Roller facturers' Association, the State Trading Corpoiat" Directorate General of Technical Development sh settling import policy which would ensure tha* concurrent and prospective capacity is fully <=" the consumers' needs are regularly and a df (9) Early steps should be taken to establish research facilities in each undertaking laboratory to ensure high standards of (10) Government should either control th manufacturers of roller bearings or (11) Future imports of ball and roller bear* the "Monthly Statistics of the Foreig: linos indicated by the Tariff Commisg (12) Encouragement needs to be given for 1j for the manufacture of specialised tool ed ,b&- the roller bearings industry. ↩