रजिस्ट्री सं ० बी० 221
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भारतको राजपत्र The Gazette of India
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नई बिल्ली , बृहस्पतिवार, बिसम्बर 19 , 1968 / प्रप्र हायण 28 , 1890
No. 236 ) NEW DELHI , THURSDAY , DECEMBER 19 , 1968 / AGRAHAYANA 28 , 1890
इस भाग में भिन्न पृष्ठ संख्या वी जाती है जिससे कि यह अलग संकलम के रूप में रखा जा सके ।
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MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
PUBLIC NOTICES
IMPORT TRADE CONTROL
New Delhi , the 19th December 1968
SUBJECT: Import policy for the period April , 1968- March , 1969 . No. 273 - ITC (PN ) / 68 . Attention is invited to the import policy as contained in the Import Trade Control Policy (Red Book-Vol . I) for the period April , 1968- March , 1969 .
2. The following amendments shall be made in Vol . I of the current Red Book at appropriate places :-
Refer nce
Detei's of Amendments
Page No. Vol . 1 of the Red Book
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Section II , S. No. 42'd) II , Column 2 .
For S.No. 42 ( b ) / IT appearing in line Read S. No. 42'd) If .
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Section V -App ` ndix 3 , S. No. 26 .
In the descript on of the item , For S. No. 42 ( b ) / II appearing in line 3 , Read S. No. 42 (d) / II .;
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SUBJECT : -Import of capital goods or machine tools- advertisement to be made b applicants .
No. 274 - ITC ( PN ) /68 . Attention is invited to paragraph 134 in Chapter VI of the Import Trade Control Hand Book of Rules and Procedure 1968 , according to which the applicants whose requirement in respect of capital goods or machine tools exceeds Rs . 7.5 lakhs in value have to advertise their requirement , so that the indi- genous manufacturers have an opportunity of offering to supply the goods in question.
2. It has been noticed that the aforesaid advertisement procedure is not working satisfactorily . The position has , therefore , been reviewed , and the existing procedure har been revised as under : -
( i ) The intending importer whose requirement of imported capital goods or inachine tools exceeds Rs . 7.5 lakhs should , in the first instance , advertise his requirement with a view to giving notice and opportunity to indigenous manufac- turers to supply the goods in question .
( ii ) The advertisement should indicate , inter alia , full specifications and detailed particulars of the machinery or equipment or machine tools etc. sought to be import- ed , the desired period of delivery and other relevant information . It should be specifically indicated in the advertisement whether the drawings in respect of the required machinery or equipment etc. would be provided .
( iii) The advertisement should be got published in the Indian Trade Journal issued by the Ministry of Commerce , New Delhi . The advertisements , in question , appearing in the Indian Trade Journal , will be serially numbered . If the applicant so desires , he can also have it published in any other newspaper or journal in addition to the Indian Trade Journal ,
( iv) The indigenous manufacturers should be given a time limit of 45 days to respond to the advertisement .
(v) The indigenous manufacturers who are in a position to meet the requirements in response to the advertisement, should send their reply to the applicant within 45 days of the advertisement , with a copy thereof , under registered cover , to the Directorate General of Technical Development , New Delhi ( Co - ordination Section ). At the top of the reply , the S. No. of the advertisement as appearing in the Indian Trade Journal , should be quoted to facilitate proper referencing . In their reply, the indigenous manufacturers should mention the specifications and particulars of the goods which they are in a position to supply , the period of delivery , prices and other relevant terms . If the indigenous manufacturers are not in a position to supply any item in the required specifications , but they can supply suitable substi- tutes thereof, the full specifications of such substitutes should be given in the reply along with other relevant particulars .
(vi ) After 45 days of the advertisement , the intending importer may apply for an import licence for the machinery or equipment or machine tools , in question , to the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports , New Delhi , through the Directorate General of Technical Development , New Delhi . If the import applicationis not made within three months after the expiry of 45 days from the date of advertisement , the advertisement already made will be of no effect , and the applicant will have to advertise again in the manner indicated in this Public Notice , in case he seeks to Inport the goods in question .
(vii) In the import application , the applicant should state the date of advertise- ment , and attach thereto a tabular statement of responses received to the advertise- ment , and also indicate in clear terms the responses which are acceptable to the applicant . The import application should be made only in respect of goods for which no response has been received from the indigenous manufacturers or the response received is not suitable to the applicant for the reasons to be indicated in the tabular statement referred to above .
3. Applications for import of capital goods or machine tools in respect of which the advertisement procedure contained in this Public Notice is not followed, will be liable to be rejected .
4. The advertisement procedure indicated above will be applicable to all import applications for capital goods ( machinery and equipment ) or machine tools made on or aftafter the date of issue of this PublicPul Notice . It may be clarified thattha inin the of applications for import of textile , jute , hemp and rope , quarries , coal , mining case THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY
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fother than coal ) and tea machinerics the indigenous manufacturers should send their reply to the advertisement to the sponsoring authority concerned (in place of the DGTD ) , and import application should also be made by the applicant to the regional licensing authority as given in para 128 of the Import Trade Control Hand Book of Rules and Procedure , 1968 , through the sponsoring authority concerned .
SUBJECT .-Impori policy for ' Rough blanks other than bifocal blanks ' falling under S. Νο . 93-94 ( α ) ( iv ) / V for the period April , 1968-March , 1969 .
No. 273 - ITC ( PN ) /68.-Attention is invited to the Ministry of Commerce Public Nouce No. 202 - ITC ( PN ) / 68 dated the 17th September , 1968 , in terms of which importort of ' Rough blanks other than bifocal blanks' ( S. No. 93-94 ( a) ( iv) / V ) will be allowed to actual users upto 5 per cent of the face value of their actual user licences for raw materials or R's . 2,500 / - whichever is less .
2. The position has been reviewed and it has been decided that applications from actual users for import of 'Rough blanks other than bifocal blanks ' will be considered to the extent of only 25 per cent of actual user's entitlement for raw materials under the import policy for April , 1968-March 1969 .
3. The import policy for this item for April 1968-March 1969 period may be deemed to have been amended accordingly .
4. Actual users to whom import licences for this item have already been issued for the period April , 1968- March , 1969 under the Ministry of Commerce Public Notice No. 202 - ITC ( PN ) / 68 dated 17-9-1968 may approach the licensing authority concerned for necessary amendment of their licences .
R. J. REBELLO,
Chief Controller of Imports and Exports .
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