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REGISTERED No. D. 221

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART I—Section 1

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 191] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1969/AGRAHAYANA 8, 1891

Separate paging: is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE

PUBLIC NOTICE

EXPORT TRADE CONTROL

New Delhi, the 29th November 1969

SUBJECT:—Scheme for the licensing of cotton yarn and cotton textiles for export

to the U.K. during the licensing year December 1969—November 1970.

No. PN(U.K. LICENSING)/1 of 1969.—The scheme relates to export of all the 18 categories of cotton textiles and cotton yarn (details of which are given In paragraph 2), from India to the U.K. under the quota for the licensing year Decem- ber 1969—November 1970.

2. Category details are as under: —

Main Group and category heading:

A. YARN:

1. Folded, grey or finished. 2. Others, n.e.s.

( 1079 )

B. GREY CLOTH.

3. Drills, Jeans and Gaberdines.

4. Poplins.

5. Other fabrics not exceeding 46" in width, of which non-coarse is a separate sub-category.

6. Other fabrics exceeding 46" but not exceeding 60" in width, of which non- coarse is a separate sub-category.

7A. Sheeting exceeding 60" In width.

7B. Other fabrics exceeding 60" in width.

fl. Others, n.e.s.

C. FINISHED CLOTH.

9. Terry towelling and similar terry fabrics.

10. Corduroys.

11. Poplins.

12A. Yarn-dyed and other finished sheeting over 60" in width.

12B. Other yarn-dyed piecegoods.

13. Others n.e.s.

D. MADE-UP GOODS.

14A. Made-up Sheets over 60* in width.

14B. Other Bed Linen.

15. Towels.

18. Men's and boys' shirts, raincoats and other proofed garments, Men's and boys' coats, waist-coats and trousers.

17. Handkerchiefs.

18. Others, n.e.s.

3. Exports shall be allowed from any port in India.

4. Licences under the scheme shall be issued by the Jt. Chief Controller of Imports and Exports, Bombay, on the basis of the quota certificates issued by the -Cofton Textiles Export Promotion Council, Bombay (TEXPROCIL.), on the recom- mendations of the U.K. Textiles Licensing Advisory Committee. This shall apply in the case of exports of all cotton yarns falling under categories 1 and 2.

5. In respect of exports of all cotton textile categories viz. from category 3 to 18 covering Groups of Grey Cloth, Finished Cloth and Made-ups, the quotas shall be allotted against individual shipments by the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council, Bombay, or its authorised representatives at upcountry ports of Calcutta, Madras, Pondicherry, Tuticorin, Cochin and New Delhi by way of endorsements on shipping bills on flrst-come-flrst-served basis. Licensing endorsements on such allotments shall be made by the concerned export control authorities at the port.ol shipment.

6. Licences and quotas shall not be transferable without the express consent In writing of the U.K. Textiles Licensing Advisory Committee.

7. All shipments of Cotton Yam and Cotton Textiles made during each month •from any port in India shall be reported by the exporters concerned to the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council by the 10th of subsequent month.

8. Procedure of submission of Export Certificates shall be as follows:

Exporters should prepare export certificates In the prescribed proforma In duplicate. One copy of the certificate. duly certified by the Export Control Authorities at the port of shipment and duly counter-signed by the Customs shall be retained at the port of shipment after the shipment has actually been passed which shall be collected from the Customs by the representative of the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council, The certificates thus collected by Texprocil shall be forwarded by It to the Ministry of Technology U.K. Under no circumstances, haye the export certificates be forwarded by the exporters, directly. The second copy of the similarly certified and authenticated export certificate shall be retained by the exporter. The exporter or his shipping agents should ensure that the original export certificate is retained by the Preventive Officer concerned after the shipment has been effected.

8. (a) The procedure of submission of Export Certificates in respect of Air con- signments shall be as follows:

The exporters shall prepare the export certificate as per the prescribed pro- forma in triplicate. The third copy of the export certificate, duly certified by the Export Control Authorities at the airport, shall be re- tained by them and Immediately forwarded by them to the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council for onward transmission to the Ministry of Technology, U.K. The original and the duplicate of the export certificates shall, in the usual manner, be handed over to the exporters concerned after processing In the Indian Customs Department, The original shall then be forwarded to the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council in the usual manner prescribed in paragraph 8 above.

9. In the case of exports against Re-export (RE) Undertakings, the Jt. Chief Controller of Imports and Exports, Bombay, shall issue Re-export Licences on the basis of quota certificates issued by the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council, Bombay. These quota certificates shall be issued by Texprocil on receipt of a copy of the U.K. Ministry of Technology [Re-export undertaking from the exporters.

10. In cases where the quota originally intended for home-retention is re-exported, the exporters shall have to furnish the replacement certificate issued by the U.K. Ministry of Technology, on the basis of which a subsequent re-export (SR) quota certificate will be issued by Texprocil. Licences against such SR quota certificates shall be issued by the Jt. Chief Controller of Imports and Exports, Bombay.

11. A non-refundable charge of Rs. 2.50 for every 10,000 square yards for cotton textiles and Rs. 5/- for every 10,000 lbs, of cotton yarn shall be levied by Texprocil for the issue of quota certificates subject to a minimum of Rs. 2,50 and Rs. 6/- respectively.

12. The U.K. Textiles Licensing Advisory Committee is empowered to:

(b) supervise the entire scheme;

(c) keep watch over the performance from time to time;

(d) Interpret and give decisions on various matters arising out of the opera-

tion of the scheme; and

(e) made such changes in the scheme as the licensing advisory committee

may consider fit from time to time.

13. The U.K. Textiles Licensing Advisory Committee consists of five representa- tives nominated by the Indian Cotton Mills' Federation, five representatives nomi- nated by the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council and one representative each nominated by the Textile Commissioner, Bombay, and the Jt. Chief Controller of Imports and Exports Bombay.

14. The address of the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council is as under: Engineering Centre,

9,- Mathew Road, Bombay-4.

(Issued from File No. 7/1/69/E.I.)

R, J. REBELLO,

Chief Controller of Imports and Exports

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