The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY ,
PART I -Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 20] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1972/MAGHA 2, 1893
Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE
PUBLIC NOTICE
IMPORT TRADE CONTROL
New Delhi, the 22nd January 1972
SUBJECT.— Import of Fresh Fruits—all sorts, excluding Coconuts, Cashewnuts
and Dates S No, 21 (a) (i)/IV] from Afghanistan.
No. l0-ITC(PN)/72._Atten1ion is invited to Ministry of Foreign Trade Public Notice No. 93-ITC(PNV71. dated the 31st July, 1971 for import of fresh fruits from Afghanistan.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions as laid down in the aforesaid Public Notice, it has been decided to extend the date of import upto 31st March, 1972 and to allow import of fresh fruits from Afghanistan, within the prescribed ceiling.
3, The facility of advance experts will be available only to those approved importers who have made advance exports in the prescribed ratio of 75 per cent; 25 per cent, as between traditional and non-traditional commodities and have requitted their advance exports by counter-imports in full. This facility can also be availed of by those approved importers who have not as yet made any advance exports and are finding genuine difficulty in arranging imports of fresh fruits on outright purchasp basis.
88 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART I—SEC. I]4. It must be noted that the approved importers have to counter-balance their advance exports by imports by the 31st of March, 1972. Therefore, advance exports will be allowed upto the 29th February, 1972, so that there is time enough for the counter-balancing operations.
5. The approved importers who fail to fulfil their counter-balancing obliga- tions by the 31st March. 1972, are liable to be deregistered, in addition to other penal action that may be taken against them under Import Trade Control/Ex- change Control regulations.
M. M. SEN,
Chief Controller of Imports & Exports