No. 137-ITC(PN)/72.—According to the import policy for the period April 1072— March 1973, the Import 01 Cynopyridine Is canalised through the State Trading Corporation and allotments of t.'iis item can be made to actual users on the basis of release orders issued by the State Drugs Control authorities. Registered exporters applying for this item have to approach the licensing authorities for issue of release orders under the policy for registered exporters. It may be clarified that import of all types of Cynopyridine is canalised through the State Trading Corporation of India Ltd. No import licences can, therefore, be granted for direct imports of this item under any name under the import policy for actual users and registered exporters. The same policy was applicable to the previous two licensing periods also.
2. In view of the above policy, import licences that might have been Issued under the import policy for actual users or registered exporters shall not be •* alid for shipment of this item against the unutilised value of such licences. The un- utilised value for this purpose will be taken as the value for which the goods against the licence have not been shipped or the licence holder has not made any firm commitment by opening an irrevocable letter of credit on or before the date of this Public Notice.
3. It has also been decided that actual users, registered exporters and nominees of registered exporters who have imported 'Cynopyridine' against their Import licences or who will be iroporting this item hereafter against the irrevocable letter* of credit opened on or before the date of this Public Notice, should report parti- culars of the goods in question whether in stocks or expected arrivals to the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports (Import Policy Cell), Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi within thirty days from the date gl this Public Notice, Indicating the quantity and C.I.F. valu? of the goods, and the imported material should not be utilised in any manner by the lincence holders except without the specific approval of C.C.I. &E.
M. M. REN,
Chief Controller of Imports & Exports.
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