THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY

[PART I—SEC. 1}

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE

(Import Trade Control)

Public Notice No. 10-ITC(PN)/78

New Delhi, the 2nd February, 1978

Subject:—Import of dry fruits, asafoctida, cumin seeds etc.,

from Afghanistan and counter export of

goods

from India under indo-Afghan trade arrangement

from 1st August, 1977 to 31st July, 1978.

F. No, 3/4/77-78/Pol. I—m.—Attention Is invited to Pub-

lic Notice No. 114-ITC(PN)/77 dated 8th December, 1977

containing policy for import of dry fruits, asafoetida, cumin

seeds and medicinaf herbs, etc., from Afghanistan.

2. The Public Notice referred to above is amended as

follows :—

(1) For the R1TC No. "(08.12)" appearing the second-

line in the subject to the aforesaid Public Notice,

it shall read as "[08.01/13(3)]".

(2) (i) In addition to the applications from "approved

impoi1$rn" and ''others" as defined in paragraphs

Nos. 3 & 4, respectively, of the aforesaid Puolic

Notice, it has also been decided to entertain

applications from those—

(a) who have past exports to Afghanistan to their

credits in any of the five years namely, Feb.

'66—January

'67, August

'66—July

'67,

August '67—July⁷68, August '68—July '69,

August '69—July 70 and August '70—July 71;

(b) who had participated in Indo-Afghan trade

during any pf the three years, namely, March

72—February 73, March 73—Februaiy 74

and March 74—February 75 and had coun-

ter-balanced then- exports with imports in their

own name; and

submitted any

application

for

import of any item from Afghanistan during

Aug.

77—July 78 period in terms of the

aforesaid Public Nptice.

(ii) Th» eligible applicants are required to submit

applications complete in all respects for issue of

CCPs to the respective licensing authority on or

before 31st May, 1978 as mentioned in para 6

of the aforesaid Public Notice.

(iii) Apart from scrutinising the documents to estab-

lish the eligibility of the applicants, which the

licensing authorities will no doubt do as required

under tho terms and conditions of the aforesaid

J*ubljc Notice, eligible applicants under this

Public Notice are also required to furnish an

affidavit declaring their eligibility in terms of

sub-para 2(i)(a), 2(1)(b) and 2(i)(c).

(iv) The eligible applicants may apply for issue of

CCPs fpr import of dry fruits from Afghanistan

up to 32 per cent of the value of their best

year's exports to Afghanistan in any of the five

years mentioned at sub-para 2(i)(a) above;

(v) For imports of asafoetidH,

cumin

seeds and

medicinal herbs from Afghanistan, the eligible

applicants can submit applications without any

limit as to value;

Ill

(vi) Other terms and conditions of the Public Notice

No. 114-ITC(PN)/77 dated 8-12-1977 will apply

mutatis mutandis to applicants covered by this

Public Notice.

(3) Para No. 5(iii) of the aforesaid Public Notice shall

be substituted as follows :—

"5(iii) those whose countcr-batonting obligations in

respect of imports from and exports to Afghanistan

during the proceeding years except the year 1976-

77 remain

unfulfilled."

(4) Para, 25 of the aforesaid Public Notice shall read

as follows :—

"25. In terms of this Public Notice, CCPs wilt be valid

up to 31st July, 1978."

(5) Tho remarks namely, "Tmport/Export of these items

will remain suspended for the time being" appearing

against item number 5 of Schedule A and item

number 5 of Schedule B-IL, respectively of Annexure

1 to Public Notice

No.

1144TC(PN)/77

dated

8-12-1977 shall be omitted.

(6) The following note shall be incorporated immediately

below para 5 of the Public Notice number 114-ITC

(PN)/77 dated 8-12-1977 :—

"Note.—"Approved importers' who have been participat-

ing in the Indo-Afghan Trade in the past, in their

own right shall not be denied CCPs merely on the

ground that one of the partners is also a partner

or proprietor of

another "approved importers'

firm"."

(7) The following note shall be incorporated below

para 5(iv) of the aforesaid Public Notice :—

"Note.—This para is applicable only to those concerns

who are proprietary concerns with minors as pro-

prietors and not to the partnership concerns where

some partners are minors and others are major."

(8) The following paragraphs shall be inserted beTow

para 12(3) of the

Public Notice number 114-

lTC(PN)/77 dated 8-12-1977 :—

"12(4)—Exports of commodities covered under Sche-

dule B-f and Schedule B-Jl can also be made in

any quantity against payment made by establish-

ing letters of credit in transferable U.S. dollars or

pounds sterling, or in any other freely convertigte

currency."

"12(5)—It is not necessary to confirm counter balanc-

ing exports against previous imports of items

other than dry fruits in order to obtain CCP for

dry fruits. This principle shall extend in the cases

of other items, such as asafoetida, cumin seeds and

medicinal herbs."

"12(6)—Shortfalls in

counter-balancing

export to

Afghanistan, against imports effected earlier up to

1/2 per cent of the value of totaf imports or

Rs. 250 (Rupees two hundred and fifty only),

whichever is less are condonable.

Further the

licensing authorities shall issue CCPs where they

are satisfied that the shortfalls in counter-balunc-

ing exports against earlier imports from Afghanis-

tan under Indo-Afghan Trade Arrangement, do

not exceed 1 per cent of the total value of imports.

This will, however, be subject to the importer pro-

ducing a bond on the stamped paper, supported by

a bank guarantee, that the shortfall shall be made

good within a period of 60 days."

K. V. SESHADRI, Chief Controller

of Imports and Exports

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AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI-110054, 1978