The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 92] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1981/VAISAKHA 9, 1903
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346 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART 1—SEC. 1]2. -The following items of iron and steel have been newly placed on Open General Licence for Actual Users (Industrial) vide torn No. 2 in Appendix 10 of import policy, 1981-82, sub- ject to the conditions applicable thereto :—
(i) Hi^h carbon (carbon 0.6 per cent and above) steel
• wire rods in coils.
(ii) All zrotita. of carbon-*teel (carbon l&s than 0.6
per cent) wire rods in coils.
(iii) Hot rolled ste^ts/strips/coils in thiclumt 2.5 mm
and bafmv.
(lv) Carbon steel billet to specification IS-283O/2831 or
equivalent.
(v) Squaresjromidsli'o^iitnexagonsioctpfionaltlats of c.irbon
steel of all grade's.
3. it has been decided that in respect of the above items, eligible importers shall be required to register their import contracts wjth the Iron and Steel Controller, Calcutta. Imports shall be allowed only after the connected contracts have been stamped by the Iron and Steel Controller, Calcutta as evi- dence of such registration. For this purpose, two copies of the contract should be lodged with the Iron and Steel Cont- roller, Calcutta and he will return one copy to the party duly stamped on ^each page. This condition will also be applicable to Export Houses and Trading Houses eligible to import these items in accordance with the import policy in force under which they can import raw materials as arc open to Actual Users (Industrial) under Open General Licence.
4. • Accordingly the following condition shall be incorporated after condition No. (22A) in Appendix 10 at pate 117 of import folicy; ,1981-82 :—
"(22-B) In the case of undermentioned iron and steel items of which import is allowed under Open Gene- ral Licence, the eligible importers—-Actual Users (Industrial) and others—shall be required to register their import contracts with lhe Iron and Steel Cont- roller, Calcutta within fifteen days from the date of entering into such contract. Imports shall be made only after ihe connected contracts have been stamped by the Iron and Steel Controller. Calcutta as evidence of such registration! For this purpose, two copies of the contract should be lodged with ihe Iron and Steel Controller, Calcutta and he will return one copy to the party duly stamped on each page. These items nre:—
(i) High carbon (carbon 0.6 per cent uud above) steel
wire rods in colls.
(ii) All grades of carbon nieel (carbon Jess than 0.6
per cent) wire rods in coils.
fili) Hot rolled sheets/strips/coils in thickness 2.5 mm
and below.
(lv) Carbon steel billet to specification IS-283O/2831
or equivalent.
(v) Squares/rounds/rods/hexauons/ociiRonsl flats of
carbon steel of all grades."
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
5. The. import contracts already entered into by eiisihlc importers for the aforesaid Hems under the import policy for 1981-82, during the period from 3rd April, 1981 to the date of this Public Notice should also be rcaistereil with the Iron and Steel Controller, Calcutta not later than 15th May, 1981. Imports against such contracts will also be allowed by the customs authorities only on production of the copy of the relevant contract duly stamped by Iron and Steel Controller as evidence of registration.
(Import Trade Control)