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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON BOP/357 May 1964TARIFFS AND TRADE Limited Distribution

Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions Original: English

1964 CONSULTATIONS UNDER ARTICLE XVIII: 12(b) WITH

P A K I S T A N

Basic Document for the Consultation

1. Legal and administrative basis of the restrictions

The statutory basis of import restrictions in Pakistan is the Imports andExports (Control) Act of 1950, as amended. Under the authority of the Act, theGovernment issues orders on a semi-annual basis, showing items that may be importedand other instructions regarding imports. The Act is administered by the Ministryof Commerce.

Functioning under the Ministry is a special committee established, to allocatefor the different regions of the country the foreign exchange available forcommercial imports among different categories of goods. The committee is composedof the representatives of different government departments which have an interestin import policy and of representatives of the provincial governments. Also underthe Ministry of Commerce are the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports and twoRegional Controllers for West and East Pakistan respectively. There are threelicensing boards for allocation of import licences to individuals - one forKarachi, one for the rest of West Pakistan and one for East Pakistan. The ChiefController (Karachi Licensing Board only) and the respective controllers andthe representatives of the Ministry of Industries and the provincial governmentconcerned form the Licensing Board.

Before being permitted to engage in export or permit trade, all importers andexporters must in accordance with the Registration (Importers and Exporters) Orderof 1952, register themselves with the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports.Import control orders are published in the official Gazette of Pakistan.

2. Methods used in restricting imports

The import policy in force during the current half-ycar licensing periodJanuary-June 1964, is designed to continue a liberal pattern of imports and providemaximum facilities for import of essential industrial material - and equipmentneeded for industrial production, as well as some essential consumer goods.

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All imports are subject to licence, except goods imported over the land routefrom Iran and Afghanistan, and certain other types of imports such as passengersbaggage, samples, advertising material, gifts, etc., (specified in Ministry ofCommerce Notification 335/260/24 of 12 June 1951, as amended). Import licencesare issued according to a number of criteria, involving varying degrees ofde facto restrictions on imports. An import licence may be used in any countryof the world except for items for which single country licences are issued. Inaddition, imports under foreign aid arrangements are in some instances limitedas to the source of supply (tied loans or grants). Import licences (hereafterreferred to as ordinary import licences) are issued on a half-yearly basis whichis specified in the import policy announcement. In addition, import licenses areissued for a wide range of specific items under the Export Bonus Scheme and forother specific items under barter arrangements concluded with foreign governmentsor with concerns abroad. The control on the utilization of foreign exchange isexercised through the State Bank of Pakistan which releases exchange for validimport licences.

Goods for which ordinary import licences are issued for the licensing periodJanuary-June 1964 are listed in the Annex to this document. Licences are validfor the import of all goods and commodities covered by the list except goods andcommodities which have been specifically excluded. It is noticed that the importlicensing system is based on percentages of categories ir. respect of initial andrepeat licences to commercial importers. In sone cases "ceilings" have beenfixed. A distinction is made in administering the import control system betweenindustrial consumers and commercial importers. Special provisions exist foradmitting qualified newcomers as importers. Certain imports (those marked withan asterisk in the list of importable items reproduced in the Annex) are reservedto the industrial consumers. Imports are admitted under the following categories:

I Open General LicenceII Automatic LicensingIII Industrial LicensingIV Imports under Export Bonus VouchersV Imports under Individual Licensing

I. Open General Licence

Fifty-one items, mainly industrial raw materials and parts, chemicals, drugsand medicines, metals, certain tools and workshop equipment, tractors and auto-motive conveyances, motor cycles, scooters and parts, and accessories of all motorvehicles, scientific and medical apparatus and instruments, certain office equip-ment, raw and synthetic rubber, and articles made of rubber, vegetable seeds andliving plants, are importable under Open General Licence. (See Annex 1 (a) for adetailed listing). Registration and/or issue of licenses to newcomers under OpenGeneral Licence are restricted to resident national of Pakistan and to firms,business houses and institutions wholly owned by resident Pakistani nationals.

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II. Automatic Licensing

The nine items listed below are subject to automatic licensing: explosives,limestone (for East Pakistan only), suitcase locks and fittings, including safelocks and automatic door locks, brake fluid, glue, gums and resins, including lacand shellac, photographic films, plates and paper including sensitized paper,condensed milk, and non-fat dried milk (for East Pakistan only), shaving brushesand tooth brushes. For these items, importers are entitled to apply for anotherlicence on production of bills of lading duly certified by a scheduled bank andaccompanied by relevant invoices for 75 per cent or more of the value of theearlier licence. Initial and repeat licences to commercial importers are issuedat 100 per cent of category except in respect of milk condensed and preserved,for which initial and repeat licences are issued at 40 per cent of the category,(20 per cent of which is to be utilized for imports of non-fat dried milk) andfor shaving brushes and tooth brushes the initial and repeat licences are issuedat 75 per cent of the category.

III. Industrial Licensing

Under the system of industrial licensing, three licensing categories may bedistinguished.

(a) Request Basis Licensing(b) Automatiac Licensing(c) Other

(a) Request Basis Licensing

During the period January-June 1964, licensing applications for goods on thelicensable import list will be granted:

(i) In the amounts requested to the following industries:bone-meal, carpet making, fish canning and preservation guar gum,kapok ginning, musical instruments, sports goods. surgical instruments,tanning, wool scouring and cleaning,

(ii) at 80 per cent (initial licence) of the value licensed duringJanuary-June 1964 to the following industries:absorbent cotton, boot polish, brass water fittings, cereal manufactures,cosmetics, collapsible tubes, cutlery, centrifugal pumps, diesel engines,electric fans, enamelled ware, electric lamps, electric motors, fruitcanning and preservation, gramophone records, hosiery (yarn restricted)including handkerchief manufacturing, handlooms (units of 75 looms andabove only) including jamdani and banarsi looms, hurricane lanterns,leather goods (excluding leather and fabrics), mathematical instruments,hospital equipment, nylon gut and monofilament, optical frames, paintsand varnishes, pencils (excluding paint), matches (blue paper restricted)plywood, leather footwear (excluding leather), rubber goods, rubber tyresand tubes, rubber footwear, sheet glass and glassware, soap, staves andpressure lamps, thread spooling (yarn restricted), typewriter carbons andribbons, tufting (excluding yarn), toothpaste, watch straps and brace-lets, water proofing textiles.

The issue of further licenses would depend on the export purposes of thelicensing application. Industrial units are entitled to additionallicensing equal to 100 per cent of the f.o.b. value of their exports.

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(b) Automatic Licensing

In this group there are eighth-three industries which are listed in Annex II.These industries will receive initial and repeat licences at 100 per cent. ofassessed single shift capacity for raw materials as well as spare parts. Initialand repeat licences to these industries will be issued on production of bill ofentry for 75 per cent or more of the value of the earlier licence.

(c) Other

The licensing factor of industries not covered under (a) and (b) is announcedby the Licensing Boards concerned, and these are listed in Annex III.

Licences will be issued to industrial consumers on the basis of amountsindicated by them for different items of their approved entitlements, subject toany restrictions which may be prescribed in respect of any particular item.Licensing for raw materials will not be converted into spare parts and vice versa.Licences for spare parts which require special fabrication will be made validfor more than six months on individual request. Industrial consumers, whetherrecognized or unrecognized, (other than the industries detailed in the Ministryof Commerce's public notice, as amended) will be eligible to obtain licences inadvance against export orders for the import of specified items of their productionrequirements, including packing materials up to 40 per cent of f.o.b. value ofexports, subject to a bank guarantee being furnished by them that they willsurrender, within a period to be specified by the liceneing authority concerned,an amount equal to the value of the licence in the form of bonus vouchers if theyfail to export. The following industries will meet their requirements of rawmaterials and spares from their own resources; biscuits and confectionery,beverages, bricks and tiles, cotton textiles (weaving and spinning). The firstthree exporting units will, however, be entitled to licences against actualperformance or bank guarantee, in the prescribed form, to export.

IV. Imports. under Export Bonus Vouchers

The Export Bonus Scheme was introduced on 15 January 1959. Under thisscheme which is scheduled to be in operation until June 1965, all exports, exceptthe main traditional ones, i.e., raw jute, raw cotton, hides and skins (with afew exceptions) wool, rice (some varieties only) and ia earn negotiable bonusvouchers for a specified percentage of their f.o.b. value.There are at presentfive possible bonus percentages resulting in six fluctuating multiple buyingrates: 10 per cent for cotton yarn, 20 per cent for jute and cotton manufactures(except cotton yarn), for raw materials, semi-manufactured goods, by-productsand for certain Indus Basin contracts, 30 per cent for machine items suppliedunder Indus Basin contracts. 35 per cent for fresh fruit and potatoes and30 per cent for all other goods. Bonus Vouchers are freely transferrable.Importlicences are issued against vouchers which are valid for six months from thedate of their issue except for imports of heavy machinery and equipment forwhich the period may be extended up to twenty-four months. The scheme does notapply to exports under barter or other transactions that do not bring foreignexchange.

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V. Imports under Individual Licensing

Apart from regular licensing procedure, applications for new licences toimport particular products for the applicant's own use, or for emergencyreplacement of products and machinery, are favourably considered by the licensingauthority, if these are considered as justified imports. These items are listedin Annex I(b).

3. Treatment of imports from different sources

Licences are valid for all countries except in the case of licences forimporters under aid/loan or licensing assured for specific countries inaccordance with any trade agreement. Recently the Government of Pakistan hasdecided to allow the import of MS billets, pig iron, tin plate and stripswithout cover of any licence from the United States only under the United StatesLoan Agreement with Pakistan.

Pakistan has bilateral trade agreements with a number of countries, most ofwhich have been in effect for some years. Among these are the Agreements withAustria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Burma, Ceylon, Czechoslovakia, Federal Republic ofGermany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, UnitedArab Republic and Yugoslavia. A Trade Agreement with France provides quotas fora limited amount of specific products. Agreements generally contain commoditylists but no quotas and settlements are generally in convertible currencies.Only the Agreements with India and Nepal call for bilateral accounts.

4. Commodities or groups of commodities affected by various forms ofrestrictions

(See note above).

5. Use of State-trading or government monopoly in restricting imports

Government purchases abroad, account for 20 to 30 per cent of total importexpenditure. State trading for ordinary purposes is, however, limited to certainessential foodstuffs (i.e. wheat and rice) and coal is intended to ensureequitable marketing and adequate supply at reasonable prices to the localpopulation. The following table shows the value of such imports in recent years(excluding imports under the United States Surplus Commodity Agreement):

(In Million Rupees)

Commodity 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962(Jan-Feb)

Food grains - - 120 546 472 415 594 292 -

Coal 58 58 63 80 70 52 82 118 10

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6. Measures in relaxing or otherwise modifying restrictions

The basic objective of the import policy in recent years has been towardsa judicious and careful utilization of country's foreign exchange reserves tomeet the growing imports for the development plan. However, consistent withthe availability of foreign exchange, continuous efforts have been made over thepast two years to relax import restrictions gradually. The liberal trend in thepolicy has been maintained for the current period January-June 1964, with minoradjustments. Three new items have been added to the Open General Licence list,four items have been included in the licensable list, namely clear varnish,lacquer, buffalo horn, fresh fruit, bamboo, san grass and one item has beenplaced exclusively in thelicensable list., namely stationery. There are fouritems which have been deleted from the licensable list and placed exclusivelyon the bonus list and they are, building and engineering materials (except silicasand) leather scrap, unwrought leather and coir fibres and coir yarn. The newOpen General Licence list includes brake fluid, nylon twine, marine engines andspares for actual users in East Pakistan. Imports of books and magazines hasbeen liberalized. Provision has been made for initial licensing at 300 per centrepeatable at 100 per cent. Scientific and technical magazines and journals areplaced on request basis for universities, recognized educational and researchinstitutions. The import policy also provides for the introduction of newcomersinto spices, canes and rattans trade in East Pakistan. Some important changesare noticeable with regard to licences for industrial imports. Eight newindustries have been brought under the purview of export industries for licensingpurposes and these are enamelware, waterproof textiles, cereal manufacturing,electric lamp manufacturing, hospital equipment, electric motors, handloomindustry units (having seventy-five looms and above and watch industry.

7. Effects of restrictions on trade and general policy in the use ofrestrictions for balance-of-payments reasons

As stated earlier, the basic criterion of import policy in recent years hasbeen to utilize the available foreign exchange in a judicious and carefulmanner and also to conserve a large proportion of the country'sforeign exchangeearnings through restrictions, in order to import essential supplies of rawmaterials for industrial replacements and spare parts of machinery and capitalgoods and essential items for development purposes. The balance of payments ofPakistan has been greatly influenced by the country's development plan. Thesteep rise in imports related directly to these efforts, resulted in the rise inforeign loans. Export receipts increased, but they have not been sufficient,in consideration of the situation, where the excess demand for imports has notbeen fully reflected in actual imports due to restrictions. Pakistan'sexport receipts amounted in 1962-63 to $427 million in comparison to the previousyear of $387 million. This rise is mainly due to increases in the price ofraw jute and increased production and export of raw cotton. Imports have,however, been rising at a rapid pace as the development programme gathered momentum.

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This factor coupled with the import liberalization programme resulted inimports during 1962-63 of the order of $802 million as against $653 millionduring 1961-62 giving a net deficit of $375 million during 1962-63.

List of Annexes

I(a) List of items on Open General Licences.I(b) List of items on individual licences.II List of industries for automatic licensing.III List of industries to be licensed according to the

discretion of the Licensing Board.

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ANNEX I(a)

LIST OF OGL ITEMS

S1. Classifi- Minimum MaximumNo. Item cation value to be limit Remarks

licensed

Rs.

PART I

1. Iron and steel, exclu-ding items detailedin Annex IV-A

50,000 5,00,000 Repeat licence willissue against proofof opening of Letterof Credit againstearlier licence

PART II

**2. Metals, non-ferrousand ferro alloys, ex-cluding items givenin Annex IV-B

10,000

PART III

**3. Tools and workshopequipment

15,000 Initial licence willissue for all per-missible items underPart III. Licencesof establishedimporters with avalue of Rs.75,000/-and above shall beutilized for anamount not less than20 per cent of thevalue of the licencefor import ofspecified items(Annex III-A)

Rs.

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licensed

Rs.**3. Tools and workshop

equipment (cont'd)

Rs.(Not more than 5 percent of the value ofthe licence shall beutilized for import ofsand paper, emery paperand cloth in WestPakistan)

Repeat licence willissue only for itemsin Annex III-A

PART IV

(GROUP B-1)

4. Books (bound or Items 1 & 4unbound), all sorts,including technicalbooks on allsciences, maps,charts, blue prints,proofs, geographi-cal globes, manu-scripts, illustra-tions speciallymade for binding inbooks, excludinghorror comics, anti-Islamic literatureand obscene litera-ture

Initial licence toestablished importersshall issue o300 per cent ofcategory

Not less than 90 percent of the value ofthe licence shall beutilized for theimport of text, techni-cal and referencebooks

Additional licencesnot exceeding 25 percent of category orRs. 2,500/- for OGLimporters will beissued on request forimport of bookspublished under theUK Subsidized Schemeand will be repeatedfor the same value

10, 000

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licensed

Rs.

4. Books ... (cont'd)

Rs.

The present limit ofRs. 300/- for freeimport of books byindividuals, subjectto State Bankregulations, is raisedto RS. 500/- per annum

5. Asphalt, pitch andtar

6. Cement (grey)

7. Silbatta

Item 2

(GROUP B-2)

2,500

Item 5

Item 10 2,500

45,000 For East Pakistanonly. Not more than20 per cent of thevalue of the licenceshall be utilizedfor import of tar

For East Pakistanonly (on free list)

For East Pakistanonly

8. Camphor

9. Gas in cylinders(excluding anhy-drous ammonia gasfor West Pakistan)

10. Soda ash

11. Chemicals all sorts,n.o.s. includingcaustic soda andexcluding itemsdetailed inAnnex IV-D

Item 1

Item 2

Item 6

Item 7

(GROUP C-1)

1,000

5,000

5,000

5,000 1, 50,000For East Pakistan only

(i) Not less than5 per cent of thevalue of the licenceshall be utilizedfor import of causticsoda,

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licensed

11. Chemicals ... (cont'd)Rs. Rs.

(ii) 5 per cent ofthe value of thelicence shall beutilized for importof soda ash inKarachi and WestPakistan,(iii) The aboverestrictions will notapply to licences forvalues below Rs.20,000which will not bevalid for import ofsoda ash

12. Drugs and medicines(Allopathic) allsorts, n.o.s. sub-ject to lists Aand B of Annex V

13. Saccharine intablet form insmall packingsonly, excludingDulcin and P-4000

14. Coaltar dyes inclu-ding dyes for textileprinting

15. Dyeing and tanningsubstances all sorts,n. o. s. excludingHena, sulphonatedoils, includingsulphonated castoroil, cremol sulpho-nated oil, TurkeyRed Oil and kidfinishing oil

*16. Gas black andcarbon black

Item 8 & 9

Item 10

Item 1

Item 2

Item 4

7,500

1,000

(GROUP D)

5,000 1, 20,000

5,000

Licensed through-Industry

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licensed

Rs. Rs.

(GROUP E-1)

17. Laboratory glassware, Item 7graduated or ungra-duated

18. Vacuum flasks inclu- Item 8ding refills

19. Electric insulating Item 13material, allsorts, n.o.s.

20. Anchors and cables

21. Needles, all sorts,n. o.s.

22. Valves for iron andsteel pipes andtubes

Item 1

Item 6

Item 17

10,000

2,500 (Initial and repeatlicences will issueat 75 per cent ofcategory). Not lessthan 5 per cent ofthe value of licenceshall be utilized forimport of refills,except in the case oflicences for valuesbelow Rs. 5,000/-

1,000

(GROUP H-2)

5,000

1,000

1,000

23. Medical appliancesmade of silk or

artificial silk

Item 1

(GROUP I)1,000

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licensed

Rs. Rs.

24. Scientific instru- Item 2 2,500ments, apparatusand appliance allsorts, n.o.s. andcomponent parts, andaccessories thereof,including weighingscales, weigh-bridges,clinical thermometersand other instruments(excluding geometryboxes of the C & Fvalue Rs. 3 and below)

25. Surgical instruments, Item 4 2,500apparatus and appli-ances and parts andaccessories thereof,n.o.s., other thanthose made in Pakistanand excluding absorbentcotton wool but inclu-ding artificial teeth

(GROUP M-1)

26. Typewriters and Item 4 10,000 1,00,000parts thereof, n.o.s.(new)

27. Office machines and Item 6 10,000 25,000office equipmentand parts andaccessories thereof

(GROUP M-2)

28. Packing for engines Item 1 1,000and boilers, allsorts, n.o.s.

29. Ball roller and Item 2 5,000taper bearings

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licensed

Rs. Rs.

*30. Marine dieselengines

31. Tractors (standar-dized makes only asgiven in Annex III-D) and mechanicalfarming equipment,n.o.s., and partsand accessories oftractors andmechanical farmingand agriculturalequipment all sorts

Item 3 For individual usersengaged in rivertransport. Individuallicence shall covercost of one marinediesel engine andspares

Actual user's licencewill cover cost ofone tractor andaccompanying spares,etc.

Item 4(i)& (ii)

32.Brake fluid Item 2

(GROUP 0-1)

2,500

(GROUP P-3)

For East Pakistan only

33.Cinematographic filmsunexposed

34. X-ray films andplates

35. Plants living

36. Vegetable andflower seeds (exclu-ding onion seeds)

Item 1

Item 3

Item 1

Item 2

5,000

5,000

(GROUP P-4)

2,500

1,000

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licensed

Rs. Rs.

(GROUP P-6)37. Milk food for infants Item 18

and malted milk, oval-tine and milo

38. Sago Item 36

2,500

1,000

(GROUP R)

*39. Raw rubber includingsynthetic rubber

40. Tyres and tubes,n.o.s. (excludingfactory rejects)

Item 1

Item 5 10,000 1,50,000

Licensed throughindustry

Minimum unit forestablished importersand newcomersadmitted in 1960Rs. 50,000/-

41. Rubber scrap exclu-ding rubber coatedcanvas and rubberbelting scrap

42. Crepe rubber sheets

43. Rubber patches andsolution (excludinghot patches)

44. Scientific andsurgical instruments,apparatus and appli-ances made of rubberincluding contra-ceptives

Item 9

Item 10

Item 11

Item 13

45. Duplicating stencils Item 1

*46. Nylon twine (forfishing)

Item 6

2,500

2,500

1,000

1,000

(GROUP S)5,000

(GROUP T-2)2,500 For actual users

engaged in fishingindustry

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S1. Classifi- Minimum Maximum

No. Item cation value to be limit RemarkslicensedRs. Rs.

(GROUP V)**47. Motor cycles and

motor scooters, notexceeding 200 cc.

Item 6°

**48. Automotive convey- Item 10ances, n.o.s. inclu-ding rickshaws withoutbodies and equalnumber of faremeters

49. Parts and accessories Item 11of all automotivevehicles, n.o.s., in-cluding spare parts,for marine engines(excluding itemsdetailed inAnnex IV-M)

10,000

° 10,000

5,000

(i) Initial and repeatlicences will issueat 66 2/3 per cent ofcategory

(ii) Not less than5 per cent and notmore than 10 per centof the value of thelicence shall beutilized for spareparts thereof(i) Initial and repeatlicences will issueat 66 2/3 per centof category

(ii) Not less than5 per cent and notmore than 10 per centof the value of thelicence shall beutilized for spareparts thereof

5,00,000

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licensed

Rs. Rs.

(GROUP MISC-1)

50. Cork manufactures Item 3 1,000n.o.s.

51. Gelatine capsules Item 14 1,000

*For actual users, licences will issue to cover one vehicle only. Repeatfacility shall, however, be available in respect of item 48. The followingconditions will also apply to applicants for auto rickshaws:

(i) The applicant must be in transport business,

(ii) A person who has already received a licence for this item underOGL shall not be licensed.

**Repeat licences for these items will issue on production of Bill of Entry

showing 75 per cent or more utilization of the previous licence. In the caseof aluminium and copper, however, repeat licences will issue on production offull of Lading showing 75 per cent or more utilization of the previous licence.

Repeat licences in case of East Pakistan shall issue against production ofBill of Lading only.

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ANNEX I(b)

OTHER lTEMS NOT ON OGL/AUTOMATIC LICENSING

ITCS1. Item RemarksNo. Classifica-

tion

PART III

1. Tools and workshop equipmentexcluding items detailed inAnnex IV-C

Not more than 5 per cent ofthe value of the licence shallbe utilized for import ofsand paper, emery paper andcloth in West Pakistan

PART IV

(GROUP A-1)

2. Second- hand clothing (woollenand woollen mixtures only)

Item 6

(GROUP B-1)

3. Journals, magazines and otherperiodicals, including dailynewspapers, excluding horrorcomics, anti-Islamic literatureand obscene literature

Item 2

(GROUP B-2)

4. Asbestos manufactures excluding Item 1cement sheets

5. Asphalt, pitch and tar

6. Chalk and clay in bulk, allsorts, n.o.s.

7. Earthen wash basins, sinksand closets

*8. Firebricks*9. Silica sand

Item 2

Item 3

Item 7

Item 9

Item 14

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ITCm ~~~~~~ITCReakSI. Item Classifica- RemarksNo. tion

(GROUP C-1)10. Homoeopathic and biochemic Item 9

medicines, all sorts11. Medicinal herbs and crude drugs Item 9

excluding items detailed inAnnex IV-E

(GROUP C-2)

12. Clocks (raw material only, Item 1excluding movements and cases)

(GROUP D)13. Clutch and gambier, all sorts Item 3

(GROUP E-1)

14. Earthenware, china, porcelain, Item 1all sorts, n.o.s.

15. Sheet and plate glass, the Item 2 Not less than 20 per centfollowing and mirrors bevelled or of the value of the licenceplain: shall be utilized for

import of mirror sheets

(i) Sheet or plate glass of morethan 6 mm thickness

(ii) Polished sheet or plate, glass

(iii) Coloured glass

(iv) Wired glass

16 Glass bottles and phials including Item 3glass ampoules (for Pharmaceuticalindustry only), the following:

(i) All types of ampoules of glassfor injectibles;

(ii) Flat bottle tubes for tabletpacking;

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S1. RemarksNo. Classifica-

tion

*16. (cont 'd)

(iii) All vials of neutral glass Item 3for anti-biotics;

(iv) Amber bottles for packingvitamin preparations;

(v) Blue glass bottles

17. Glass and glassware, the following:

(i) Heat-proof glassware Item 4

(ii) Crystal glass tumblers and jugs

*18. Lampshells Item 4

(GROUP E-2)*19. Flourescerrt electric tubes, parts Item 3

and accessories (raw material forindustry)

20. Specially designed electric lamps Item 3(bulbs), as given in Annex III-B

21. Electric cables and wires (excluding Item 4the types given in Annex IV-F)

22.Wireless reception instruments and Item 9 Licences to commercialparts and accessories thereof importers will issue forincluding aerials spare parts only

23. Electric instruments, apparatus Item 11and appliances and parts andaccessories thereof, includingcinema carbons and electro-medi-cal apparatus, (excluding itemsgiven in Annex IV-G)

24. Accumulators and batteries and parts Item 12and accessories thereof, all sorts,n.o.s., including batteries formotor vehicles and wireless apparatus.

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S1. Item TTC RemarksNo. Classifica- Remarkstion

(GROUP G)

25. Silver thread and wire includingimitation gold and silver threadand wire metallic, gelatine andplastic spangles

(GROUP H-1)

26. Hair clippers including electrichair clippers

27. Pressure lamps and parts thereof

(GROUP H-2)28. Cast iron pipes and fittings thereof

excluding cast iron pipes of andbelow 4" dia.

29. Hamdware ironrongery, other thandomestic all sorts, n.o.s., excludingtools, crown corks and brass waterfittings

30. lacquered cans for canning industry731. Metal valves and cores for cycle tubes

and wire beads for cycle tyres

32. Iron and steel bolts, nuts and screwsex-luding machine screws of brass andsteel of 1/8", 3/16" and 1/4" thicknessand also nuts of thesS sizes B.&.W.

33. Iron or steel rivets

34. Ironnorlsteel rais and washers(special types only as given inAnnex 1II-C)

Item 3

Item 1

Item 5

Item 2

Item 6

Item 6

Item 6

Licences can be made validfor import of barber'ssharpening stones also, onindividual applicationsFor East Pakisten only

Metal valves shall belicefsed only Vor exportof bicycle tubes

Item 7

Item 8

Item 9

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Sl. Item ITC RemarksNo. Classifica-

tion

(GROUP H-2) (cont'd)

35. Iron or steel wire rope and wire strand

36. Iron or steel wire nails other thanfrom 1/2" to 6"

37. Boot and shoe grindery all sorts n.o.s.

38. Iron or steel wood screws excludingsizes from 1/2"x4 guage to 3"x16 guage

(GROUP I)39. Gramophones, parts and accessories

thereof, needles, record player andrecord changers

(GROUP L)40. Alcoholic drinks excluding rum and gin

41. Drinks, all sorts, n.o.s.

(GROUP M-1)42. Domestic sewing machines and parts

thereof

(GROUP M-2)45. Machinery and millwork and parts and

accessories thereof, all sorts, n.o.s.,(excluding items detailed in Annex IV-H)

Item 10

Item 11

Item 14Item 15

Item 3

Items 2 Not more than 20 perand 3 cent of the value of

the licence shall beutilized for importof beer which will beallowed to be importedin bottles only

Item 4

item 2

Item 3

Licences to commercialimporters in Karachiand West Pakistan willissue for spares only.

Not less than onefourth of the value ofthe licence shall beused for importingspare parts ofmachinery

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Sl. Item ITC RemarksNo. Classifica-

tion

(GROUP 0-1)

44. Essential oils, all sorts, n.o.s., Item 3including synthetic essential oils

45. Petroleum and products thereof, Items 4including greases, kerosene and and 7motor and aviation spirits.

46. Coconut oil Item 10 (also for commercialimporters in EastPakistan)

47. Linseed oil Item 11

(GROUP 0-2)48. Copra (inedible) Item 2 For East Pakistan only

(GROUP P-1)*49. Paints (clear varnish lacquers Item 1

waterproof, for bobbin manu-facturing and sports goods indus-tries only)

50. Pigments and dry colours, excluding Item 3items detailed in Annex IV-I

*51. Lithopone Item 4

*52. Barytes- (snow-white grade only) Item 5

53. Painter's material all sorts, n.o.s. Item 7including artists brushes

*54. Plumbago and graphite Item 8

(GROUP P-2)

55. Paper all sorts, n.o.s., including Item 2printing paper (excluding itemsgiven in Annex IV-J)

56. Pasteboard, millboard and cardboard Item 3all sorts, excluding ivory board andpulp board

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ITCSl. Item Classifica- RemarksNo. tion

(GROUP P-3)57. Photographic instruments, apparatus Item 5

and appliances and parts and accessoriesthereof (cameras of the C & F value ofRs.40 and below only)

58. Optical instruments, apparatus and Item 8accessories thereof

(GROUP P-4)59. Onion seeds including onions Items 2

and P-6/29(GROUP P-5)

60. Synthetic stones including Item 4glass stones

(GROUP P-6)

61. Coffee (including coffee beans) Item 5

62. Fresh fruits Item 11 For East Pakistan only.

*63. Hops Item 15

64. Patent and farinaceous food, n.o.s., Item 19excluding cereal products andpreparations thereof except rolledoats

65. Khari salt Item 21 For East Pakistan only

66. Spices all sorts, n.o.s., Item 26excluding chillies, ginger andturmeric

*67. Tea for blending (superior quality) Item 27

*68. Barley malt in bulk Item 40

Item 4169. Food colours

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ITCSl. Item Classifica- Remarks

tion

(GROUP R)70. Nipples for feeding bottles item 6

. 1 . (GROUP S)

*71. Fountain pen nibs Item 2

72. Printers' ink Item 4

73. Slates and slate pencils Item 5 Not less than 20 per centof the value of the licenceshall be utilized forimport of slate pencils.

74. Stationery, all sorts, n.o.s., Item 6(excluding items detailed in Annex IV-K)

(GROUP T-1)*75. Wool raw Item 3

*76. Wool tops and shoddy wool Item 4

*77. Coir ropes for fishing Item 5(GROUP T-2)

78. Silk yarn and thread, all sorts Item 1

79. Cotton yarn (higher counts only) Item 4

80. Cotton thread, all sorts, n.o.s. Item 5

*81. Umbrella cloth Item 10

*82. Karakuli cloth Item 11

*83. Cycle tyre cord fabrics )

84. Cotton banding and cotton driving ropes)85. Fire fighting hose )

86. Polishing cloth ) Item 19

87. Ropes sisal and manila )

88. Coir ropes

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Item

(GROUP T-3)

Bidi leaves

ITCClassifica-

tion

Item 6

(GROUP T-4)

90 Razor and razor sets(GROUP V)

91. Aeroplane and parts and accessories

thereof

92. Cycles complete including tools andinflators, but excluding bells, carriers,stands and oil lamps

93. Parts and accessories of cycles,including cycle steel balls ofsizes 1/4" and below (excludingitems detailed in Annex IV-L).

94. Motor cars

95. Motor vans, omnibuses, lorries, andtrucks (CED) and station wagons

96. Motor vehicles (four wheel drive 4x4)

97. Component, parts and accessories oftram cars.

(GROUP W)

98. Canes and rattans n.o.s.

99. Wood and timber, all sorts, n.o.s.,including teak-wood, but excludingkuring, pinewood and kail

*100. Raw agar wood

101. Bamboo and san grass

(GROUP MISC-1)

102. Celluloid

Item

Item 2 (For East Pakistan only)

Item 3

Item

Item

Item

Item

Item

Item

Item

Item

4

7

7

9

2

2

3



Item 2 Not more than 20 per centof the value of the licenceshall be utilized forimport of conical tubes

Sl.No.

*89.

BOP/35

Remarks

Item 6

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Sl. Item ITCNo. Classifica- Remarks

tion

(GROUP MISC-1) (cont'd)

*10.3. Dome nuts Item 4*104. Feathers of birds, other than those of Item 5

wild birds

*105. Fittings for parasoles, sunshades and Item 6umbrellas

106. Thermoplastic moulding compounds Item 9(i)

107. Unwrought plastic rods, tubes and other Item 9(ii)profiles and unwrought plastic sheets(10/1,000" and above)

108. Tallow (inedible) Item 13

(GROUP MISC-2)109. Animals Item 1

110. Buttons (special types) excluding Item 4press buttons

111. Conch shells Item 6

*112. Ivory (unmanufactured) Item 8113. Polishes and compositions, n.c.s., Item 12

excluding shoe polishes but includingsuch shoe polishes as are meant forapplication to shoes made of silverleather, gold leather, glace kid(other than black, brown or tan) andpatent leather

114. Stearine and wax all sorts Item 17

1150 Requisites for games and sports, inclu- Item 18(i)ding fish hooks, but excluding cricketbats, pads and wickets, hockey sticks,volley balls, footballs, badminton andtennis rackets

116. Buffalo horns Item 20

117. Viscose packing and wrapping film and Item 21plastic wrapping films

118. Shoe lasts Item 25

119. Sizing material (excluding maize starch)

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ANNEX II

A (iii) LIST OF INDUSTRIES FOR AUTOMATIC LICENSING

Sl. No. Name of industry

1. Agricultural implements2. Auto piston (auto parts)3. Alkatra4. Aluminium capsules5. Agar batti6. Asphalt and bitumen7. Bailing hoops and G.I. wire8. Barrels, buckets and pails9. Barbed wire10. Bobbins11. Brushes12. Bucket ridging13. Builders hardware14. Cattle feed15. Cement16. Ceramics and fire bricks17. C.I. pipes and sanitary fittings18. C.I. pan manufacturing19. Country boat making20. Conch shell making21. Conduit pipes22. Crown cork23. Crankshafts for engines24. Cycle complete (excluding chains)25. Cycle parts26. Drums27. Domestic hardware28. Electric casings29. Electric generation30. Electric meters31. Electric switchgears and transformers32. Electric welding (welding electrodes)35. Fishing hooks34. Foundries (pig iron on "request basis")35. Furniture (steel safes and almirahs)36. Gas mantles (excluding art silk yarn)37. G.I. pipes38. Hand torches39. Hand and edge tools40. Industrial furnace

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S1. No. Name of-industry

41. Jute bailing .-42. Locks and padlocks43. Lime stone44. Metal fabrication45. Miscellaneous engineering46. M.S. pipes47. Oil companies (tin plate)48. Parcel tapes (excluding art silk yarn)49. Pins and clips50. Pig iron (metal refinery)51. Re- rolling mills52. Richshaws53. Boat building and shipyard54. R.C.C. pipes55. Sieves56. Shoe lasts57. Shoe grindery58. Starch59. School chalk60. Sealing wax61. Ship building62. Small machine tools63. Steel trunks and suitcases64. Slate and slate pencil65. Trollies and trailors66. Tea chests67. Tin containers68. Tin printing69. Tubewell strainers70. extilermachinery parts71. Tram cars72. Tricycles and go-carts75. Umbrella aingsittIug74. Umbrella sticks and walking sticks75. Utensils (Aluminium)76. Vegetable ghee (except cotton seed/soyabean oil)77. Wire nails78. Windows and doors7i. Wlre drawing80. Wood screws and rivets81. Water proofing textiles82. Weights and scales83. Wire netting

Bpse

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ANNEX III

A (iv) LIST OF INDUSTRIES TO BE LICENSED ON THE BASIS TO BEDETERMINED BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY CONCERNED

Sl. No. Name of industry

1. Accumulators and batteries2. Aircraft repairs3. Art silk power looms (except art silk yarn)4. Artificial limbs5. Automobile workshop6. Asbestos sheets7. Art fabrics8. Automobile assembly9. Block processing10. Bus body building11. Book binding12. Buttons13. Bangles14. Belting15. Board and paper16. Biri17. Bleaching, dyeing, mercerizing and printing18. Building material19. Bakery and bread20. Buckles and allied products21. Cardboard box making22. Cardboard making23. Cotton waste spinning24. Cap25. Cigarettes and cigars (excluding tobacco)26. Clocks27. Construction and engineering28. Cotton spinning and weaving (for East Pakistan only)29. Cotton ginning and bailing presses30. Cotton waste31. Candles32. Cement products33. Cinema studios34. Celluloid35. Cane36. Coconut processing37. Dairy38. Dental goods39. Disinfectants and insecticides40. Distilleries

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Sl. No. Name of industry41. Domestic sewingmachines.42. Dry cleaning (lauddyr)43. Dawahbana (spices restricted to 10 per cent of the value of the

licence)44. Dye mixing45. Dry mixing46. Engraving47. Electric cables and wires48. Electric accessories49. Electric tubes50. Electric appliances51. Embroidery silk thread tubes52. Essences and essential oils53. Fisheries54. Flour and rice mills55. Furniture (cane)56. Furniture (wooden)57. Fire fighting hoses58. F.ishing twine59. Grinding wheels60. Glue, gum and resin61. Glucose62. Handlooms (smaller nrits)63. Heavy chemicals64. Homoeopathic65. Hotels66. Industrial gases67. Ink68. Ice and cold storage69. Ice cream70. Imitation jewellery71. Industrial homes72. Journals, magazines and newspapers73. Light chemicals74. Lace, braid and tape75. Leather board making76. Milk food77. Miscellaneous chemicals78. Mirrors79. Miscellaneous food products80. Motion pictures81. Mining82. Novelties and toys83. Napthalene balls

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Sl. No. Name of industry84. Oil mills85. Polythene86. Printing presses87. Printing types88. Packets and containers (packaging)89. Paper products90. Pigment and dry colours91. Plastics92. Paper mills93. Pen holders94. Packing paper making95. Perfumery96. Razor blades97. Ready-made garments98. Rubbber retreading of tyres99. Radios

100. Relief maps101. Road emulsion102. Scientific instruments103. Sodium silicate104. Spring manufacturing105. Sugar mills106. Sensitized paper107. Small arms and accessories108. Steel reed and wire heald109. Sandpaper and emery cloth110. Synthetic resins111. Stationery

112. Salt113. Shipping companies114. Tea estates115. Transfer stamps16. Tea blending and packing (tea restricted)117. Typewriters118. Tarabatti119. Woollen mills120. Wool bailing121. Zarda chewing tobacco)122. Zari.

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