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B.LICENCES WILL BE GRANTED FREELY FOR GOODS EXPORTED FROM THE SUPPLYING COUNTRY IN 1972, AND ARRIVING IN BRITAIN BEFORE 1 APRIL
1972, PROVIDED THAT EVIDENCE IS PRODUCED OF THE 1972 DATE OF EXPORT.
C.ALL COUNTRIES WITH BILATERAL AND COUNTRY QUOTAS SHOULD THEREFORE
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EXPORT CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EXPORTS WITHIN THESE QUOTAS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM UP TO THE END OF 1971. THE BILATERAL QUOTA COUNTRIES, NAMELY, INDIA AND HONG KONG, WHOSE CERTIFICATION
APPLIES TO ALL COTTON YARN AND WOVEN COTTON TEXTILE EXPORTS TO THE
UNITED KINGDOM, ARE REQUESTED TO CONTINUE TO ISSUE EXPORT
CERTIFICATES FOR ALL SUCH EXPORTS IN 1972 LIKELY TO ARRIVE IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM BEFORE 1 APRIL 1972. THIS WILL FACILITATE THE ISSUE OF LICENCES ON THE BASIS MENTIONED AT (B) ABOVE.
D. FOR ALGERIA, BRAZIL, BR. HONDURAS, CEYLON, COLOMBIA, CYPRUS, GIBRALTAR, GREECE, IRAN, ISRAEL, JAMAICA, KENYA, LEBANON, MACAO, MALTA, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, MOROCCO, NIGERIA, PAKISTAN, SENEGAL, SINGAPORE, S. AFRICA, S. KOREA, SPAIN, SURINAM, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TURKEY, UGANDA, U.A.R. AND YUGOSLAVIA, WHICH MAY EXPORT UNDER BOTH COUNTRY QUOTAS AND THE GLOBAL QUOTA AND CERTIFY EXPORTS UNDER THE COUNTRY QUOTA ONLY, CERTIFICATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR GOODS EXPORTED AFTER THE END OF 1971. THEIR
AUTHORITIES MAY HOWEVER WISH TO INFORM EXPORTERS THAT TO OBTAIN
IMPORT LICENCES FOR GOODS EXPORTED IN 1972, BRITISH IMPORTERS WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF THE 1972 DATE OF EXPORT.
E. BRITISH IMPORTERS WILL BE ABLE IN 1972 TO USE UP THE UNEXHAUSTED
BALANCE OF THEIR GLOBAL LICENCES FOR GOODS SHIPPED IN 1971.
F. FROM 1 APRIL 1972, COTTON TEXTILES IMPORTED FROM INDIA, HONG KONG, AND THE PRESENT GLOBAL QUOTA COUNTRIES, WILL NOT REQUIRE INDIVIDUAL IMPORT LICENCES.
5. PLEASE SEEK CONFIRMATION FROM THE AUTHORITIES CONCERNED THAT THEY WILL (TO HONG KONG SUBSTITUTE QUOTE PLEASE CONFIRM THAT YOU WILL UNQUOTE) CONTINUE TO ENFORCE THE QUOTA CEILINGS UP TO AND
INCLUDING 31 DECEMBER, AND WILL PROVIDE EXPORT CERTIFICATION AS SPECIFIED ABOVE. FOR GOODS SHIPPED FROM CPA COUNTRIES UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS MENTIONED AT 4C EXPORT CERTIFICATION PROVIDING EVIDENCE OF EXPORT IN 1971 WITHIN QUOTAS WILL ALSO BE NECESSARY TO OBTAIN TARIFF RELIEF UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 6 ON SUCH EXPORTS ARRIVING IN BRITAIN IN 1972. IN THE MEANTIME WE ARE INFORMING IMPORTERS THAT WE INTEND TO OPERATE LICENSING CONTROL ON THIS BASIS.
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