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LETTER FROM THE INDIAN SIGNATORY ON THE SUBJECT OF PIG IRON.
SIR,
London,
March 20, 1939.
With reference to Article 15 of the Trade Agreement signed this day, I have the bonour to inform you that the Government of India, having taken note of the statements of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom in the course of the recent discussions (1) that, bearing in mind the provisions of Article & of the Agreement supplementary to the Ottawa Trade Agreement concluded between the two Governments on the 9th January, 1933, His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom desire to reserve the right to impose a customs duty on imports of pig iron from Indis if after the expiry on the 31st March, 1941, of the Iron and Steel Protection Act, 1931, duten are applied to articles of iron and steel imported into India substantially les favourable to the United King tom than those for which that Act provides ; and (2) that His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom will consult the Government of India before taking any decision to impose such a customs duty agree that it will be open to His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, after consultation with the Government of India, and notwith- standing the provisions of Article 1 of the Trade Agreement, to impose after the S1st March, 1941, a customs duty on imports of pig iron producxá or manufactured in India if duties are applied to articles of iron and steel im- ported into India substantially less favourable to the United Kingdom than those for which the above mentioned Act provides, without prejudice, however, to the provisions of Section 4(1) of the Indian Tariff Act, 1934.
It is understood that no customs duty will be imposed on pig iron from India which is not equally applicable to pig iron from other overca Empire
I have, etc.,
sources.
FIROZ KHAN NOON,
THE RIGHT HON, OLIVER STANLEY, M.C., M.P.,
President of the Board of Trade.
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