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(a) Against each county quota which it admini o bean.

the ILB will be prepared to consider applications from

importers to whom licences were issued in 1971 for

imports of cotton textiles in the relevant caloge.y

from that country for import licereus in respect of

firm orders covered by irrevocable Lutters of credit

placed before November 1972.

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these orders fall short of the total amounts category

by category of import licences issued to an importer

for imports from the country in question in 1971,

increased by 1%, the ILB will be prepared to consider

issuing further licences to that importer on application

by him up to the amounts which he was 15conged to import

in each category from that country in 1971.

Applications

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for such additional licences should be made as and when

the importer has received firm offers from his supplier

(of which evidence should be produced) before he enters

into any firm commitment with the supplier. When first

applying for licences importers should give particulars

of all orders covered by irrevocable letters of credit

placed before November 1971 and particulars of al

licences issued to them in 1971 for imports of cotton

textiles from the country in question. No assurance,

of course, can be given that it will be possible to meet

all applications, and any imports in excess of the quotas.

will not be licensed and will be liable to seizure by

Customs. No anticipation of 1972 quotas will be permitted

for goods exported in excess of the 1971 quotas. I licences issued on the fore going basis fail to exhaust a further applications will be invited.

(b) The global quotas will be allocated to importers

who have qualified for licences under the arrangemente

in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971. n the fixat

quiter

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