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instance allocations will be for the first 6 months

Applications for such licences should

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be made as soon as possible and should reach Import

Licensing Branch by 24 December. These licences should

be used in the first instance for outstanding orders for

which import licences are not forthcoming under the

relevant country quota. Applications will be invited

for allocations for the second 6 months of 1972 when it

is known to what extent orders made before November

can be accommodated within the existing country quotas./

·

for

(c) Any importer who has placed before NOVEMBER 1971

firm orders covered by irrevocable letters of credit

cotton textiles to be imported from any of the countries

subject to quota restrictions but did not receive in 1971

an import licence under the global quota or under the

relevant country quota for cotton textiles in that

category should apply to ILB giving full particulars of

these orders.

All quota levels will be increased by 1% over the 1971 level,

but it is not possible to give any assurance that the 1%

increase will be reflected in individual licences granted

under the global quotas.

A notice to importers will be issued as soon as possible

giving the information described above, together with some

rther details and an account of the arrangements for

obtaining duty relief for certain cotton textiles exported

in 1971 from restricted countries in the Commonwealth

preference area.

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