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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 20 (RE-2006)/2004-2009

NEW DELHI, THE 13^th June, 2006

Subject : Indo – China Border Trade.

In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2004-09, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following arrangements with a view to promote Indo-China Border Trade.

1. In terms of the provisions contained in the Foreign Trade Policy, import/export of the following locally produced commodities by the people living along both sides of the Indo – China border as per the prevailing customary practice will be allowed freely :

Imports:

i. Wool

ii. Goat Cashmere (Pasham)

iii. Goat Skins

iv. Sheep Skins

v. Yak Tails

vi. Goats

vii. Sheep

viii. Yak Hair

ix. Horses

x. Salt

xi. Borax

xii. Szaibelyita

xiii. China Clay

xiv. Butter

xv. Silk

Exports:

1. Agricultural implements

2. Blankets

3. Copper Products

4. Clothes

5. Textiles

6. Cycles

7. Coffee

8. Tea

9. Barley

10. Rice

11. Flour

12. Dry Fruit

13. Dry and fresh vegetables

14. Vegetable Oil

15. Gur and Misri

16. Tobacco

17. Snuff

18. Cigarettes

19. Canned Food

20. Agro Chemical

21. Local herbs

22. Dyes

23. Spices

24. Watches

25. Shoes

26. Kerosene Oil

27. Stationery

28. Utensils

29. Wheat (Ua & Buck).

2. Imports of Goat Skins, Sheep Skins and Yak Tails, Goats, Sheep, Yak Hair and Horses will be subject to the provisions of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Imports and exports will be subject to any other law for the time being in force.

3. Imports and exports under the Indo-China Border Trade Agreement will be allowed only through the following ports :

(a) Gunji,

(b) Namgaya Shipkila, and

(c) Nathula.

This issues in public interest.

Sd/-

(K. T. Chacko)

Director General of Foreign Trade

(Issued from F.No. 01/89/180/Misc-57/AM-06/PC-I(A)