| TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF SWITZERLAND EXCHANGE OF LETTERS Berne, 15 April 1950 Le Delegue
Aux Accords Commerciaux. Dear Sir, As a result of the negotiations between the Delegations of the Swiss Government and the Government of India, the following Agreement
has been reached:- 1. During the year ending 28th February 1951 the Swiss Authorities will issue quota attributions and/or quota certificates for the
export of goods of Swiss origin to India for the following amounts. | Swiss Francs. | | Equipment for machine tool factory | 18,000,000 | | Railway coaches | 5,000,000 | | Other machinery | 22,000,000 | | Apparatus | 3,000,000 |
- Aluminium including aluminium circles, sheets, aluminium fils,
tea chest linings and manufactured products of aluminium
| 4,000,000 | | Watches and closks | 15,000,000 | | Dyestuffs, textiles chemicals, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals | 17,000,000 | Textiles including silk, artificial silk, cotton and spun silk yarns;
silk, artificial silk, cotton and woollen tissues; embroidered allovers
of silk, artificial silk, cotton and wool; silk and artificial silk ribbons; underwear and ready-made clothing | 10,000,000 | | Miscellaneous | 3,000,000 | | TOTAL | 97,000,000 | The Indian Authorities will issue import licences for the amounts set out above during the said period. 2. This Agreement will be subject to the ratification of the two Governments concerned. It will come into force immediately after
ratification but with retrospective effect from the 1st March, 1950. Before the Agreement is ratified the detailed break-down of
the broad figures mentioned in paragraph 1 will be settled by mutual Agreement at New Delhi. The Swiss proposal for this break-down
is set out in Schedule A attached to this letter. 3. The Indian Government undertake to grant export licences and otherwise to facilitate export of the following commodities, the export
of which are regulated: 15,000
5,000
4,000
500
700
1,000
p.m. | metric tons groundnuts
metric tons groundnut oil.
metric tons linseed.
metric tons hessians.
metric tons coffee.
metric tons manganese ore.
.....................other oil seeds. | Further the Government of India will encourage the export to Switzerland of the commodities set out in Schedule B. The Swiss Government
on their part will facilitate the import of Indian goods into Switzerland; such imports would not be subject to anymeasure of prohibition
or restriction except in cases where imports into Switzerland from all sources of a particular commodity have to be restricted in
order to safeguard the vital interests of the corresponding Swiss industrial or agricultural producers. 4. In terms of the letter of the 31st March, 1950 from Mr. Schaffner to H.E., the Indian Minister in Switzerland, the Swiss Government
undertake tokeep alive export licences and to grant quota certificats in pursuance of export attributions granted by them during
the currency of the previous Agreement even if the resultant payments durin the period of the current Agreement, together with the
payments resulting from new licences granted in terms of the current Agreement exceed the figure of 97 million Swiss francs, which
has been accepted as the limit of exports from Switzerland to India. In other words, the limit of 97 million Swiss francs for exports
from Switzerland to India will be regarded as a limit up to which new licences will be issued in addition to the export attributions
and licences granted during the currency of the previous Agreement. 5. The present Agreement does not take into account payments in respect of invisibles. Yours sincerely,
(Sd.) HANS SCHAFFNER To HIS EXCELLENCY MR. D.B.
DESAI ,
Envoy-Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of India,
BERNE. SCHEDULE A SWISS EXPORTS TO INDIA | Apparatus- | Swiss Francs | Swiss Francs | Apparatus soecially designed for testing milk and other
dairy products | 150,000 | . | Wireless reception instruments and apparatus and
component parts thereof | 500,000 | . | | Electrical meters, electrical instruments and apparatus | 1,000,000 | . | | Typewriters, calculating machines and other office machinery | 400,000 | . | Gramophones, cinema-projecting apparatus,
cinematographic apparatus, photographic instruments, apparatus and appliances | 200,000 | . | | Other apparatus including precision and measuring tools, electrical instruments, etc. | 750,000 | 3,000,000 | | Watches and clocks (including 80,000 Sw. francs for bracket clocks and regulators) | . | 15,000,000 | | Dyestuffs, textile chemicals, pharmaceuticals and chemicals- | . | . | Coal tar dyes
Saccharine
Carbide of calcium | 7,000,000
300,000
200,000 | . | | Flavouring agents and harmless food colours | 100,000 | . | Other chemicals including synthetic essential oils, aromatics,
textile chemicals,hydrogen-peroxide, polyvinyl-chloride and
other synthetic resins, celluloid, cellulose acetate, silicon
carbide, nitrate of ammonia 201/2 per cent with chalk, acetic
acid, etc., pharmaceuticals, drugs and medicines [with the stipulation that, as far as Appendix M (ii) of public notice
No. 1(1) ITC/50 is concerned, half of the allotted amount may
be used for other drugs, medicines and pharmaceuticals than those mentioned in Appendix M (ii)] | 9,400,000 | 17,000,000 | Textiles- including silk, artificial silk, cotton and spun silk
yarns; silk, artificial silk, cotton and woollen tissues; embroidered allovers of silk, artificial silk, cotton and wol;
silk and artificial silk ribbons; underwear and ready-made clothing. | . | 10,000,000 | It is understod in respect of textiles the Indian Government
will issue licences following, broadly the pattern of imports
of these goods in previous years. | . | . | Miscellaneous-
Boots and shoes
Korean lamps
Combs
Spectacle frames
Lead pencils including propelling pencils
Bolting cloth
Suitcase and folio locks | .
70,000
100,000
25,000
75,000
200,000
200,000
50,000 | . | Cheese, condensed milk and milk foods for infants;
fruit juice, canned fruits, canned vegetables and pectin | 500,000 | . | | Synthetic stones | 200,000 | . | | Gramophone needles | 60,000 | . | | Abrasive paper and cloth | 50,000 | . | Rest to be distributed later on during the contractual
year by mutual agreement | . | . | | Swiss proposals will be considered sympathetically | 1,470,000 | 3,000,000 | SCHEDUL B EXPORTS FROM INDIA TO SWTIZERLAND Traditional items: 1. Jute manufactures.
2. Tea.
3. Manganese, Mica and other ores (Kyanite).
4. Hides and Skins.
5. Carpets.
6. Shellac, Copal, Glycerine, etc.
7. Fibres, Bristles, etc.
8. Spices.
9. Essential Oils.
10. Rubber Goods.
11. Drugs and Herbs.
12. Jewellery.
13. Tobacco.
14. Textiles (including raw silk)
15. Chemicals (Sod. Bichromate
16. soap.
17. Vegetable Ghee-Cooking oil.
18. Handicraft.
19. Matting-Jute and Coir.
20. Opium.
21. Shells.
22. Wood.
23. Fruits. LEGATION OF INDIA,
18, Jungfraustrasse. Dear Sir, As a result of the negotiations between the Delegations of the Swiss Government and the Government of India, the following Agreement
has been reached:- 1. During the year ending 28th February 1951, the Swiss authorities will issue quota attributions and/or quota certificates for the
export of goods of Swiss origin to India for the following amounts:- | Swiss Francs |
- Equipment for machine tool factory
Railway coaches
Other machinery
Apparatus
Aluminium including aluminium circles, sheets,
aluminium foils, tea-chest linings and manufactured
products of aluminium
Watches and clocks
Dyestuffs, textile chemicals, pharmaceuticals and
other chemicals
Textiles including silk, artificial silk, cotton and syun
silk yarns; silk, artificial silk, cotton and woollen
tissues; embroidered allovers Of silk, artificial silk,
cotton and wool; silk and artificial silk ribbons; underwear and ready-made
clothing
Miscellaneous
| 18,000,000
5,000,000
22,000,000
3,000,000
.
.
. 4,000,000
15,000,000
17,000.000
.
.
.
.
.
10,000,000
3,000,000 | | TOTAL | 97,000,000 | The Indian Authorities will issue import licences for the amounts set out above during the said period. 2. This Agreement will be subject to' the ratification of the two Governments concerned. It will come into force immediately after
ratification but with retrospective effect from the 1st March 1950. Before the Agreement is ratified the detailed break-down of the
broad figure mentioned in paragraph 1 will be settled by Mutual Agreement at New Delhi. The Swiss proposal for this break-down is
set out in Schedule A attached to this letter. 3. The Indian Government undertake to grant export licences and otherwise to facilitate export of the following commodities, the export
of which are regulated: 15,000
metric tons groundnuts.
5,000
metric tons groundnut oil.
4,000
metric tons linseed.
500
metric tons hessians.
700
metric tons coffee.
1,000
metric tons manganese ore.
p.m.................... other oil seeds. Further the Government of India would encourage the export to Switzerland of the commodities set out in Schedule B. The Swiss Government
on their part will facilitate the import of Indian goods to Switzerland; such imports would not be subject to any measure of prohibition
or restriction except in cases where imports into Switzerland from all sources of a particular commodity have to be restricted in
order to safeguard the vital interests of the corresponding Swiss industrial or agricultural producers. 4. In terms of theletter of the 31st March, 1950 from Mr. Schaffner to H.E., the Indian Minister in Switzerland, the Swiss Government
undertake to keep alive export licences and to grant quota certificates in pursuance of export attributions granted by them during
the currencyof the previous Agreement even if the resultant payments during the period of the current Agreement, together with the
payments resulting from new licences granted in terms of the current Agreement exceed the figure of 97 million Swiss francs, whichhas
been accepted as the limit of exports from Switzerland to India. In other words, the limit of 97 million Swiss francs for exorts
from Switzerland to India will be regarded as a limit up to which new licences will be issued in addition to the export attributions
and licences granted during the currency of the previous Agreement. 5. The present Agreement does not take into account payments in respect of invisibles. (Sd). DHIRAJLAL BHULABHAI DESAI To MONSIEUR HANS SCHAFFNER,
DELEGUE AUX ACCORDS COMMERCIAUX, PALAIS FEDERAL,
BERNE . SCHEDULE A SWISS EXPORTS TO INDIA | Apparatus- | Swiss Francs | Swiss Francs | Apparatus soecially designed for testing milk and other
dairy products | 150,000 | . | Wireless reception instruments and apparatus and
component parts thereof | 500,000 | . | | Electrical meters, electrical instruments and apparatus | 1,000,000 | . | | Typewriters, calculating machines and other office machinery | 400,000 | . | Gramophones, cinema-projecting apparatus,
cinematographic apparatus, photographic instruments, apparatus and appliances | 200,000 | . | | Other apparatus including precision and measuring tools, electrical instruments, etc. | 750,000 | 3,000,000 | | Watches and clocks (including 80,000 Sw. francs for bracket clocks and regulators) | 15,000,000 | | | Dyestuffs, textile chemicals, pharmaceuticals and chemicals- | . | . | Coal tar dyes
Saccharine
Carbide of calcium | 7,000,000
300,000
200,000 | . | | Flavouring agents and harmless food colours | 100,000 | . | Other chemicals including synthetic essential oils, aromatics,
textile chemicals,hydrogen-peroxide, polyvinyl-chloride and
other synthetic resins, celluloid, cellulose acetate, silicon
carbide, nitrate of ammonia 20½ per cent with chalk, acetic
acid, etc., pharmaceuticals, drugs and medicines [with the stipulation that, as far as Appendix M (ii) of public notice
No. 1(1) ITC/50 is concerned, half of the allotted amount may
be used for other drugs, medicines and pharmaceuticals than those mentioned in Appendix M (ii)] | 9,400,000 | 17,000,000 | Textiles- including silk, artificial silk, cotton and spun silk
yarns; silk, artificial silk, cotton and woollen tissues; embroidered allovers of silk, artificial silk, cotton and wol;
silk and artificial silk ribbons; underwear and ready-made clothing. | . 10,000,000 | | It is understod in respect of textiles the Indian Government
will issue licences following, broadly the pattern of imports
of these goods in previous years. | . | . | Miscellaneous-
Boots and shoes
Korean lamps
Combs
Spectacle frames
Lead pencils including propelling pencils
Bolting cloth
Suitcase and folio locks | .
70,000
100,000
25,000
75,000
200,000
200,000
50,000 | . | Cheese, condensed milk and milk foods for infants;
fruit juice, canned fruits, canned vegetables and pectin | 500,000 | . | | Synthetic stones | 200,000 | . | | Gramophone needles | 60,000 | . | | Abrasive paper and cloth | 50,000 | . | Rest to be distributed later on during the contractual
year by mutual agreement | . | . | | Swiss proposals will be considered sympathetically | 1,470,000 | 3,000,000 | SCHEDULE B EXPORTS FROM INDIA TO SWITZERLAND Traditional Items- 1. Jute manufactures.
2. Tea
3. Manganese, Mica and other ores (Kyanite).
4. Hides and Skins.
5. Carpets.
6. Shellac, Copal, Glycerine, etc.
7. Fibres, Bristles, etc.
8. Spices.
9. Essential Oils.
10. Rubber Goods.
11. Drugs and Herbs.
12. Jewellery.
13. Tobacco.
14. Textiles (including raw silk).
15. Chemicals (Sod. Bichromate).
16. Soap.
17. Vegetable Ghee-Cooking Oil.
18. Handicraft.
19. Matting-Jute and Coir.
20. Opium.
21. Shells.
22. Wood.
23. Fruits. ___________ Le Delegue
Aux Accords Commerciaux Sir, Referring to our discussions concerning India's onligations ensuing from old contracts, I have the honour to confirm herewith the
Swiss Delegation's explanations as follows: Under the Anglo-Swiss agreement Switzerland had to agree to keep her exports to the sterling area within certain qotas controlled
by the Swiss authorities. The quotas are administered so that they are debited at the time when the export licence or the preliminary
attribution (which is in this respect perfectly tantamount to an export licence) is being granted. The Swiss exporter will as a rule
contract only after being in possession of the respective export licence or a firm assurance (preliminary attribution) that he will
obtain the export licence at the time of dispatch. Export licences as well as preliminary attributions granted in the course of the
validity of a previous agreement must therefore not be debited to the quotas which are the object of a new agreement, even though
exportation of or payments for the respective goods may take place during the new contractual period. I avail myself of the opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurance of my highest consideration. (Sd.) SCHAFFNER To HIS EXCELLENCY Mr. D.B. DESAI
Envoy-Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of India
BERNE ____________ LEGATION OF INDIA
18, JUNGFRAUSTASSE. Dear Sir, I have to honour to inform you that the Government of India would appreciate if the Swiss Government would apply the Most-Favoured-Nation
clause with regard to Indian ships assuring the goods transport between Indian and European Ports. Assuring you of my highest consideration.
I remain
Yours sincerely,
(Sd.) D.B. DESAI To Mr. HANS SCHAFFNER,
Delegue Aux Accords Commerciaux,
BERNE. ____________ Le Delegue
Aux Accords Commercioux. Dear Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of Your ExceIlency's letter of even date reading as follows "I have the honour to inform you that the Government of India would appreciate if the Swiss Government would apply the Most-FavouredNation
clause with regard to Indian ships assuring the goods transport between Indian and European ports." I have the honour to inform you that I have not failed to communicate the contents of this letter to the competent Swiss authorities.
To Hs EXCELLENCY Mr. D.B. DESAI
Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of India,
BERNE. ______________ Le Delegue
Aux Accords Commerciaus. Dear Sir, In connection with the letters exchanged and initialled to-day I should like to draw your attention to the following point: According to the terms of the Agreement concluded between the United Kingdom and Switzerland the defcit in the overall balance of
payments between the sterling area (excluding South Africa) and Switzerland which deficit has to be covered in gold by the United
Kingdom should, subject to certain provisions, not exceed 10 million pounds. Should the Swiss imports of sterlingarea goods fall
short of the estimated budget figures the Swiss Government—in order to avoid higher gold losses by the United Kingdom—would have
to take appropriate measures to correct this disequilibrium by extending the validity of export quotas granted during the currency
of the Anglo-Swiss Agreement. This would mean that during the extension of the validity of these export quotas beyond the 28th February,
1951, no new export quotas would be available. To HIS EXCELLENCY Mr. D.B. DESAI
Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of India,
BERNE. ____________ LEGATION OF INDIA
18, JUNGFRAUSTRASSE - Dear Sir, I acknowledge your letter of to-day's date which reads as follows: "According to the terms of the Agree-ment concluded between
the United Kingdom and Switzerland the deficit in the overall balance of payments between the sterling area (excluding South Africa)
and Switzerland which deficit has to be covered in gold by the United Kingdom should, subject to certain provisions, not exceed 10
million pounds. Should the Swiss imports of sterling area goods fall short of the estimated budget figures the Swiss Government -
in order to avoid higher gold losses by the United Kingdom - would have to take appropriate measures to correct this disequilibrium
by extending the validity of export quotas granted during the currency of the Anglo-Swiss Agreement. This would mean that during
the extension of the validity of these export quotas beyond the 28th February 1951, no new export quotas would be available."
I have taken notice of the contents of your letter. Will you please accept the assurances of my highest consideration? To MONSIEUR HANS SCHAFFNER,
Delegue Aux Accords Commerciaux,
Palais Federal
BERNE. LEGATION DE SUISSE New Delhi, June 1950. Dear Mr. DESAI, As a result of our recent negotiations and with reference to the Agreement concluded in Berne on the 15th April 1950 between the delegations
of the Swiss Government and of the Government of India, I have the honour to stat that my Government agree with the following detailed
break-down of the quotas hereunder mentioned for the export of goods of Swiss origin to India: | Apparatus- | Swiss Francs. | | (1) | Apparatus specially designed for testing milk and other dairy products | 200,000 | | (2) | Components and spare parts for wireless reception instruments and apparatus | 100,000 | | (3) | Typewriters and parts | 400,000 | | (4) | Calculating machines and other office machinery | 100,000 | | (5) | Cinema-projecting apparatus, cinematographic apparatus and appliances | 100,000 | | (6) | Photographic instruments, apparatus and appliances | 100,000 | | (7) | Electrical meters, electrical instruments and apparatus (other than domestic appliances such as eaters, etc., but including house
service meters) | 1,500,000 | | (8) | Surgical and electrical medical apparatus | 250,300 | | (9) | Geodetic and astronomic instruments and apparatus | 100,000 | | (10) | Other apparatus and instruments, including water meters | 150,000 | | | | -------------
3,000,000
------------- | | Aluminium- | | (1) | Tea-chest linings | 300,000 | | (2) | Manufactured products for industrial purposes | 250,000 | | (3) | Aluminium foils | 1,100,000 | | (4) | Virgin aluminium, sheets and circles | 2,350,000 | | | | -------------
4,000,000
------------- | | | Watches, clocks and parts thereof | 15,000,000 | | Dyestuffs, textile chemicals, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals- | Swiss Francs. | | (1) | Coal tar dyes | 7,400,000 | | (2) | Saccharine | 150,000 | | (3) | Calcium carbide | 200,000 | | (4) | Synthetic essential oils and aromatic chemicals | 600,000 | | (5) | Flavouring agents and harmless food colours | 100,000 | | (6) | Matrial for the plastic industry (including polyvinyl-chloride, synthetic resins, cellulose acetate, celluloid, etc.) | 250,000 | | (7) | Textile, chemicals and other chemicals (including hydrogene-peroxide, acetic acid, silicon carbide, nitrate of ammonia 20½
per cent with chalk etc.) | 700,000 | | (8) | Drugs and medicines either in pure from or preparation thereof containing in prophylactic or therapeutic quantities, one or more
of the items specified in Appendix M (altered according to enclosure in the case of Switzerland), except where otherwise specified
but excluding all B.P. tinctures and liquors - provided that importers will be permitted to utilize 15 per centof the licensed value
for import of drugs and medicines not covered by the above; the quota opposite also includes such provision upto Sw.f. 700,000 as
maybe necessary for the Hind-Cilag deal in addition to theSw.f. 500,000 provided for this deal under "Miscellaneous" | 7,600,000 | | | | 17,000,000 | | | Textiles: It is understood that in respect of textiles, the Indian Government will issue licences following broadly the pattern of
imports of these goods in the previous year plus spun silk yarns for Sw.f. 150,000 within the overall quota stated opposite | 10,000,000 | | Miscellaneous- | | (1) | Kerosene lamps | 200,000 | | (2) | Spectacle frames | 75,000 | | (3) | Bolting cloth | 400,000 | | (4) | Suite case and folio locks | 50,000 | | (5) | Cheese, condensed milk and milk food for infants | 500,000 | | (6) | Synthetic stones | 200,000 | | (7) | Gramophone needles | 60,000 | | (8) | Pencils for technical use and for artists | 100,000 | | (9) | Precision and measuring tools, including files and rasps but excluding prohibited articles | 250,000 | | (10) | Hind-Cilag deal | 500,000 | | (11) | Synthetic glue and alimentary gelatine | 25,000 | | (12) | Rest to be distributed later on during the contractual year by mutual agreement. Swiss proposals will be considered sympathetically
| 640,000 | | | | -------------
3,000,000
------------- | The present letter and your to-day's reply on the subject are considered as beingpart of the Indo-Swiss Agreement concluded on the
15th April 1950 in Berne. Envoy-Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of Switzerland in India. To C.C. DESAI, Esq. C.I.E., I.C.S.
Secretary, Ministry of Commerce,
Government of India,
New Delhi. ENCLOSURE LIST OF ADDITIONAL ITEMS CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL FOR
INCLUSION IN APPENDIX M - SWITZERLAND LIST Haemostatics derived from bovine blood
Allyl ester of phenylcinchoninic acid
Inositol hexaphosphate acid
3,5-dilodipyridone-(4)-N-acetic acid
3-(4'-oxy-3', 5' diiodopheny 1) 2-phenylpropinic acid
Nicotinylamino-1,2-dyphenylaethan
Bile acids and their salts
Bromisovalerylurea
Pentamethylenetetrazol
1-histidine monohydrochloride
Dimethylcarbamic ester of 3-hydroxy-phenyl-trimnethyl-ammonium methylsulphate (resp, bromide)
Phenyl-dimethyl-sopropyl-pyrazolon
Diethyl-dioxo-tetrahydropyridine
Quabainum
Phenylcinchoninic acid
Crotonyl-N-ethyl-o-toluidine
Hydrochloride of 1-phenylcyclopentane-1-carboxylic acid diethylaminoethylester
3,5-Diaxo-2-diphenyl-4-n-butylpyrazolidine-sodium
Bix-3', 3'-(4-oxycoumarinyl) ethyl acetate
Pure cristalline natural glycoside from strophantus kombe
Silicon sulfexamide
Colloidal silicic acid [SEAL] New Delhi, the 14th June 1950
LEGATION DE SUISSE EN INDE. ___________ GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE New Delhi, dated the 14th June 1950. YOUR EXCELLENCY, I write to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date which reads as follows: "As a result of our recent negotiations and with reference to the Agreement concluded in Berne on the 15th April 1950 between
the delegations of the Swiss Government and of the Government of India, I have the honour to state that my Government agree with
the following detailed break-down of the quotas hereunder mentioned for the export of goods of Swiss origin to India: | Apparatus- | Swiss Francs. | | (1) | Apparatus specially designed for testing milk and other dairy products | 200,000 | | (2) | Components and spare parts for wireless reception instruments and apparatus | 100,000 | | (3) | Typewriters and parts | 400,000 | | (4) | Calculating machines and other office machinery | 100,000 | | (5) | Cinema-projecting apparatus, cinematographic apparatus and appliances | 100,000 | | (6) | Photographic instruments, apparatus and appliances | 100,000 | | (7) | Electrical meters, electrical instruments and apparatus (other than domestic appliances such as eaters, etc., but including house
service meters) | 1,500,000 | | (8) | Surgical and electrical medical apparatus | 250,300 | | (9) | Geodetic and astronomic instruments and apparatus | 100,000 | | (10) | Other apparatus and instruments, including water meters | 150,000 | | | | -------------
3,000,000
------------- | | Aluminium- | | (1) | Tea-chest linings | 300,000 | | (2) | Manufactured products for industrial purposes | 250,000 | | (3) | Aluminium foils | 1,100,000 | | (4) | Virgin aluminium, sheets and circles | 2,350,000 | | | | -------------
4,000,000
------------- | | | Watches, clocks and parts thereof | 15,000,000 | | Dyestuffs, textile chemicals, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals- | Swiss Francs. | | (1) | Coal tar dyes | 7,400,000 | | (2) | Saccharine | 150,000 | | (3) | Calcium carbide | 200,000 | | (4) | Synthetic essential oils and aromatic chemicals | 600,000 | | (5) | Flavouring agents and harmless food colours | 100,000 | | (6) | Matrial for the plastic industry (including polyvinyl-chloride, synthetic resins, cellulose acetate, celluloid, etc.) | 250,000 | | (7) | Textile, chemicals and other chemicals (including hydrogene-peroxide, acetic acid, silicon carbide, nitrate of ammonia 20½
per cent with chalk etc.) | 700,000 | | (8) | Drugs and medicines either in pure from or preparation thereof containing in prophylactic or therapeutic quantities, one or more
of the items specified in Appendix M (altered according to enclosure in the case of Switzerland), except where otherwise specified
but excluding all B.P. tinctures and liquors - provided that importers will be permitted to utilize 15 per centof the licensed value
for import of drugs and medicines not covered by the above; the quota opposite also includes such provision upto Sw.f. 700,000 as
maybe necessary for the Hind-Cilag deal in addition to theSw.f. 500,000 provided for this deal under "Miscellaneous" | 7,600,000 | | | | 17,000,000 | | | Textiles: It is understood that in respect of textiles, the Indian Government will issue licences following broadly the pattern of
imports of these goods in the previous year plus spun silk yarns for Sw.f. 150,000 within the overall quota stated opposite | 10,000,000 | | Miscellaneous- | | (1) | Kerosene lamps | 200,000 | | (2) | Spectacle frames | 75,000 | | (3) | Bolting cloth | 400,000 | | (4) | Suite case and folio locks | 50,000 | | (5) | Cheese, condensed milk and milk food for infants | 500,000 | | (6) | Synthetic stones | 200,000 | | (7) | Gramophone needles | 60,000 | | (8) | Pencils for technical use and for artists | 100,000 | | (9) | Precision and measuring tools, including files and rasps but excluding prohibited articles | 250,000 | | (10) | Hind-Cilag deal | 500,000 | | (11) | Synthetic glue and alimentary gelatine | 25,000 | | (12) | Rest to be distributed later on during the contractual year by mutual agreement. Swiss proposals will be considered sympathetically
| 640,000 | | | | -------------
3,000,000
------------- | The present letter and your today's reply on the subject are considered as being part of the Indo-Swiss Agreement concluded on the
15th April 1950 inBerne." 2. I confirm that this correctly sets out the understanding reached between us. (Sd.) C.C. DESAI,
Secretary To HIS EXCELLENCY DR. ARMIN DAENIKER,
Envoy-Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary for Switzerland in India,
New Delhi. |
