STATE PLANT BOARD 
 
 E2/India 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 Agricultural Research Administration 
 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 B.E.P.Q.-404, Revised, Supplement No. 8 June 20, 1950 
 
 PLANT QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 
 OF INDIA 
 
 REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE IMPORTATION 
 OF AMERICAN AND MIST INDIES COTTON 
 
 (Supersedes "RESTRICTIONS ON COTTON FMH A? ;T ERICA" pp. 8-9) 
 Notification No. 1581, (Agriculture) as amended. 
 
 According to the latest amendments to the above Notification up to and in- 
 cluding the amendment dated April 18, 1950, certain restrictions have been 
 placed on importers of American and West Indies cotton' which may be of 
 interest to exporters of cotton in the United States. Pertinent sections 
 of the order are quoted below as they affect shipments of American cotton. 
 
 M 1. In this order: - 
 
 (i) "Cotton" includes ginned cotton, and droppings, 
 strippings, fly and other waste products of a cotton mill 
 other than yarn waste, but does not include cottonseed or 
 unginned cotton. 
 part (ii) "American Cotton" means all cotton produced in any 
 
 of America . 
 
 (iii) "Bale" means any pressed package of cotton of 
 whatever size or density. 
 
 (iv) "Square Bale" means a bale exceeding 270 lbs. 
 
 (v) "Round Bale" means a bale not exceeding 2?0 lbs. 
 
 2. (a) On or before the departure of a ship carrying a 
 consignment of American cotton for Bombay or Madras from the 
 port from which the cotton is consigned, the consignee shall 
 ascertain the name of the ship, the probable date of its 
 arrival in Bombay or Madras, and number of square and round 
 bales in the consignment, and shall furnish this information 
 to the- Collector of Customs, Bombay, and to the Secretary, 
 Indian Central Cotton Committee, Bombay, or, to the Dock 
 Manager of the Madras Port Trust, net less than 14 days be- 
 fore the arrival of the ship at Bombay or Madras. 
 
 (b) On arrival at Bombay or Madras, the cotton shall 
 be disinfected as prescribed by the Government a of Bombay 
 or Madras. 
 
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 (c) Prior to taking delivery of the cotton, the 
 importer shal] pay to the Collector of Customs, Bombay or 
 Uadras, at rates stipulated to cover the cost of fumigation 
 and handling, but riot 'including docks import charges. 
 
 Pmvided that samples of American cotton imported 
 by parcel post or as ship's parcels, not exceeding 20 lbs. 
 each, shall be fumigated free of charge. 
 
 (d) No vessel shall discharge American cotton during 
 a period of rain, mist, or drizzle. 
 
 3« rumigation rates Z 
 
 Reo 5-4-0 per square bale 
 Rs« 3-4-0 per round bale 
 If landed at the special American cotton wharf 
 Rs • 7 -l-0 per sou? re bale 
 Rs. 4-10-0 per round bale. 
 Provided that in cases in which the importer has failed to 
 furnish the required information, the rates shall be increased 
 by Rs. 2 per bale. 
 
 The minimum fee for the fumigation of any cotton imported at 
 any one time on a single ship shall be rupees tvro hundred and 
 ten. 
 
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 Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine