IMPORTS LIBERALIZED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R001700980003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 12, 1999
• Sequence Number: 3
• Content Type: REPORT

Sanitized Approved F Release . - 423ROi 70098
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INFORMATION REPORT"
This material contains information affecting the
National Defense of the United States within the
meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18. U.S.C.
PREPARED AND DISSEMINATED BY
Secs. 739 and 794. the transmission or revelation
of which in any manner to an unauthorized per-
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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COUNTRY Pakistan
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1. "Pakistan's import policy for the period January/June 1955 allows for
liberal imports. The total number of licensable items is now 311 as
against less than two hundred allowed in the last shipping period.
Pakistan's Commerce Minister described the new policy as 'far more liberal
than any policy in the post-OGL period.' He said that the volume of goods
to be imported would be almost double that of goods imported during July/
December 195+ period.
2. "The liberalization had been made possible by the generous aid offered by
the US in the shape of cash and commodities under the economic aid agree-
ment concluded recently between the US and Pakistan. A new feature of
the import policy is the removal of distinction between the dollar area
and the non-dollar area for :Imports. With the exception of a number of
items Importable from the two treaty countries - Japan and France - all
other items could be imported 'from all countries of the world.'
3. "An important change has also been made in the field of industrial licens-
ing. Hitherto, licenses for industrial requirements were mostly issued to
the industrial consumers direct, but under the new policy commercial import-
ers will get a greater share of the business. With a view to keep u;,) the
pace of industrialization, ceilings provided in the new policy for indus-
trial requirements constitute about 70% of the total allocation. As to
consumer goods, the present shortage in the country is expected to be
relieved as a result of liberal imports in the next six months."
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