Indian Treaty Series

Dear Mr. BHOOTHALINGAM,

I have the honour to refer to our recent discussions regarding trade between Sweden and India during the course of which the following understanding was reached.

1. The Governments of Sweden and India have agreed to assist each other in furthering the trade between the two countries to the maximum extent possible, in accordance with the import, export and foreign exchange regulations of either country. They will specifically render such assistance in respect of the commodities included in the Schemes 'A' and 'B' annexed to this Agreement. It is understood that these lists are not exhaustive and that they will not in any way prejudice the exchange of articles not mentioned therein. Additions or alterations to the lists may be made by mutual consent.

2. The two Governments will use their best endeavours to promote shipping between the two countries and have agreed to give a fair and equitable treatment to all questions arising in this connection.

3. Sweden will continue to receive soft currency treatment; the Government of India reserving the right to undertake any emergency measures that may be necessitated by its general balance of payment situation. Licences for imports into India of any particular goods or commodity from Sweden would thus be granted on the same basis as licences for imports from any other country within the soft currency group. This implies that Lhere will be no discrimination against Sweden regarding the import of any particular commodity from countries in this currency group. It further implies that if India enters into any trade agreements with any members of this currency group Sweden will enjoy the same favours and privileges as those which may be given to the countries with which India may enter into such agreements. Due note is, however, taken of the fact that the Government of India are making certain exceptions in their import trade control regulations in respect of certain neighbouring countries and imports by sailing vessels from these countries.

4. It is understood that in case of an alteration in India's export regulations, Sweden -will be accorded the same treatment as any other country in her currency group.

5. The liberalisation of imports into Sweden from the countries in the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation will continue to be extended to imports from India. The concessions as regards import liberalisation granted by the Government of Sweden to the members of the above-mentioned Organisation will thus be applied to Indian goods imported into Sweden. For items subject to import restrictions in Sweden there will be no discrimination against India.

6. In the application of Swedish export regulations, India will be accorded the same treatment as the countries belonging to the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation.

7. It is understood that the reservation made by the Government of India under (3) will apply also for Sweden and that Sweden may re-examine the application in regard to India of the import liberalisation indicated under (5) in case of emergency measures taken by India. In case of emergency measures by Sweden with use of the reservation referred to therein, India may re-examine the application in regard to Sweden of the import policy indicated under (3). 8. This arrangement will be deemed to have come into effect from 1st January 1955 and shall remain in force for a period of two years. It shall continue to operate until it is modified or terminated by either party by giving three months notice. The Schedules 'A' and S' accompanying this letter will, however, be subject to revision for each calendar year. It is the intention of the two Governments to exchange information in regard to the development of trade between the two countries at the end of each year and to agree on such modifications of the Schedules as may be deemed necessary for the subsequent period of twelve months. It is suggested that this letter and your reply shall be considered to place on record the agreement reached between our respective Governments.

Yours sincerely,
Sd./- PER WIJKMAN.

S. BHOOTHALINGAM, Esq., I.C.S.
Secretary to the Government of India,
Ministry of Commerce and Industry,
New Delhi.

SCHEDULE: 'A'

LIST OF SOME OF THE GOODS AVAILABLE FOR EXPORT FROM SWEDEN TO INDIA

Condensed milk.

Milk Powder. Pine oil.

Chocolate coverture and confectionery. Tinned foodstuffs. Beer.

Cement.

Potassium Hydrate. Sodium Hydrate. Calcium Carbide.

Potassium chlorate, etc. Wood tar.

Formaldehyde. Butyl acetate. Amyl acetate. Ethyl acetate.

Pharmaceuticals. Tanning extracts.

Welding electrodes.

Hides and skins, raw.

Technical rubber products. Sawn timber. Box boards.

Tea chest battons.

Manufactures of wood, e.g. shoe lasts, bobbins, etc.

Pulp.

Waste paper.

Vulcanized fibre. Wallboard. Cardboard. Newsprint.

Wrapping paper.

Book printing and writing paper.

Other sorts of paper and manufactures of paper. Books.

Staple fibre. Rayon wool. Rayon silk

Machine felt.

Slide fasteners.

Diamond grinding wheels.

Ceramic floor and wall tiles. Chinaware. Glassware.

Iron and steel. Stainless steel.

Machine Imives.

Razors and razor blades. Saws and saw blades. Files and rasps.

Builders'hardware. Cutlery.

Hard metal drill bits. Bolts and nuts. Wood screws.

Horse shoe nails.

B all and roller bearings and parts. Hinges.

Pressure lamps and stoves. Industrial furnaces.

Diesel engines and spare parts. Industrial furnaces. Milling machinery. Machinetools.

Printing presses.

Sewing machines, domestic and industrial. Agricultural machinery. Cream separators.

High speed industrial separators.

Paper, pulp and wall board manufacturing machinery. Match making machinery. Hand knitting machinery. Cranes.

Turbines.

Tubewell sinking equipment.

Pumps including submersible pumps.

Industrial fans and air conditioning equipment.

Refrigerators. Compressors.

Rock drilling equipment.

Washing and laundering machinery- Pneumatic tools. Excavators.

Motor Generators. Transformers.

Electrical equipment.

Tube fiffing machinery. Welding equipment.

Vacuum cleaners.

Telegraph and telephone equipment.

X-Ray equipment. Electro-medical equipment. Railway wagons. Diesel locomotives. Motor cycles. Tractors. Typewriter.. Calculators. Duplicators. Electric meters. Gas meters.

Dental instruments. Surgical instruments. Measuring instruments and tools.

Photographic equipments. Sound film machinery. Lighthouse equipment.

Taxi meters. Weighing machines. Wireless sets. Gr.mophones. Record changers. Shot guns and sporting weapons.

Caustic Potash. caustic Soda. Textile mill stores including spinning cans-Chains, including cycle chains.

Screw cutting tools. Drill chucks. Lifting jacks. Hydraulic presses. Cigar making machinery. Cigarette Packing machinery.

Fluorescent tubes

SCHEDULE 'B'

LIST OF SOME OF THE GOODS AVAILABLE FOR EXPORT FROM INDIA TO SWEDEN

Cotton textiles. Silk fabrics.

Rayon fabrics. Shawls. Sarees.

Lace goods. Jute goods.

Raw wool and woollen manufactures, including carpets and rugs but excluding knitting wool- Coir and coir products.

Hemp other than manila, sisal and aloe. Cotton waste.

Rubber goods.

Leather-tanned, hides and skins. Leather goods, including footwear. Myrobalan and extracts. Sports goods. Drugs and medicines.

Essential oils and oilseeds. Niger seed. Kardi seed. Niger seed oil.

Kardi seed oil. Castor Oil. Linseed oil. Mustard Oil. Hydrogenated oil.

Shark Liver oil. Spices, including pepper, chillies, ginger, turmeric, cardamm, pickles, chutneys, condiments, curry powder.

Tea. Coffee. Tobacco. Shellac. Manganese ore and Magnesite. Kyanite ore. Chrome ore. Iron ore. Crushed bones. Paraffm wax. Glycerine.

Potassium bromide. Magnesium chloride. Naphthalene.

Potassium nitrate. Bichromates. Strychnine and its salts. Papain.

Linoleum. Bristles.

Fibre for brushes and brooms.

Goat hair and other animal hair.

Cottage industry products, e.g., handloorn (cotton and silk), artistic silver, brass, bidri and other metal products, ivory articles, wood carvings, grass and fibre products, etc.

Soaps.

Cigarettes.

Methylated spirit. Cashewkernels. Coal.

Raw cotton.

Dyeing and tanning materials other than myrobalan. Indian films, exposed.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
New Delhi, the 31st May, 1955

Dear Mr. WIJKMAN,

I write to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date. The letter reads as follows : (Not reproduced) I confirm that this sums up correctly the result of the discussions between the Representatives of India and Sweden.

Yours sincerely,
Sd./- S. BHOOTHALINGAM.

H.E. Mr. PER WIJKMAN,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary for Sweden in India,
11, Ratendone Road, New Delhi.

Dear Mr. LALL,

I have the honour to refer to the Trade Arrangement set out in the letters exchanged between the Representatives of the Governments of Sweden and India on the 31st May, 1955, and to our recent discussions regarding the Schedules to be adopted for the year commencing from the 1st January, 1956. It was agreed during these discussions that the Schedules attached to the said Trade Arrangement shall be substituted by the revised schedules appended hereto. I should be grateful if you would please confirm the foregoing.

Yours sincerely,
Sd./- ALVA MYRDAL
Minister of Sweden.

K.B. LALL, Esq.,
Joint Secretary to the Government of India,
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi.

SCHEDULE 'A'

LIST OF SOME OF THE GOODS AVAILABLE FOR EXPORT FROM SWEDEN TO INDIA

Foodstuffs of various kinds, eg.- Beer Chocolate coverture and confectionery. Condensed milk. Milkpowder. Tinned foodstuffs.

Building materials, e.g.- Cement. Ceramic floor and wall tiles. Laminated plastics. Chemicals, e.g.- Pharmaceuticals. Formaldehyde. Potassium hydrate.

Sodium hydrate. Sodium hydroxide. Calcium carbide.

Potassium chlorate. Butyl acetate. Emulsifiers for pesticides.

Pitch dispersing agents for cellulose and paper industries.

Amyl acetate. Ethyl acetate. Pigments including zinc oxide. Tanning extracts. Welding electrodes. Wood tar. Tall oil.

Textile auxiliaries. Asphalt additives.

Rayon viscose and spinning bath agents. Water soluble cellulose ethers. Plasticisers. Chlorinated solvents. Acetic acid. Diethylether. Weed killers. Sulphate dye powder.

Hides, shins, leather and manufactures thereof- Forestry products, e.g.- Sawn and planed timber. Bomboards. Manufactures of wood i.e. shoe lasts, bobbins, etc. Chemical and mechanical pulp.

Waste paper. Newsprint. Wrapping paper. Book printing and writing paper. Other sorts of paper. Card board. Manufactures ofpaper (i.e., stationery). Transparent foils. Vulcanized fibre. Wallboard. Tea chest plywood panels. Textiles, e.g. Machinefelt. Rayon, wool and silk.

Iron and Steel including ferro alloys and stainless steel. Metal manufactures and semi-manufactures, e.g.- Hard metal and diamond drill bits.

Chains (i.e., cycle chains).

Hard tools (i.e., saws, saw-blades, files, rasps, axes liftingjacks and pipe tools.) Builder's hardware (i.e., hinges, nails, screws bolts, nuts and locks). Horse shoe nails.

Pressure staves, blow lamps and lanterns including artificial silk incandescent mantles.

Razors and razor blades. Cutlery. Malleable iron pipe fittings. Marine hardware.

Various machinery and Industrial equipntent, e.g.- Internal combustion engines, including diesel engines and outboard motors.

Metal and woodworking machinery with tools thereto (i.e., machine knives, drill chucks, lathe chucks).

Ball and roller bearings with parts including bearing boxes. Air compressors and pneumatic tools.

Hoisting and lifting equipment including cranes. Concrete mixers. Industrial fans and air conditioning equipment.

Diamond grinding wheels. Industrial furnaces. Match making machinery.

Machinery and equipment for paper, pulp, plywood and wall-board making.

Sound film machinery. Textile machinery and equipment (i.e., fmishing machinery, Imitting machinery, card clothing and spinning cans).

Weighing machines. Filling, packing, wrapping and closing machinery. Centrifuges (i.e., high speed industrial separators). Welding equipment.

Printing machinery. Turbines. Road making machinery (i.e., excavators and road rollers).

Rock and well drilling equipment including tubewell sinking equipment and diamond core drilling equipment.

Mining equipment. Dairy equipment (i.e., cream separators and plate pasteurisers).

Commercial refrigerators and refrigerating machinery.

Agricultural machinery. Miffing machinery. Industrial Sewing machines.

Laundry machinery. Screw cutting tools (i.e., taps, dies and die heads).

Electric hand tools including drilling stands.

Crushing and screening machines. Vulcanizing equipment.

Heat exchangers. Brick making machines. Industrial control equipment.

Cigar making machinery. Hydraulic presses.

Pumps including deep well pumps. Electrical equipment, e.g.- Electrical machinery and motors. Generators.

Transformers. Electrotechnical porcelain. Telephones and telegraph equipment.

Electric lighting including incandescent lamps and fluorescent lighting. Electric meters.

Domestic machinery and equipment, e.g.- Sewing machines.

Vacuum cleaners and floor polishers. Washing machinery. Domestic wireless receiving sets, gramophones, record changers. Refrigerators. Vacuum flasks.

Meat mincers, ice cream freezers, etc. Means oftransport, e.g.- Railway rolling stock and locomotives.

Railway inspection cars. Motor cycles. Tractors. Taximeters. Trailers.

Hospital equipment e.g.- Electro-medical apparatus. X-ray equipment. Surgical, dental and medical instruments. Enamelled or stainless steel hospital utensils.

Office machinery and equipment, e.g.- Adding machines. Calculators. Typewriters. Duplicators. Tape recorders.

Miscellaneous goods. e.g.- Technical rubber products. Slidefasteners. Sports goods (i.e., shot guns and sporting weapons).

Photographic equipment. Lighthouse equipment. Instruments (i.e., measuring, physical and geophysical instruments and gas meters).

Glassware.

Books. Pottery. Cellulose sponge products.

SCHEDULE 'B'

LIST OF SOME OF THE GOODS AVAILABLE FOR EXPORT FROM INDIA TO SWEDEN.

Cotton textiles.

Silk fabrics.

Rayon fabrics.

Shawls.

Sarees.

Lace goods. Jute goods.

Raw wool and woollen manufactures, including carpets and rugs but excluding knitting wool. Coir and coir products.

Hemp other than manila, sisal and aloe. Cotton waste. Rubber goods.

Leather-tanned, hides and skins. Leather goods, including footwear. Myrob alan and extracts. Sports goods.

Drugs and medicines.

Essential oils and oilseeds. Niger seed.

Niger seed oil. Kardiseed.

Kardi seed oil. Castor oil.

Linseed oil. Mustard oil.

Hydrogenated oil. Shark Liver oil.

Spices, including, pepper, chillies, ginger, turmeric, cardamom, pickles, chutneys, condiments, curry powder.

Tea.

Coffee.

Tobacco. Shellac.

Manganese ore and Magnesite. Kyanite ore. Chrome ore. Iron ore.

Crushed bones. Paraffin wax. Glycerine.

Potassium bromide. Magnesium chloride. Naphthalene. Glycerine.

Potassium nitrate. Bichromates.

Strychnine and its salts. Papain.

Linoleum. Bristles,

Fibre for brushes and brooms.

Goat hair and other animal hair.

Cottage industry product, e.g., handloom. (cotton and silk), artistic silver, brass, bidri and other metal products, ivory articles, wood carvings, grass and fibre products, etc.

Soaps.

Cigarettes.

Methylated spirit.

Cashewkernels. Coal.

Raw cotton.

Dyeing and tanning materials other than myrobalan. Indian films, exposed.

Dear Mrs. MYRDAL,

I write to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date. The letter reads as follows : V (Not reproduced) I confirm that this sums up correctly the result of the discussions between the Representatives of India and Sweden.

Yours sincerely,
Sd./- K.B. LALL.

H.E. MRS. ALVA MYRDAL,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary for Sweden in India,
11, Ratendone Road, New Delhi.

Dear Mr. LALL,

I have the honour to refer to the Trade Arrangement set out in the letters exchanged between the Representatives of the Governments of Sweden and India on the 31st May, 1955, and to our recent discussions regarding the Schedules to be adopted for the year commencing from the 1st January, 1957. It was agreed during these discussions that the Schedules attached to the said Trade Arrangement shall be substituted by the revised Schedules appended hereto. I should be grateful if you would please confirm the foregoing.

Yours sincerely,
Sd./- B.G. JARNSTEDT

K.B. LALL, Esq.,
Joint Secretary of the Government of India,
Ministry of Commerce & Industry,
New Delhi.

Dear Mr. JARNSTEDT,

I write to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date. The letter reads as follows :

(Not reproduced)

I confirm that this sums up correctly the result of the discussions between the Representatives of India and Sweden.

Yours sincerely,
Sd./- K.B. LALL.

B.G. JARNSTEDT, Esq.,
Charge d'Affaires, a.i.
Royal Swedish Embassy,
New Delhi.

SCHEDULE 'A'

LIST OF SOME OF THE GOODS AVAILABLE FOR EXPORT FROM SWEDEN TO INDIA

Foodstuffs of various kinds, e.g.- Beer Condensed Milk Milk Powder Tinned foodstuffs

Building materials, e.g.- Cement Ceramic floor and wall tiles Laminated plastics Chemicals, e.g.- Pharmaceuticals

Formaldehyde

Potassium hydrate

Sodium hydrate

Sodium hydroxide

Calcium carbide

Potassium chlorate

Butyl acetate

Emulsifiers for pesticides

Pitch dispersing agents for cellulose and paper industries

Amyl acetate Ethyl acetate Pigments including zinc oxide

Tanning extracts

Welding electrodes

Wood tar

Tall oil Textile auxiliaries Asphalt additives

Rayon viscose and spinning bath agents

Water soluble cellulose ethers Plasticisers Chlorinated solvents

Acetic acid

Diethyl ether

Weed killers Sulphate dye powder Glue Chelating agents

Hides, skins, leather and manufactures thereof Forestry products, e.g.-

Sawn and planed timber Boxboards Manufactures of wood (i.e., shoe lasts, bobbins, etc.)

Chemical and mechanical pulp

Waste paper

Newsprint

Wrappingpaper

Book printing and writing paper

Other sorts of paper Cardboard Manufactures ofpaper (i.e., stationery)

Transparent foils Vulcanized fibre Wall board

Tea Chest plywood panels Textiles, e.g.- Machinefelt Rayon wool and silk

Iron and steel including ferro alloys and stainless steel metal manufactures and semi- manufactures, e.g.-

Hard metal and diamond drill bits

Chains (i.e. cycle chains)

Hand tools (i.e. saws, saw-blades, files, rasps, axes liftingjacks and pipetools).

Builder's hardware (i.e., hinges, nails, screws, bolts, nuts and locks)

Horse shoe nails

Pressure stoves, blow lamps and lanterns Razors and razor blades Cutlery Malleable iron pipe fittings Marine hardware

Various machinery and industrial equipment, e.g.-

Internal combustion engines, including diesel engines and out board motors

Metal and woodworking machinery with tools thereto (i.e. machine knives, drill chucks, lathe chucks)

Ballbearings Roller bearings with parts including bearing boxes. Air compressors and pneumatic tools

Mechanical handling equipment including cranes and aerial ropeways

Concrete mixers

Industrial fans and air conditioning equipment Grinding wheels Industrial furnaces

Match making machinery Machinery and equipment for papers, pulp, plywood and wall-board making Sound film machinery

Textile machinery and equipment (i.e. finishing machinery, knitting machinery, card clothing and spinning cans)

Weighing machines Filling, washing, packing, wrapping and closing machinery

Brew houses i.e., machinery for breweries Centrifuges (i.e. high speed industrial separators)

Welding equipment

Printing machinery including reproduction equipment

Glass forming machinery and equipment

Oil refining plants

Starch plants Oil and grease retainers Turbines Road making machinery (i.e. excavators and road rollers) Rock and well drilling equipment including tubewell sinking equipment and diamond core drilling equipment Mining equipment Dairy equipment (i.e. cream separators and plate pasteurisers) Commercial refrigerators and refrigerating machinery Agricultural machinery Milling machinery Industrial sewing machines Laundry machinery Screw cutting tools (i.e. taps, dies and die heads) Crushing and screening machines Vulcanizing equipment Heat exchangers Brick making machines Industrial control equipment Electric hand tools including drill stands Cigar making machinery Hydraulic presses Pumps including deep well pumps Electrical equipment, e.g.- Electrical machinery and motors Generators Transformers Electro-technical porcelain Telephones and telegraph equipment Electric lighting including incandescent lamps and fluorescent lighting Electric motors

Domestic machinery and equipment, e.g.- Vacuum cleaners and floor polishers Washing machinery Domestic wireless receiving sets, record changers Refrigerators Vacuum flasks Meat rnincers, ice cream freezers, etc. Means oftransport, e.g.- Railway rolling stock and locomotives Railway inspection cars Tractors Motor cycles Taximeters Trailers Slack adjusters and load braking devices for railways brakes Hospital equipment, e.g.- Electro-medical apparatus X-ray equipment Surgical, dental and medical instruments Enamelled or stainless steel hospital utensils

Office machinery and equipment, e.g.- Adding machines Calculators Typewriters Duplicators Tape recorders Cashregisters

Miscellaneous goods, e.g.-

Technical rubber products Slide fasteners Sports goods (i.e., shot guns and sporting weapons) Photographic equipment Lighthouse equipment Instruments (i.e. measuring, physical and geophysical instrument and gas meters) Glassware other than glass tableware and glass tumblers Books Pottery Cellulose sponge products Car radio receivers

SCHEDULE 'B'

LIST OF SOME OF THE GOODS AVAILABLE FOR EXPORT FROM INDIA TO SWEDEN

Cotton textiles Silk fabrics Rayon fabrics Shawls Sarees Lace goods Jute goods Plastic goods Raw wool and woollen manufactures including carpets and rugs but excluding knitting wool Coir and coir products Hemp, other than manila, sisal and aloe Cotton waste Rubber goods Leather-tanned hides and skins Leather goods including footwear Myrobalan and extracts Sports goods Drugs and medicines Paints and lacquers Essential oils and oilseeds Niger seed Niger seed oil Kardi seed oil

Castor oil Cotton seed oil Linseed oil Mustard oil Hydrogenated oil Shark Liver oil Spices, including pepper, chillies, ginger, turmeric and cardamom, pickles, chutneys, condiments and curry powder Tea Coffee Tapioca and tapioca products Tobacco Shellac Manganese ore and Magnesite Kyanite ore Chrome ore Iron ore Crushed bones Paraffin wax Glycerine Potassium bromide Magnesium chloride Naphthalene Potassium nitrate Bichromates Strychnine and its salts Papain Linoleum Bristles Goat hair and other animal hair Fibre for brushes and brooms Cottage industry products, e.g., handloom (cotton and silk) artistic silver, brass, bidri and other metal products, ivory articles, wood carvings, grass and fibre products etc. Soaps Cigars and cigarettes Methylated spirit Cashew kernels and cashew shell oil Raw cotton Dyeing and tanning materials other than myrobalan Indian films, exposed Furs Flowerbulbs Reeds Mica plates Coal

Dear Mr. SATARAWAL,

I have the honour to refer to the Trade Arrangement set out in the letters exchanged between the Representatives of the Governments of Sweden and India on the 31st May, 1955 and to our recent discussions regarding the revision of the schedules to the Trade Arrangement. It was agreed that the schedules to the Trade Arrangement, as revised on the 1st June, 1957, shall continue to remain in force up to December 31st, 1959, subject to the addition of the following commodities to Schedule 'B':

Lycopodium

Tooth brushes and shaving brushes with nylon bristles

Tents

Surgical dressings such as bandages, etc.

Cotton wool

Prawns and other canned provisions

Knitting wool

Animal casings

Pearls

Precious stones.

I shall be grateful if you will please confirm that this letter correctly sets out the understanding reached between us.

Yours sincerely,
Sd./- B.G. JARNSTEDT
Charge d'Affaires a.i. of Sweden.

Shri K.T. SATARAWALA, I.A.S.
Joint Secretary to the Government of India,
Ministry of Commerce and Industry,
New Delhi.

Dear Mr. JARNSTEDT,

I write to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date. This letter reads as follows:

(Not printed)

I confirm that this sets out correctly the understanding reached between the representatives of India and Sweden.

Yours sincerely,
Sd./- K.T. SATARAWALA

B.G. JARNSTEDT, Esq.,
Charge d'Affaires a.i. of Sweden,
New Delhi.