[Title] Agreed Minutes of the Agreement on Commerce between India and Japan pertaining to Paragraph 2, Article 1

With reference to the advantages accorded by India to adjacent countries mentioned in paragraph 2, Article 1, it is explained by the Indian Delegation, and the explanation is accepted by the Japanese Delegation, that these advantages are somewhat larger than would be covered by a strict interpretation of the phrase "frontier traffic".

Sd./- K.B. LALL,

Joint Secy. to the Govt of India,

Sd./- N. USHIBA.

Director Economic Affairs Bureau Leader, Indian Delegation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo .

Tokyo, February 4, 1958

Dear Mr. LALL,

With reference to the Agreement on Commmerce{sic} between Japan and India signed today, I wish to state that, in conformity with the provisions of Article IV thereof, the two Delegations reaffirmed their desire to expand the trade between the two countries to the maximum extent practicable in respect of various commodities some of which are mentioned in Schedules A and B appended hereto.

I shall be grateful if you are good enough to confirm that this letter correctly sets out the understanding reached between us.

Yours sincerely,

Sd./- N. USHIBA,

Director, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

Tokyo.

Mr. K.B. LALL,

Joint Secy. to the Government of India, Leader, Indian Delegation, Tokyo.

SCHEDULE 'A'

EXPORTS FROM JAPAN

Textile and fibre products

(for example, artificial fibre yarn, artificial fibre fabrics, raw silk etc.).

Iron and steel and other metals.

(for example, galvanized steel plate and sheets, other iron and steel mill products, aluminium rolled products, copper alloy rolled products, insulated electirc{sic} wire, etc.).

Capital goods and machinery.

(for example, electrical machinery, ships, railway cars and parts, industrial machinery, etc.).

Chemicals and dyes.

(for example, drugs and medicines, ammonium su ' lphate{sic} and urea, dyestuffs, caustic soda, cement, vegetable wax, camphor, menthol crystal, peppermint oil, etc.).

Wood and paper products.

(for example, veneer and plywood, newsprint, etc.).

SCHEDULE 'B'

EXPORTS FROM INDIA

Agricultural products.

(for example, spices, palmyrah fibre, tea, tobacco, coffee beans, gums and resins, molasses, sugar, etc.).

Agricultural raw materials. (for example, raw cotton, cotton waste, etc.).

Animal products. (for example, hides and skins, animal casings, bones, etc.).

Industrial raw materials (for example tanning materials, iron and steel scrap, etc.).

Minerals (for example, iron ore, manganese ore, salt, mica, coal, etc.).

Miscellaneous commodities. (for example, coir yarn, sandalwood oil, lac and shellac, mangesite{sic}, opiurn{sic}, curry powder, etc.).

Joint Secretary to the Government of India,

C/o. Embassy of India in Japan, Tokyo.

Tokyo, February 4, 1958

Dear Mr. USHIBA,

I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date which reads as follows :

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The Schedules A and B appended to the letter reproduced above are hereto attached.

I wish to confirm that the above correctly sets out the understanding reached between us.

Yours sincerely,

Sd./- K.B. LALL,

Joint Secretary to the Government of India, Leader, Indian Delegation,

Tokyo. Mr. N. USHIBA,

Director, Economic Affairs Bureau,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, TOKYO.