The Head/Principal Offices of all

Authorized Dealers in Foreign Exchange

Dear Sirs/Madam,

AMENDMENT IN IMPORT POLICY ORDER 2005

Authorized Dealers may please find enclosed Ministry of Commerce’s SRO dated the 21st November, 2005 on the above subject.

As per SRO, the Federal Government has made an amendment in the Import Policy Order 2005. In the aforesaid Order, in paragraph 16, under heading A, for clause (iv), the following shall be substituted as under:

“(iv) Import of poultry and poultry products and other captive live birds (pet/game/wild/exotic/fancy birds) from Vietnam, South Korea, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, South Africa, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Turkey, Greece, Romania and China on account of Avian Influenza H5N1 strain, shall not be allowed till further orders. This ban shall however not apply to de-sugared or de-glucosed whole egg powder from China.”

Please bring the same to the notice of all your constituents.