Suspension of SIONs: listed Standard Input Output Norms declared inoperative and suspended with immediate administrative effect. Under powers conferred by the Foreign Trade Policy paragraphs 1.03 and 2.04, the Director General of Foreign Trade suspends the Standard Input-Output Norms listed at Annexure 'A' with immediate effect on the ground that those SIONs have been inoperative over the last five years; the measure is an administrative suspension of the listed normative entries pending further action and includes a file reference and contact for correspondence.