LOWER TARIFFS
AUSTRALIAN ACTION DUTIES ON MANY SORTS OF GOODS REDUCED (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —HI ELBCTiUO TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.) (Received March 29, 5.5 p.m.) CANBERRA, March 29. A new tariff schedule embodying 86 reductions under the British preferential rate and 33 under the general rate was tabled in the House of Representatives last evening and becomes effective from to-day. The most striking variation affects motor body panels.- The tariff on completed bodies is unaltered, but a body imported in panel sections for assembly locally can now be landed for £3 15s, compared with £32 10s formerly. Other items on which the tariff is reduced include: Wearing apparel, socks and stockings, agricultural machinery, machine tools and textiles. The Minister for Customs (Mr T. W. White) said that the Government's tariff policy would definitely reduce production and living costs without detrimentally affecting employment. None of the new duties was .below the level which an exhaustive enquiry by the Tariff Board had shown to be adequate to protect Australian industries and make for the greatest efficiency.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21436, 30 March 1935, Page 13
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