Tariff on imports from South Africa
Sir, —As part of the as yet unannounced programme for New Zealand’s marking of International Year to Combat Racism, is the Ministry of Overseas Trade going to change the New ZealandSouth African Trade Tariffs presently under review? In spite of more and more United Nations resolutions about trade boycotts New Zealand helps out the racist regime with trade. Can the Ministry explain why it is that South Africa has better tariff concessions than the Commonwealth, on oranges, grapes, dried fruits, sultanas, stone fruit and sparkling wines? (For non-sparkling wines, South Africa comes before the most favoured nations.) If New Zealand will not abide then will she arrange her tariffs with South Africa on a par with the most favoured nation tariff, not superior to the Commonwealth basis.— Yours, etc., M. O’NEILL. January 21, 1971. [The Minister of Overseas Trade (Mr Marshall), replies: “When South Africa withdrew from the Commonwealth in 1961, New Zealand ceased to apply British preferential tariff treatment to South African produce. Rates of duty applied by both countries have since been gov-
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32521, 3 February 1971, Page 12
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