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Customs Valuations CANADIAN AMENDMENT British Empire Goods LAWSUITS MAY FOLLOW By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Received October 31, 7 p.m.) Ottawa, October 30. Th® arbitrary valuations set by the National Revenue Department against British Empire goods since November 25, 1932, under section 43 of the Customs Act, were ruled as invalid to-day by the Tariff Board. The valuations apply to a wide range of commodities, including wire rope, ferro-manganese, stockingette, jerseyClotb, jute twine, and metal nameplates. r ' . , . The board's ruling was made in allowing an appeal entered by L. A. Wilmot, of Montreal, acting for Thomas Bonar and Co., Ltd., Montreal, and dealing specifically with jute twines. . The ruling will let down the tariff bars to many United Kingdom products. It is believed jt might lead to lawsuits against the Dominion for the import and dumping duties collected under section 43, since it was amended in 1932. The amendment had limited the power of the Minister to goods imported under the intermediate or general tariff, and excluded British Empire products, but the department continued to set the duty valuations against United Kingdom goods under the section.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 32, 1 November 1933, Page 9
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187RULED INVALID Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 32, 1 November 1933, Page 9
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