NEW TARIFF

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11948, 19 May 1933, Page 5

NEW TARIFF

duties on some Australian : !GOODS . RAISED TO SATE LEVEL AS UNITED KINGDOM (Press Association.; WELLINGTON, May 18. y Notice,is gazetted to-night that the rates of duty payable on the United (kingdom goods will be applied, to' following Australian goods .from the dates mentioned: — On and from June 1! Cut and plug manufactured tobacco. On and from August I: Confectionery, fresh apricots, cherries, grapes peaches, plums, tomatoes, cigarettes, spirits, floor coverings, apparel and hosiery, fur skins and made-up furs, glass bottles and jars, china ware, fancy goods, sporting requisites, toilet preparations, motor vehicles, sashes and doors. -

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND MR. COATES EXPLAINS. GAZETTE NOTICE, F . (Press Association.! WELLINGTON, May IS. Commenting on a Gazette notice respecting the duties on Australian goods, the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates, etatoa: — "Under the tariff agreement between Australia and New Zealand, neither country can impose Customs duty or increase a. rate, of duty on goods produced or manufactured by tile other except by 'mutual agreement until after six months’ notice. The Gazette notifications have nothing to do with the provisional agreement reached with Mr. Massy Greene, which has sineo been approved by the governments of both countries.” "It is net the settled tariff policy of New Zealand that duties on Australian products should be less than those on similar United Kingdom products, except in cases of special goods, such as timber, fish, etc.”

Mr. Coates went on to say 7: * 1 Anolher reason for giving notice was that it had been found with respect to tobacco and cigarettes that the revenue wa 3 likely to be prejudiced' owing to the importation of suc-0 goods from Australia at low 7 or rates of duty than those levied on similar United Kingdom goods. Advantage was takon of the- presence ef Mr. Massy Greene to obtain the consent or the Australian Government . to increase the duties on Common wealth cut and. plug tobacco to the rates pii’ovided for in the Customs Acts Amendment Act passed in February, last: — "I regret,” added Mr. Coates, 'that particulars cannot at present bo supplied respecting the agreement recently made. The usual course is not to publish tbe details until legislation ha s . been introduced into the parliaments of both countries.”