BRITISH TARIFF

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 269, 13 October 1932, Page 2

BRITISH TARIFF

LIST OF NEW DUTIES. SEQUEL TO OTTAWA AGREEMENTS. (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) Received octol^ r IJ( S^ Y Oct P l2. A message is released regarding the Imperial Conference agreements at Ottawa. Imports from Empire countries into the Uivited Kingdom fall into three classes —those accorded entry free of duty, subject to a revision three years lienee; those which are granted preference through the imposition of specific duties on foreign goods; and those which receive preference in virtue of the 10 per cent, ad valorem duty on foreign goods deposed under tho Imports Duties Act. In the first category are included eggs, poultry, butter, cheese, and other milk products, from __ Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland and Southern Rhodesia. DUTIES ON FOREIGN GOODS. The foreign goods in the second category respecting which Parliament will be asked to impose specific duties are set out in the schedules to the agreements and include.

Wheat in grain 2s per quarter. Butter los' per quarter. Cheese 15 per cent ad valorem. Schedules to the various agreements set out the details .of the other proposed duties. In the schedule to the Canadian agreement the goods specified include apples, pears, canned apples, dried fruits, eggs and condensed milk. Under the corresponding schedule of the Australian agreement are included, in addition- to the above, powdered milk, honey, raw oranges and grape fruits.

NEW ZEALAND’S CONCESSIONS. The New Zealand agreement makes no additions to this list. In regard to the modification of the import duties in thfe Dominions on. articles imported, from Britain full particulars are given of the new rates imposed. Britain already enjoys a very large proportion of the New Zealand trade. Under the new agreement the Dominion undertakes not to increase the primage duty, to lower still further the existing duties, to abolish the_ surtax on British goods, and to modify certain basic import duties.