CUSTOMS YIELD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22616, 2 January 1937, Page 5

CUSTOMS YIELD

YEAR'S LARGE GAIN , INCREASE OF £908,0(10 { EQUAL TO 22 PER CENT i HIGH DECEMBER FIGURES No better proof of trade recovery could be found than in the customs, excise and sales tax collections at Auckland for the calendar year 1936. The total amount received from all sources was £4,973,25], an increase of £903,082 over the previous year's figure, and representing a gain of nearly 22£ per cent. The equivalent percentage a* year ago was only 3.-5. For December the returns, except that for motor spirit duty, were the highest for a long period. The collections under various headings for 1936 and 1935 respectively are shown in the following table: — 1930 1935 £ £ Customs .. 3,170,419 2,050,902 Motor spirit .. 738,140 537,073 Tyre duty .. 27,010 20.2C0 Totals . . 3,935,599 3,220,835 Excise on beer 172,447 142,763 Sales tax .. 5G5,205 701,571 The following are the aggregate and , percentage increases for 1936 over 1935, the percentage increases for 1935 over 1934 being also given:— Per cent, £ 1930 1935 C'utoms .. 513,517 19.0 1.9 Motor spirit . . 200,407 37.3 1.4 Tyre duty. . . 780 2.9 .2 Total . . 714,704 22.2 3.5 Excise on beer 29,084 20.S 7.9 Sales tax .. 103,634 23.3 11.7 Grand total. . 905.052 22.3 3.5 Customs Recovery Although the comparisons are not exact, owing to various changes in rates of duty, the recovery of customs revenue over the past six years is most impressive. Below are gii-en the total figures for each . year and the net figures, the latter being exclusive of motor spirit and tyre duties. For the purposes of the present computations motor spirit duty is calculated at the old rate of 6d a gallon, the balance being included in ordinary customs revenue. Total Ordinary £ £ 1931 .. 2,134.*55 1,604,774 1932 .. 2,454,542 1,967,569 1933 . . 2,758,840 2,256.623 1934 . . 3,166,676 2,608,010 1935 .. 3,220,835 2,656,902 1936 .. 3,935,599 3,170,419 Collections of motor spirit duty on the basis mentioned, and of tyre duty over six years, are as follows: — Motor Spirit I'yreg £ £ 1931. .. 499,012 31,069 1932 . . 461,876 25.,097 1933 .. 481,881 20,336 1934 .. 532,466 2€i,200 1935 . . 537,673 26,260 1936 .. 738,140 27,040 December Records The returns under all headings for December indicate that the sharp rise in November was fully maintained last month. Both sets of figures show a very marked improvement over the best recorded since the pre-depression period, except for abnormal motor spirit returns in March last. 1936 1935 £ P , 1 Customs .. 302.075 264,987 Motor spirit .. 73,849 58,951 Tyre duty .. 2,499 2,223 Totals .. 378,423 326,161 Excise on beer 23,313 18,279 Sales tax .. 85,253 67,614 Monthly returns covering ordinary customs revenue and motor spirit and tyre duties for the past two years are as follows: — CUSTOMS . 1936 1935 i £ , January .. 240,060 223,687 February .. 239,905 211,574 March .. 293,267 209.524 April . . ' 260.448 211,776 Mav . .. 232,243 211,355 l June . .. 238,626 180,647 July . .. 260,431 196,396 August . . 272,66 ii 217.467 September .. 261,290 235,658 October .. 267.588 261,038 November .. 301,220 232,793 December .. 302.075 264,987 To';als .. 3,170,419 2,656,902 MOTOR SPIRIT AND' T'SRES , 1936 1935 £ £ January .. 59.934 February .. 54,461 March . . .. 114.79t? 51,-54 - April .. • • 55.154 50,910 Mav .. .. 56,752 53,183 1 June •• 5«.215 36,723 5 Julv :! .. 58.274 83,003 August . .. s'-,133 . 25,059 p September .. sn,t>B6 4> ,J->3 r October .. 61,225 51.394 ' November .. 63,200 -5 5 December .. /b,348 6.1,1 <4 Totals .. 765,150 563,933 > _ ' 1 GHRISTCHURCH RETURNS 3 , } INCREASE OF £301,659 b [by telegraph—PßESS association] 1 CHRISTCHURCH, Friday Customs revenue and other dues collected at Christchurch in 1936 amounted to £301,659 more than in i 1935. Revenue under every head, except i tyre duty, increased greatly. The total from all sources for the year was ! in 1935. ® Details for the year were:—Customs . duty, £162,854; sales tax, £58,305; ; beer duty, £13,279; motor spirit tax, • £65,604. i The figures for December were as fclj lows, those for Decembe'r, 1935, being in parentheses:—Customs duty, £90.315 (£77,130); beer duty, £13,324 (£9022); 5 sales tax, £37,653 (£28,229); tyre r ; duty £1075 (£928); motor spirit tax, ® £28,616 (£17,669). s J THE DUNEDIN FIGURES / INCREASE IN CUSTOMS DUTY s r [BY TELEGRAPH —FBESS ASSOCIATION] s DUNEDIN, Friday A largo increase in imports into the port of Dunedin is shown by the cusa toms duty paid for December —£65,793, . ■ which is an increase of £9130 over the [ total for December, 1935, and is the • largest amount of duty paid for one 'I month since September, 1934. Sales tax l also shows a big increase over the i, figures for December, 1935, giving a 1 good indication of the .freer circulation of money. The following are the figures for Dei." cember, 1936, those for December, 1935, being given in parentheses:—Customs ' duty, £65,793 (£56,663); beer dutv, £28,068 (£28,978); sales tax, £27,139 (£22,855); petrol tax, £17,117 (£14,280); tyre tax, £402 (£480); gold duty, £974 (£2793). The .following are the totals for the nine months' period April-December, 1936, and 1935:—Customs duty, £543.609 (£470,305); beer 1 1 duty, £201,953 (£179,370); sales tax, f £215,809 (£187,859); petrol tax, L £124,459 (£104.040); tyre tc.\, £5520 j t (£6406); gold duty, £16,415 j(,£17,472). v