TARIFF ALTERATIONS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22975, 1 March 1938, Page 14

TARIFF ALTERATIONS

THE' AMENDED SCHEDULES IMPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA RANGE OF MANUFACTURES The details of tlics item's of imported goods in respect of which alterations in tariff have been made by Order-in-C'ouncil issued in a Gazette last night, with the exception of footwear, are set out in the schedules printed below. Items in respect of which increases in duty have been applied to Australian goods only arc as follows, the rates quoted being percentages unless otherwise stated; — Tariff New Item. G-oods Rate. 11 (1) Preserved peas, etc. *• •* »• •• *0 2d per lb., whichever higher 4,"> Jams, jellies, marmalade, nnd preserves .. •• •• 2/jd per lb. ad per lb. 50 Pickles .. .. • • • • • • • • 57 Sauces; chutney; soy. and catsup, in vessels of 10 gallons capacity and under • • • • • • • ■ - s • |s ,, a ' gallon gallon 61 Ex (1) Soups, other than oyster soup and other fish soup. in powder or otherwise and whether in admixture with other siibf>tances or not .... .. .. JO 20 ex ISO Plain tablecloths, table napkin.-, towels, quilts, sheets, and similar plain articles, which have been manufactured merely bv cutting. hemming. or any similar operation, wholly from textile piece goods of cotton, linen 'jute, hemp, other vegetable fibre, silk, imitation silk, artificial silk, of of combinations if these materials with one another, or with any other material (except wool or hair) Free 10 IS3 Ex (2) Textile piece-goods of wool or containing wool, n.e.i. 25 30 ex ISI Blankets of wool or containing wool 25 30 ISf) Upholstery, n.e.i. ■ • • • • • ■ • • • 25 40 202 Leather laces; vamps, and uppers; leather cut into shapes; clog and patten soles; leather leggings .. 35 40 203 Leather manufactures, n.e i .. .. .. .. 20 35 204 Portmanteaux; trunks; bags of leather or of leather cloth; etc. _ .. .. •• .. .. .. 30 35 216 Drainage-pipes, drainage-tiles, conduit-pipes, and chimneypots, of earthenware, concrete, or similar materials 20 25 230 Fancy goods, and toys; sjiorting, gaming, and athletic requisites, n.e.i., etc. .. . . . . . . ... 20 25 242 Jewellery; plate, gold or silver; plated-ware .. .. 20 25 243 Lay figures, busts, and dress stands .. .. .. 20 25 ex 246 Mouldings, in the piece, and panels, composed wholly of wood, suited for picture frames, cornices, walls, or ceilings 25 30 262 Toilet preparations, and perfumery, n.e.i., including perfumed oil .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 35 ex 274 Envelopes, puper, n.e.i .. .. .. .. 25 30 270 Ink, printing, n.e.i.; stencilling nnd similar inks; showcard or poster colours in liquid form .. .. .. LA 26 33S Ex (2) Switches (including bell-pushes) of a rated currentcarrying capacity not exceeding 35 amperes, wallplugs and shoes or sockets therefor, flush boxes for switches or wall-plugs, fuses, and wire or cable connectors Frei 90 ex 310 Table-lamps, reading-lamps, bed-sido lamps, of stand or clamp typo .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 30 353 Ex (1) Valves, taps, tobies,, hydrants, and similar articles, of brass or other copper alloy .. . . .. 30 40 (3) Electric cooking and electric heating appliances 20 30 350 (f2"» Porcelain enamelled cast iron baths . . .. .. 25 45 363 (2) Stereotypes, electrotypes, matrices, half-tone and line blocks . . .. .. .... 20 30 375 - Tinware, and tin manufactures, n.e.i. .. .. .. 20 35 407 (1) Furniture, and cabin*tware, n.e.i. and other than metal, including chairs of wood with wicker, bamboo, or cane seats; billiard-tables . . .. 25 40 419 (2) Brushes, brushware, and brooms, n.e.i. including knots or tufts for brushmaking 25 30 CANADIAN AND GENERAL .VARIETY OF COMMODITIES Items in respect of which increases have been applied to Australian and Canadian goods and also to general tariff rates, are as follows, the rates quoted being percentages unless otherwise stated:—

Tariff Item No. r Goods 63 Soap, cleansing, all kinds, etc. . 136 Apparel', clothing and hosiery, viz.:— (2) Shirts, pyjamas and nightdresses, not being knitted or made-up from knitted materials; collars and cuffs for shirts .. (3) graces, suspenders, garters, belts and similar articles Ex (4) Gloves and mittens, wholly or principally of leather (o) Neckties (6) Men's and boys' overcoats, n.e.1., / suits, coats, trousers, waistcoats and • ■ similar articles (?) N.e.i. Canadian silk and art. siik hosiery .. 164 Hats and caps, in any stage of manufacture, including hat-hoods, n.e.i. 170 Millinery of all kinds, including trimmed hats, caps and bonnets Ex 180 Knitted or lock-stitched piece-goods of . / silk or artificial silk, or of combinations of these materials with one another, or' with any other material (except wool or hair) .. 186 (a) Boots, shoes, clogs, pattens, shoottes, sandals and other footwear, n:e.i. i (other than boots and shoes of canvas with rubber soles solutioned to the uppers, including goloshes and overshoes) 0>) Slippers, n.e.l . Ex 109 Hose, tubing or piping, wholly of rubber, n.e.l. 200 Leather, viz.:— Ex (4) Hide leathers, crust or rough tanned, but undressed Ex (6) Leather, japanned or enamelled, other than patent leathers; also such other leather specially suited for furniture and upholstery work, as may be approved by the Minister, and under conditions prescribed by him (8) Leather, n.e.i.; belts (not being apparel) and belting, wholly or partly composed of leather 268 'Cardboard boxes and paper boxes, complete; paper and cardboard, cut or shaped for wrappers, boxes or other receptacles 297 Paper, celluloid or similar materials, '< ' and wrappers made from such materials, printed, lithographed or ruled, n.e.i. 803 and calendars, all kinds, including glacier stickers suited for exhibition on windows 304 Stationery and paper, manufactured, etc. 305 Stationery, n.e.i., etc. .. .. .. Ex 310 Washers wholly of rubber Ex 331 Lawnmowers of the hand-roller type.. 334 Ex (2) Milking machine parts wholly of rubber .. 335 Machinery or appliances, electrical. viz.':— Ex (1) (a) Storage batteries (including parts thereof) .. • .. / ('!) Carbons or electrodes for arc lamps, for electric furnaces or for electric welding (9) (a) "Wireless broadcast receiving sets, built up, but not mounted in cabinets (b) Wireless broadcast receiving sets, , mourted in cabinets Ex (10) Electric irons .. 853 Machinery, machines, engines and other appliances, n.e.i., viz.:— (4) Stone-crushing machines, viz., jaw crushers (5) Concrete mixers (0) Other kinds, excluding vacuumpumps suited for use with milking machine,') 856 Ex (1) Hardware, hollow-ware and ironmongery, n.e.i.; manufactured or partly manufactured articles of metal, and manufactured or partly manufactured articles of metal in combination with any other material, n.e.i. (excluding pumps or mechanical unit" for pumps of the type used for vending petrol) 807 (2) Paints, and colours, ground in liquid, n.e.i., etc. .. (3) Varnishes, lacquers, etc. .. (4) Preparations for removing paint and , varnish 407 (2) Doors, v/ooden, plain or glazed . . Ex 414 Woodenware arid turnery, n.e.i.; saddletrees: wooden tackle-blocks.. Ex 419 Rubber (not including sponge rubber) in sheet, strip, cord or channel, being composed wholly of compounded or vulcanised rubber; also all articles, n.e.i., wholly of rubber

Australian Canadian General Goods Goods Tariff Old New Old New Old New rate rate rate rate rate rate 30 35 20 30 50 oo 20 40 20 40 50 65 20 46 20 40 50 65 20 40 20 40 50 no alter--20 40 20 40 50 25 40 25 45 50 65 25 40 25 45 50 65 3-J/ 3 55 20 40 20 40 50 65 20 40 20 40 50 65 Free 10 Free 10 15 25 35 40 20 25 50 65 or 4s or 3s or (is a pair, a pair, a pair, whichever whichever whichever higher higher higher 85 40 20 25 50 55 Free 15 Free 15 25 35 C 20 6 20 10 30 or 3d or 3d or 5d per lb, per lb, per lb, whichever whichever whichever higher higher higher Free 20 Free 20 Free 80 15 20 15 20 25 30 or 3d or 3d or 3d or 3d or 5d or 5d per lb, per lb, per lb, per lb, per lb, per lb which- which- which- which- which- whichever ever ever ever ever ever higher higher higher higher higher higher 20 30 20 30 50 55 20 30 20 30 55 60 20 30 20 30 50 55 20 30 20 30 50 55 20 30 20 30 4.5 60 Free 15 Free 15 20 30 20 30 20 30 45 65 Free 15 Free 15 Free 25 Free 20 Free 20 25 40 Free 10 Free 10 25 35 Free 20 Free 20 85 60 10 30 Free' 30 45 GS 20 30 20 30 45 50 10 80 10 30 35 60 16 30 16 30 40 60 20 80 20 30 45 60 20 30 • 20 30 45 60 15 25 15 25 35 45 15 25 15 25 35 45 15 25 15 25 35 45 25 35 25 35 55 65 or 4s or 6s or 4s or 6s or 7s fld or »s Cd a door a door a door a door a door a door which- which- which- which- which- whichever ever ever ever ever ever higher higher higher hifehcr higher higher 20 30 20 30 45 60 Free 15 Free 15 F rpe 25

Note. Ibe old and new rates undc.r the eenerai tariff and the old rates on Canadian goods are subject to the addition of surtax of nine-fortieths of the dutv otherwise charer" able.except in reaped of item 407 (2), doors, in which case the surtax is one-twentieth of |he duty. on Canadian goods are not subject to eurtax except in respect