SPECIAL CLASS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23770, 25 September 1940, Page 13

SPECIAL CLASS

CUTS -UNSPECIFIED UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION Additions to the list of tariff items for which individual applications will be considered by the Customs Department now make a considerable total. Included in these is the class 81 (1) and (2), unmanufactured tobacco, for which licences will be issued for the first half of the year only. The additions are as follows: — TarifT item No. I—Live animals, etc. —Animals, food for, etc. ex 32 (2) —Medicated confectionery. 34 —Stearine for use in manufacture of candles, etc. ' id (1) —Fruit trees and plants •tl—Glucose; grape-sugar and caramel. 52 (1) —Almonds and nuts, all kinds, shelled or unshcllcd, n.e.i. 52 (3) —Desiccated coconut, etc. 52 (4) —Walnuts, etc. e.vO"—Maizena; cornflour. 101 —Cream of tartar; cream of tartar substitutes, etc. 110 —Dyes, manufactured, etc. 1.14 —Essences, synthetic, etc. 115 —Essential oils. exl3(J (7) —Babies' clothing suited for wear by infants up to the ago of two years. 142—800t and similar laces, of any material ether than leather. 14C—Buttons, crochet, and similar. 147—Buttons n.e.i. exl.s5 —Felt piece-goods n.e.i. not including felted textiles (excluding carpeting and under-felt). 160 (1) —Fur skins, green or sun-dried (certain types of fur skins not to bo imported). exl64 —Hat hoods, woven and similar, of straw, hemp and similar materials, unblocked or partially blocked (but uneewn). 165—Hat-hoods, felt, of wool or fur, etc. IGC—Hatmakers' materials—viz., hatters' ribbons, galloons or linings, etc. oxlTO —Hat hoods, woven and similar of straw, hemp, and similar materials, unblocked or partially blocked (but unexlßo (2) —Knitted or lock stitched pieco goods of silk, or artificial silk, or of combinations of theso materials with one another,' or with any other material (except wool or hair) (excluding circular knitted artificial silk picco goods). 101—Yarns: Coir, flax, jute, etc. 211 (3) —Refractory materials n.e.i., etc. 271—Celluloid, and similar materials, plain, in sheets or rolls, imprinted, n.e.i. ex2o5 —Paper, imprinted—viz., glazed transparent grease-proof paper, greaseproof imitation parchment paper, and similar paper of such qualities as may bp * approved by the Minister. 290—Paper of qualities and sizes, ns approved, on declaration that it will be used by orchardists only in wrapping fruit. 300 (2) (b) —Paper, n.e.i., etc., in sheets of size not less than 20in by loin, etc. 320—Filters, etc., for purifying water supplies, etc. 322 (1) (c) —Cartridges, ball, .22 calibre. 322 (5) —Metal cups for the manufacture of cartridges. 33G —Engines, etc., specially suited for flying machines, etc. 0x338 (4) —Electric apppliances n.e.i. peculiar to surgery, X-ray tubes, transformers, chokes, radio frequency coils, radio frequency units, valve shields, coil cans, chassis, dial mechanism, dial scales and complete dials suited for use in wireless broadcast receiving sets; loudspeakers for radio sets. 0x351 (S) —Sewing machines, other than industrial. 0x353 (0) (b) —Refrigerators. cx 353 (G) (b)—Washing machines. 357 (2) —Aluminium, brass, copper, etc., In bars or rods, etc. ex 357 (0) —Lead sheet. 3S9 —Motor vehicles, n.e.i., viz:—Ex (a) unassembled or completely knocked down (c.k.d.) chassis for commercial trucks, delivery vans or omnibuses, (b) Chassis for electricall.v-propcllcd motor vehicles of types and under conditions approved by the Minister. 443 (1) —Sausage casings, animal origin. exllO (Q) —Ginger in brino. THE BANNED GOODS FURTHER CLASSES ADDED Further classes have been added to the list of goods which may not he imported from any country. The additions to the banned list are ns follows: Tariff Item No. 47—Macaroni, vermicelli, spaghetti, etc., n.e.i. exl2l (1) —Effervescing saline preparations; cod liver oil emulsions.

ex 334 (3) —Cotton wool. , ~. exls2—Labels and hangers, woven, for clothing and other textile articles, including hanger material, etc. ex 3 73 —Wadding. 205 (5) —Rubber tyres—viz., bicycle, etc. 270 —Cardboad. pasteboard, wood-pulp board, etc., n.e.i. 291—Paper lace, embossed, etc. 335 —Clips, tags, rings and similar articles, etc. 321 (t) —Rifles, .22 calibre; rifles, .303 calibre, etc. 397 ((i) —Kalsoininc, distempers, etc., in powder form. ex-Mo (2) —Sheep marking oils or paints. ex 449 (2) —Steel-wool, radiator sealing compounds. CX33o—lncandescent filament electric lamp bulbs, not beiner peculiar to surgical use. POLICY CRITICISED QUESTION OF REPLACEMENTS "The provision made by the Minister of Customs is unfair both to New Zealand importers and British manufacturers, having regard to the exigencies of the war position and delays involved in the delivery of goods from the United Kingdom."'said Mr. Gat nor Jackson, president of the Bureau of Importers, commenting upon the fifth period import quotas. "The position is made even worse because of Mr. Nash's decision that all imports licensed under third and fourth periods which do not arrive in New Zealand by December 31 are to be written off the fifth period licences," Mr. Jackson continued. "Some goods ordered under third and fourth period licences have been lost through enemy action while being transported to New Zealand, and there is now insufficient time for replacements to bo made so that these articles will arrive here before December •U. Had Mr. Nash made this proviso to apply only to the third period licences, it would have been a reasonable provision, but to apply it to the fourth period is iniquitous both to New Zealand importers and British manufacturers. It seems that with one stroke of the pen Mr. Nash will cancel out fully 50 per cent of tho licences for manufactured goods that he has issued for the fourth period."