ARMADALE'S CARGO

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23773, 28 September 1940, Page 7

ARMADALE'S CARGO

IMPORTING CONDITIONS A modification of the conditions previously determined for delivery to importers of cargo from the Armadale lias been announced by the Minister of Customs, the Hon. W. Nash, in a letter to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce. Representations were made to him by the chamber following his refusal to regard the cargo as subject to second period licences, and Mr. Nash now states that after a review of all the circumstances he will modify the procedure for goods loaded on the vessel at New York. Where such goods have been endorsed against the third or fourth period licence held by an importer, Mr. Nash has decided that a special fourth period licence will bo issued to the value of goods so endorsed if the importer considers that the balance remaining on his existing licences is insufficient to cover his requirements for the remainder of 1940. In other cases, where an importer held no licence in respect of the third or fourth period, under which the goods could bo entered, and a special fourth period licence has accordingly been issued to cover the goods, on condition that the amount involved would bo deducted from the importer's allocation for the fifth or a subsequent period, the licence will not now be regarded as a charge against the allocation for a later period.