EXPORT OF SHEEPSKINS
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S DUTY. TRADE COMPLETELY DISORGANIZED. (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 11.15 p.m.) Melbourne, December 18. General surprise is expressed at the Federal Government’s export duty of a halfpenny a pound on sheepskins in the face of an adverse report by the Tariff Board. The trade in sheepskins is consequently completely disorganized, and the sales to-day were postponed until to-morrow to enable exporters to consider the position.
The unanimous opinion after their meeting was that the duty would depreciate the value of sheepskins throughout Australia to the full amount of the export duty. The view was also expressed that the country members of the Labour Party would suffer at the next election for allowing such heavy losses to be passed on to the wool-growers.
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Southland Times, Issue 21273, 19 December 1930, Page 5
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127EXPORT OF SHEEPSKINS Southland Times, Issue 21273, 19 December 1930, Page 5
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