DUTY ON POTATOES
NEW BRITISH ORDER. TAX OF £1 PER TON. (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, July 25. The additional import duty order which the Treasury issued on the recommendation of the Import Duties Advisory Committee on foreign potatoes imported into Britain will be chargeable as from midnight on Wednesday with a duty of £1 p»r ton. In regard to new potatoes imported between November 1 and June 30, the duty w'lll be 4/8 per cwt. These rates are inclusive of the existing general duty of 10 per cent. The Advisory Committee will shortly submit a report dealing with horticultural products generally. It made a recommendation regarding potatoes in advance of this report owing to the recent abnormal importations of potatoes seriously affecting British growers.
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Southland Times, Issue 21770, 27 July 1932, Page 7
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