VARIATION IN LIMITS

Southland Times, Issue 23954, 21 October 1939, Page 7

VARIATION IN LIMITS

Country Of Origin As Basis

A considerable section of the lists issued by the Minister of Customs (the Hon. W. Nash) deals with goods on which differential restrictions are placed according to the country of origin. In some cases. no restrictions are placed on goods originating from the United Kingdom vzhile the quantities which may be imported from other British or foreign countries are limited; in other instances limitations to varying extents are imposed on goods from all sources.

Goods admitted under the latest import schedule iron the United Kingdom up to the level of imports in 1938 but subject to restriction from other sources are as iouows, the figures given being the percentage of restriction: Goods Grain and pulse, unground and unmanufactured U.K. Nil Other British Nil Foreign 100 100 50 Infants' and invalids’ foods Walnuts ' Cinnamon, cloves, ginger, mace, nutmeg, pepper and Nil Nil Nil 100 Nil vanilla, unground 50 50 50 Spices, unground n.e.i. Nil 100 Nil 50 100 100 Sago and tapioca Cream of. tartar; cream of tartar substitutes Nil Nil Sheep and cattle licks Nil 100 Dressed linen (stiff) collars Nil 100 Children’s socks and stockings Nil 100 100 Babies’ clothing Nil 100 100 Boot and similar laces, other than leather Nil 100 100 Braids and bindings, all kinds n.e.i.; cords n.e.i. of wool, cotton, silk, imitation silk or artificial silk Nil 100 100 Buttons, crochet and similar, buttons n.e.i. Nil 50 50 Elastics; tapes of cotton, linen or jute; webbings; Nil Nil labels and hangers for apparel, etc. 50 Feathers, ornamental; artificial flowers, etc. Felt piece goods n.e.i. other than felted textiles (exNil Nil 100 100 100 100 cluding carpeting felt) 50 Felted textiles in the piece for manufacturing purposes Nil Nil Hairpins, hat-pins, safety-pins, and toilet-pins Nil 100 100 Hat hoods, felt of wool 01 fur, unblocked and unsewn Hatmakers' materials—-hatters’ ribbons, galloons or linNil Nil Nil Nil 50 ings; leathers, ventilators, etc. 50 Leather cloth and oil baize Nil Nil 100 Wadding; pins n.e.i.; knitting pins; needles; crochet Nil Nil hooks; hooks and eyes for apparel 100 Printers’ blanketing Sewing cottons, silks, threads and twists, etc.; mending Nil 100 yarns of wool or containing wool not exceeding 45 yards , Nil 100 100 Tailors' trimmings—hair-cloths and imitation haircloths Tailors’ trimmings—sllesias, veronas, Italian cloths. Nil Nil 100 100 100 100 and other lining material Moquettes, tapestries, tickings of cotton, etc. Textile piece goods, of cotton, linen, jute, hemp, other Nil 50 50 vegetable fibre, imitation silk, artificial silk, silk, etc. Nil 100* 100* (♦No basic allocation is being made but applications will be considered individually.) Piece goods of silk, artificial silk, etc.—knitted (except Nil Nil 100 circular knitted artificial silk piece goods) Tubular woven and knitted cotton cloth for meat Nil 100 wraps; cheese bandages and caps Nil Moquette and tapestry of wool or containing wool , Nil Nil 100 Waterproof material in the piece Nil 100 100 Belts and belting n.e.i. for driving machinery Boots and shoes of canvas with rubber soles; Nil Nil 100 100 100 goloshes Gumboots Nil Nil 50 50 Heels, soles and knobs of rubber Nil 100 100 Nails, pegs, rivets and tacks peculiar to bootmaking Nil Nil 100 Shoemakers’ binding and beading Nil Nil 100 Shoemakers’ wax, and heel balls Nil Nil •100 Grindery n.ed. (except fibre stiffeners) Hose, tubing, etc. of canvas, rubber, etc. (excluding Nil Nil 100 100 100 wholly of rubber) Nil Rubber water beds and cushions, ice bags and caps, air 100 100 beds, air cushions, urinals Nil Rubber gloves n.e.i. Nil 50 100 Rubber solution and cements Nil 50 100 Solid rubber tyres Nil Nil 75 Refectory materials n.e.i. Nil 100 100 White cement and coloured cement Nil 100 100 Tiles, flooring, wall, hearth and garden Nil 100 100 Glass, sheet, common window or plate Glass, plate or sheet, for use in the manufacture of Nil Nil 50 50 bevelled or silvered glass 50 50 Toughened ’'safety” glass with round or polished edges Nil 100 100 Plaster of Paris Nil 100 100 Watch glasses and similar articles Nil 50 50 Photographic goods n.ed. Celluloid and similar materials, plain, in sheets or Nil 100 Nil 100 100 rolls, imprinted n.ed. Nil Crayons, all kinds Nil 100 100 Ink, printing, black, in bulk Nil 50 100 Emery paper, emery-cloth and glass-pap.er Nil Nil 100 Paperhangings Nil 50 100 Paper seed-pockets for packing seeds Nil Nil 100 Wrapping paper—large sizes Nil 50 100 Paper, n.ed. in sheets not less than 20in by 15in Nil 50 50 Ball and roller bearings Bolts and nuts; metal threaded screws, screws for wood; set screws, engineers’ studs, etc.; rivets and washers other than washers wholly of Nil 50 < 50 rubber Nil 50 100 Buckles of metal Nil Nil 100 Castors suited for furniture Nil 50 100 Metal chain and chains Nil Nil 100 Percussion caps; detonators Agricultural implements and machinery n.e.i. (inNil Nil 100 cluding swath turners and side rakes and spare parts of hayrakes, not hand, and spare parts of hay, straw and wool presses and chaff cutters) Nil 50 x 50 Dairying machinery n.e.i. (excluding pasteurizers. Nil Nil milk coolers, milking machines and churns) 50 Measuring, counting, testing, indicating, etc., instruments, n.ed. 1 Nil Nil 50 Emery grinding machines, etc., emery and similar Nil Nil wheels 50 Artificers’ tools n.ed. Nil 50 50 Builders’ and cabinetmakers’ hardware Metal n.e.i., that is—foil, leaf, hoop, plate, or sheet (except lead sheet) Nil Nil Nil 50 Nil 50 Wrought iron and other pipes n.ed. Nil Nil 100 Printing type and printing materials n.ed,, etc. Metal fittings, mounting and trimmings n.ed. for Nil Nil Nil Nil 100 the manufacture or repair of vehicles 50 Kalsomine, distempers, etc. in powder form Rough sawn timber, other kinds not less than 25ft and a cross section of 150 square inches Nil Nil 100 Nil 50 50 Clothes pegs Nil 50 100 Brake lining in the piece Nil 50 50 BRITISH GOODS RESTRICTED Goods subject to a reduction of 25 per cent, from the United Kingdom and subject to restriction from other sources; Goods U.K. Other British Foreign Clocks, time-registers and time-detectors 25 50 100 Watches Bicycles unless the frames and wheels are completely 25 75 75 unassembled, tricycles and finished parts of bicycles, tricycles, etc. 25 55 100 Goods subject to a reduction of 50 per cent, from the United Kingdom and subject to restriction from other sources: Goods U.K. Other British Foreign Almonds and nuts, all kinds, shelled or unshelled n.e.i. 50 50 50 Desiccated coco-nut Capers, caraway seed, caviare, cayenne pepper, curry50 100 100 100 powder, curry-paste, olives, ground tumeric 50 100 Confectioners' moulding starch; potato flour; rice flour; maizena and cornflour 50 100 100 Antl-incrustatlon, boiler and other similar compounds 50 100 100 Colloidal sulphur 50 50 50 Insecticides and fungicides for agricultural use Druggists’ sundries, and apothecaries’ wares, n.e.i. 50 100 100 aerated-water makers', cordial makers’ and brewers’ drugs, chemicals and other sundries, n.e.i.; chemicals and chemical preparations, n.ed. 50 50 100 Metal-workers’ surfaces and case-hardening compounds; soldering, brazing and welding compounds 50 100 100 Gloves and mittens, other than of rubber or asbestos 50 100 100 Bunting in the piece 50 100 100 Cotton and other waste, engineers’ 50 100 100 Linoleum, cork carpets, and rubber flooring Leather n.ed.; belts and belting of leather (other than 50 100 100 sole leather) 50 50 100 Rubber tyring suited for use on perambulator wheels 50 ioo 100 Bicycle, tricycle and perambulator tyres 50 100 100 Pneumatic rubber tyres and tubes n.e.i. 50 50 100 Rubber tyre repair outfits 50 100 100 Chinaware, etc. for table uso 50 100 100 Sanitary earthenware 50 100 100 Artists’ taaterlals Sporting, gaming and athletic requisites n.e.i. (ex50 100 100 cept hockey sticks and cricket bats from India and tennis, badminton and squash rackets and golf clubs); fishing tackle n.e.i. 50 100 100 Hockey sticks and cricket bats from India — 55 — Plated ware, being cutlery Precious stones—cut or uncut; unmounted 50 100 100 50 75 100 Sensitized surfaces, etc. (except those for X-ray work) Tobacco pipes, pouches and cases, cigar and cigarette 50 75 100 cases and holders 50 100 100 Paper for the manufacture of cartridges 50 100 100 Waxed paper Printed books, papers, music or advertising matters 50 100 100 n.e.i. (excluding paper transfers) 50 50 50 Stationery n.e.i. 50 100 100 Rifles, 22 and .303 calibre Sights for military rifles; cleaning rods for .22 or other 50 100 100 military rifles 50 100 100 Ball cartridges. .22 calibre Adding machines, accounting machines, cash registers 50 100 100 typewriters, duplicating, and addressing machines, etc. 50 100 100 Electrodes for electric welding 50 100 100 Electric appliances, etc., n.e.i. (other than insulators) 50 100 100 Incandescent filament electric lamp bulbs 50 100 100 Electric lamps, n.e.i. 50 100 100 Weighing machines, scales and balances 50 100 100 Gas heating and gas cooking appliances Tanks, rectangular, of sheet iron, etc. if imported 50 100 100 containing goods 50 100 100 Cutlery (except butchers’ and slaughtermen’s knives) Cast-iron pipes n.e.i. including rainwater, soil and 50 100 100 similar 50 . 100 100 Motor-cycles 50 100 100 Undercarriage springs n.e.i., etc. 50 100 100 Nets and netting n.e.i. Rubber in sheet, strip, cord or channel; also articles 50 100 100 n.ed. wholly of rubber 50 100 100 Rooilng compounds, bituminous 50 100 100 OTHER ITEMS Other items subject to reduction from the United Kingdom and other countries: Goods U.K. Other British Foreign Carpets, flooring coverings, floor rugs, mats and mat100 100 ting n.e.i. 75 Textile piece goods of wool or containing wool n.e.i. 33% 100 100 Engines for use on motor vehicles Hardware, hollowware and ironmongery n.e.i. and 40 40 40 manufactured articles of metal (excluding bed fittings of cast iron; aluminium hollowware for domestic use; plugs and washers for baths, sinks

and tubs, etc.: butchers' and slaughtermen's knives; cutlery; cast iron boilers or furnaces and radiators for central heating and equipment therefore; blind rollers; clothes wringers) 75 100 100 Parts of motor-vehicles, other kinds 40 40 40 Cordage, rope and twine n.e.i. (other than sash cord) 75 100 100