EXPORTS TO JAPAN

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20493, 11 August 1936, Page 6

EXPORTS TO JAPAN

CERTIFICATES NECESSARY By Telegraph .‘ress Association WELLINGTON, August 10. The Minister of Customs (Hon. W. Nash) issued the following statement this evening:— Under the ordinance promulgated by Japan on June 25, and which is to operate for one year, the importation into Japan from Australia of wheat, wheat flour and wool, including waste or old wool, is prohibited while a surtax of 50 per cent ad valorem is applied to beef, butter, condensed milk, hides and skins, beef tailor/ and casein of Australian origin. The ordinance further provides that any person in Japan who imports any goods of the classes mentioned above shall produce a certificate of origin regarding such goods, except when they are imported by mail or when their cost does not exceed 100 yen. The certificate must designate the marks, numbers, names, number and quantity of the articles, also the locality where they were produced or manufactured, and must be attested by the Imperial Consulate or in places where there is no Imperial Consulate, by the Customhouse or other Government office or Chamber of Commerce and Industry existing in the place where the goods were produced, manufactured, purchased or shipped. In order to avoid any difficulties arising in connection with shipments to Japan of goods of the classes referred to. exporters are advised to arrange for certificates of origin to accompany the documents relating to the goods. The Collectors of Customs at ports throughout New Zealand will attest such certificates if requested to do so.