IMPORT POLICY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21896, 24 February 1941, Page 3

IMPORT POLICY

MISCONCEPTION REMOVED By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, February 22. To remove a misconception on the part of importers about obtaining the delivery of goods which have arrived before the documents themselves, the Associated Chambers of Commerce of New Zealand has obtained from the Comtroller of Customs an explanation of the position, whereby importers do not have to leave goods in the wharf sheds, but can remvoe them to their warehouses. In cases where goods arrive from overseas and the documents relating to the goods are not to hand, arrangements may be made by the importer with the Collector of Customs to obtain delivery of the goods on sight entry, with a deposit sufficient to cover any duty and sales tax payable, provided the importer gives an undertaking in writing to the collector to hold the goods intact until the necessary documents come to hand and the entry completed It will be understood that delivery can be permitted, under sUch conditions, only for goods for which an import licence is available.