CUSTOMS PROPOSALS.
PREFERENTIAL DUTIES. ißj Telegraph—Pwm Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received August 22, 2.15 p.m.) Tb fh i LO *P ON > August 20. .. Customs Department has published details of the method of obtainiitg preferential rates on duties on products of the Empire, commencing on September 1, whether from bonded stocks or on importation. The imP°, r^ r must produce a certificate of origin from the manufacturer or grower and the. exporter. The preferential duties are only claimable on manufactured articles if 25 per cent of the cost is due to labour within the Empire, except in the case of tobacco and sugar, of which the portion of the cost has 9een fixed at 5 per cent.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12726, 22 August 1919, Page 6
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