NEW ZEALAND FRUIT.
EXTRA DUTY REMOVED. IMPORTATION INTO SWEDEN. ANNOUNCEMENT BY MR COATES. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, May 24. Hon. J. G. Coates, New Zealand Minister of Finance, states he has successfully concluded with -the Swedish Ambassador negotiations which Sir James Parr had conducted for some time, for the removal of the extra duty of two shillings per case on New Zealand apples and pears entering Sweden between May • i and August 31.
The agreement provides for the removal of the extra duty forthwith, applying to fruit landed in Sweden since the beginning of May still held in bond. Though too late to benefit some of the earlier varieties during the present, season It will materially increase the possibilities of later sorts, like Sturmers, and will be very helpful in assisting New Zealand to regain a market from which It lias been excluded since 193.4 Q.win£ to the extra, duty,
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Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19586, 27 May 1935, Page 9
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152NEW ZEALAND FRUIT. Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19586, 27 May 1935, Page 9
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