Australian Import Tax on Timber.
Advice has been received by private cable from Melbourne that the recently revised Commonwealth tariff includes a substantial increase in the import duty on New Zealand timber to Australia. Hitherto the rate for white and red pine has been one shilling per 100 ft, The new duty is 3s. 6d. per 100 ft., with the exception of white pine used in Australia solely for the manufacture of butter boxes.
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Progress, Volume XV, Issue 8, 1 April 1920, Page 771
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74Australian Import Tax on Timber. Progress, Volume XV, Issue 8, 1 April 1920, Page 771
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