Customs Tariff Decisions




Aug. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1953

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 1st August, 1929.

It is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Minister of Customs has decided to interpret the Customs Acts in relation to the undermentioned articles as follows:—

NOTES.—(a) “Not elsewhere included” appears as n.e.i.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication or repair of goods within New Zealand” as a. and m.s. (b) Articles marked thus † are revised decisions. (c) Wherever the General Tariff rate shown opposite any goods enumerated in these decisions is lower than that provided for in the First Schedule to the Customs Amendment Act, 1927, action has been taken by the Minister under section 11 of the Customs Amendment Act, 1927. In such cases the reduced rate is marked with an asterisk. (d) Steam-engines, gas-engines, oil-engines, and electric or other motors, are not, unless otherwise indicated, to be regarded as parts of the machines with which they are imported.

Record. Goods. Classification under Tariff, and Item No. Rate of Duty.
British Preferential Tariff.
4/287/24 Animal glands or tissues, preparations made from, viz :— Fitzsimon’s venene As preparations made from animal glands (120) Free ..
4/244/2 A. and m.s., viz. :— Chemicals, oils, and other substances used in manufacture, viz.,— Decolorizers for use in glass-manufacture As a and m.s. (448).. Free ..
4/38/29 Weaving, dyeing, &c., of textiles, materials used in, viz.,— Tamol NNO, a mordant As a. and m.s. (448) Free ..
3/159/8 Lead bars, steel cored, for use in the manufacture of leadlights As a. and m.s. (448) Free ..
3/300/2 Ornaments of metal, or of metal and glass, of such descriptions as may be approved by the Minister, for use in making cardboard or similar containers As a. and m.s. (448) Free ..
14/57/2 Tap-handles composed wholly of porcelain As a. and m.s. (448) Free ..
†3/4/35 Tinsmiths’ materials, viz,— Handles and ears, bucket, tub, milk - can, and similar } As a. and m.s. (448) Free ..
†3/4/35 Handles, wire, for use in the manufacture of tin containers } As a. and m.s. (448) Free ..
(NOTE.—The following decisions are cancelled : Bucket and tub handles, &c., as Tariff item 356, on page 489 of Tariff-book ; stamped tin rings, bungs, &c., as Tariff item 373, on page 653 of Tariff-book ; and bucket-feet, tinned, &c., as Tariff item 373 in M.O. 2.)
4/51/8 Articles n.e.i., viz.,— Liquid enamel, used in porcelain enamelling metal As articles n.e.i. (449) Free ..
4/44/2 Bacteriological products, sera, and vaccines, viz.,— Tuberculin As bacteriological products, sera, or vaccines (97) Free ..
5/111/3 Bindings n.e.i., viz. :— Carpet-binding, fringed As bindings, all kinds, n.e.i. (143) 20 per cent.
20/47/89 Educational apparatus, appliances, articles, and materials, viz. :— The following are admitted as educational apparatus, &c., on declaration that they have been specially imported and will be used solely for educational purposes in a school, college, or university, and that they will not be removed therefrom without payment of the duty,— Rhythm band outfits. consisting of rhythm-sticks, jingle-clogs, sleigh-bells, triangles, &c. As educational apparatus (416) Free ..
3/189/7 Electrical machinery, appliances, and materials, viz. :— Cooking and heating appliances, viz. :— Immersion heater elements for fitting to cylinders made in New Zealand As electric heating appliances (353 (4) ) 20 per cent.
13/139/2 Photo-electric cells (for use with talking-picture apparatus) when imported separately As resistances n.e.i. (338 (2) ).. Free ..
2/12/11 Machinery, &c., Dairying, viz. :— Coolers, tubular, being systems of pipes fitted into “headers” As dairying machinery n.e.i. (334 (2) ) Free ..


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1 August 1929
Customs, Tariff, Classification, Duty Rates, Imported Goods
  • Hon. the Minister of Customs