New Zealand Gazette – 1931 – No. 73

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✨ Customs Tariff Decisions

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 2nd October, 1931.

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.

Rec. No.	Goods.	Classification under Tariff, and Item No.	Rate of Duty.
			British Preferential Tariff.
2/45/11	A. and m.s., viz.:— Fuel injection pumps and nozzles, the “Bosch,” on declaration that they will be used in the manufacture (not including repair) of crude oil engines	As a. and m.s. (448)	Free
3/108/20	Vehicles, materials for manufacture of, viz.,— Rug ropes and pulls specially suited as fittings for motor-vehicle bodies	As a. and m.s. (448)	Free
	Articles n.e.i., viz.:— Tires, rubber, articles and materials for repair of, viz.,— “Punctoseal” a preparation for sealing punctures in pneumatic tire tubes.	As articles n.e.i. (449)	Free
20/31/9	Dentists’ instruments and appliances, viz.:— Wax eliminator, the “Torit,” for eliminating moisture and wax from investments	As dentists’ appliances (134 (2))	Free
12/9/2	Infants’ and invalids’ foods, viz.:— Bristol humanized cream (Cow and Gate, Ltd., Guildford, England) Peptolac (Cow and Gate, Ltd., Guildford, England)	As infants’ and invalids’ foods (43)	Free
10/6/33	Machinery, &c., and appliances:— Agricultural n.e.i., viz.,— Vegetable-tying machines, foot or power driven, for tying vegetables in bunches for the market Vegetable-washing machines for washing vegetables for the market by means of brushes revolving in water, or by means of an eccentrically revolving drum fitted with corrugated staves and filled with water (NOTE.—Spare or replacement brushes are to be classed under Tariff item 419).	As agricultural machinery n.e.i. (333 (2))	Free
2/512	Manufacturing, &c., viz.,— Fumigating machines, the “Clayton,” hand or power driven, for fumigating buildings (NOTE.—Fans therefor are to be separately classified under Tariff item 351 (4) and oil-engines or other power units under their appropriate Tariff items.)	As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352)	Free
2/511	Tobacco manufacturing, viz.,— Re-drying machine, the “Proctor,” for re-drying air or flue dried tobacco leaf in order that it may be stored for considerable periods	As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352)	Free
2/370/5	Tailors’ trimmings, viz.:— Silksas containing not more than one-eighth silk	As tailors’ trimmings, &c. (178 (2))	Free
8/17

Under Section 11, Customs Amendment Act, 1927.

NOTE.—The following decisions are cancelled:—
The decision in M.O. 18 on “Iron sheets, tinned, and lacquered in plain colours,” under Tariff item 357 (5) (a).
The decision in M.O. 25 on “Blanket, printers, enamelled on one side, for use with lithographic rotary printing machine,” under Tariff item 352.
The decision on page 433 of the Tariff-book on “Jackets, of felted textile, for use in paper-mills.”

Minister’s Order No. 36.]

GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.

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🏭 Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated2 October 1931
KeywordsCustoms, Tariff, Classification, Duty Rates, Imported Goods
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Hon. the Minister of Customs
GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs

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