Customs Tariff Decisions




Dec. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3471

Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts.


Customs Department, Wellington, 30th November, 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. (e) Surtax as provided for in section 5 of the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1930, or primage duty as provided for in section 4 of the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1931, as the case may be, is payable in addition to the duties set out hereunder.

Record. Goods. Classification under Tariff, and Item No Rate of Duty.
British Preferential Tariff.
A. and m.s., viz.:— Chemicals, &c., used in manufactures, viz.,— As a. and m.s. (448) Free
Tanners’, &c., materials, viz.— “Ideal ” bleach extract manufactured by Calder and Mersey Extract Co., Ltd., London As a. and m.s. (448) Free
9/64/5 “Sellatan,” a synthetic tannin As a. and m.s. (448)
9/5/65 Weaving, dyeing, &c., of textiles, materials used in connection with, viz.— Ethylene dichloride (dichlorethylene) As a. and m.s. (448) Free
4/389 Diaphragms, rubber, on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him only in the manufacture of agricultural hand-spray pumps, or in the repair of such pumps made by him As a. and m.s. (448) Free
18/2/4 Hats and caps, articles and materials used in the manufacture of, viz.,—
Fabrics peculiar to hatmaking, not being millinery trimmings, viz.— Felt in strips reinforced with textile As a. and m.s. (448) Free
5/37/36 Silk piece-goods embroidered, and attached to a buckram-like backing As a. and m.s. (448) Free
5/37/36 Textile piece-goods, viz.,— Union textiles, in the piece, tubular woven, the invoice price of which does not exceed the equivalent of ls. 3d. per sq. yd. of the material if opened out, when cut up and made into underclothing in accordance with conditions applicable to union textiles under Tariff item 187 As a. and m.s. (448) Free
†30/122/10 (Note.—Revises decision in M.O. 37.)
Articles n.e.i., viz.:— Sheepmarkers, viz.,— Tattoo oil, Bell brand As articles n.e.i. (449) Free
†7/70/6 (Note.—Revises decision on page 533 of the Tariff-book.)
Bags, textile n.e.i., viz.:— Bags, string net As bags made of textile n.e.i. (138) 20 per cent.
†13/155 (Note.—Revises decision on page 251 of the Tariff-book.)
Educational apparatus, appliances, articles, and materials, viz.:— “Gap-maps,” cardboard cut-outs of varying patterns to be attached to a blackboard to leave in outline a map of the particular country desired As educational apparatus (416) Free Free
20/47/111 Haberdashery n.e.i., viz.:— Needle-cases, sewing-boxes, or work-boxes including needles, thread, scissors, thimbles, &c., packed therein at time of importation As haberdashery n.e.i. (161) 20 per cent.
†13/155 (Note.—Revises decision in M.O. 27.) Rings, plain or twisted, of “Erinoid,” celluloid, or similar material, used as handles for ladies’ handbags
†13/155 (Note.—Revises decision on page 253 of the Tariff-book.) Infants’ and invalids’ foods, viz.:— “Vitavose,” Squibbs As infants’ and invalids’ foods (43) Free
4/303/2 Jewellery, viz.:— Sleeve links, gold fronted, and gold-plated As Jewellery (242) 25 per cent.
†13/155 (Note.—Revises decision on page 253 of the Tariff-book.)


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30 November 1931
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