Customs Tariff Decisions




Oct. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2571

Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 16th October, 1933.

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, 1890, 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.:—
4/62/14 Chemicals, &c., used in manufactures, viz.,— “Brynite,” a preparation used in curing meat As a. and m.s. (448) Free
9/5/74 Tanners’, &c., materials, viz.,— Catchemo tanning extract No. 33-C As a. and m.s. (448) Free
9/7/7 Maxytan “C,” a synthetic tanning-material As a. and m.s. (448) Free
4/38/38 Weaving, dyeing, &c., of textiles, materials used in, viz.,— Sapamine “A,” “C.H.,” and “M.S.,” wetting-out compounds As a. and m.s. (448) Free
17/5/32 Articles n.e.i., viz.:— “Heat-conducting bond” for Babcock and Wilcox boilers As articles n.e.i. (449) Free
12/5/48 Electrical machinery, &c., viz.:— Surgery, electrical appliances peculiar to, viz.,— X-ray dental machine, the “Ritter,” model D As electrical appliances peculiar to surgery (333 (4) ) Free
3/476 Machinery, &c., and appliances:— Agricultural n.c.i., viz.,— Hedge-cutting machine, the “Electrimiter” As agricultural implements n.e.i. (333 (2) ) Free
†2/144/13 Knitting, viz.,— Flat knitting machines, hand or power driven, for the production of coloured patterns in fabrics (NOTE.—Revises decision in M.O. 50.) As knitting-machines (351 (10) ) Free
3/53/3 Manufacturing, &c., viz.,— Bootmaking and leather-working, viz.— Press knives for cutting out leather portions of braces and suspenders
3/169/3 Cement-lining equipment, the “Tate,” lining floats and bend liners therefor, used in lining the interior of iron water mains with cement
†2/137/3 Clothing manufacturers’ machines, viz.,— Scissors or shears, electric, for cutting cloth (NOTE.—Revises decision on Shears, Sperry electric, on page 661 of the Tariff-book.)
†2/95 Flour and grain milling machinery, viz.— Dust collectors, suction filter or pressure filter types, used in flour-mills (NOTE.—Revises decision on page 469 of the Tariff-book.) As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) Free
2/95 “Turner” self contained roller flour-mill, including elevators therefor when imported therewith
3/282/5 Gasmaking, viz.,— Oxygen compressors for filling cylinders with oxygen
2/530 Laundry-blue press for compressing and cutting blue into cubes
2/371 Meat-works appliances, viz.,— “Iwel-Laabs” fat-melters, articles and materials for use in the manufacture of, viz., pressed steel expansion rings
2/411/2 Metal-working, &c., viz.,— Brake-drum-truing machine for correcting defects in the brake-drums of motor-vehicles As machinery peculiar to metal-working (351 (11) ) Free
3/803 Metal, manufactured articles of, n.e.i., &c., viz.,— Whistles, shepherds’ (claimed as agricultural implements) As manufactured articles of metal n.e.i. (356) 20 per cent.

*Under section 11 of the Customs Amendment Act, 1927.



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16 October 1933
Customs, Tariff, Classification, Duty Rates, Imported Goods
  • Hon. the Minister of Customs