Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts

Customs Department, Wellington, 24th October, 1946.

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) The rates of duty payable on goods set out hereunder have not been shown except in the case of goods classed under Tariff items 416, 448, and 449 (2), and of goods admitted (under the provisions of section 11 of the Customs Amendment Act, 1927) at a rate of duty lower than that provided for in the First Schedule to the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1934. Where goods are admitted under the provisions of section 11 aforesaid, 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.

“Flavazole” (Boots)
“Mezatox” sulphamerazine
“Solutox” sodium sulphacetamide
“Sulphaguanidine”
“Urotox” tablets | 100
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| 87-7/26/14 | Articles n.e.i., viz.:—
Asphalt blocks, consisting of bitumen mixed with crushed limestone, sand, gravel, or rock | 449 (2) | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 87-4/22/6 | “Darex Compound No. B. 31” (Dewey and Almy Chemical Co., U.S.A.) | 449 (2) | Free | Free. |
| 87-7/146/27 | A. and m.s., viz.—
Chemicals, &c., used in manufactures, viz.:—
Salts of sulphonated higher alcohols viz.:—
“Teepol X.L.” (Shell Co.) | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 87/20/253/9 | Vulcanizing preparations, viz.:—
“Butyl Eight” (British Anchor Chemical Co., New York) | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 87-13/160/2 | Toys, materials for manufacture of, viz.:—
Clockwork mechanisms, and stampings as may be approved by the Minister, suited only for the manufacture of clockwork toys | 448 | Free | 20 per cent. |
| 87-13/160/2 | Mouldings of plastic materials, unassembled, for the manufacture of dolls
(NOTE.—This decision will be reviewed after 30th September, 1947.) | 448 | Free | 20 per cent. |
| 87-4/546
87-4/546 | Chemicals, drugs, &c., n.e.i., viz.:—
“Benadryl” (Parke Davis and Co. Sydney)
“Promin Jelly” (Abbott Laboratories, U.S.A.) | 121 (1)
121 (1) | ..
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| 87-3/847/2 | Machinery, &c., and appliances, viz.:—
Manufacturing, industrial, &c., viz.:—
Boilers and boiler cleaners, viz.:—
“Aquastat” Electro-colloid, with terminals, for water treatment to prevent scale in boilers, &c.
(NOTE.—The meter, transformer, rectifier, and resistances are to be separately classified under the appropriate Tariff items.) | 352 | .. | .. |
| 87-2/271/3 | Clothing manufacturers, &c., viz.:—
Presses, steamheated, &c., viz.:—
“Press, Trubenising Wet” | 352 | .. | .. |
| 87-13/26/6 | Gramophones, viz.:—
“Fairchild Unit 541 Magnetic Cutterhead” | 352 | .. | .. |
| 87-2/152/14 | Hoists, viz.:—
Hoists (other than tipping hoists), and winches specially suited for fitting to tractors or motor-vehicles and to be operated by the tractor or motor-vehicle engine, even when imported with the motor-vehicles or tractors
(NOTE.—Revises decision in Minister’s Order No. 45.) | 352 | .. | .. |
| 87-2/484/4 | “McDermot Patent Automatic Loader” for use in the field in lifting hay or similar baled products onto vehicles | 352 | .. | .. |
| 87-2/62/10 | Preforming machine for forming plastic moulding powder into pellets | 352 | .. | .. |
| 87-2/22/16
87-2/22/33 | Pumps, viz.:—
“K & L Mark IV Self Priming” pump
“Power Triplex” pump | 352
352 | ..
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| 87-2/244/10 | Roadmaking machinery, viz.:—
Bituminous Distributor, the “Rosco”—a mechanical engine-operated gang sprayer for mounting on any standard motor-truck
(NOTE.—The oil-engine is to be separately classified under its appropriate Tariff item.) | 352 | .. | .. |
| 87-4/547 | Medicinal preparations n.e.i., packed in hermetically sealed glass vessels of a capacity not exceeding 15 c.c. viz.:—
“Hexazol” ampoules
“Phenabarbita1” ampoules
“Super-calcine” sodium gluconate ampoules | 121 (2) | .. | .. |
| 87-4/427/50
87-4/547
87-4/547 | Vitamins, &c., viz.:—
“Bejectal” (Abbott Laboratories, U.S.A.)
“Betasol” tablets and injections
“Lactoflavine” (Vitamin B2) tablets
Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6)
“Ribotinic” (Abbott Laboratories, U.S.A.) | 120 (3)
120 (3)
120 (3)
120 (3) | ..
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Minister’s Order No. 87.] D. G. SAWERS, Comptroller of Customs.