Customs Decisions




Feb. 20] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 239

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Acts

Customs Department, Wellington, 17th February, 1947.

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.

Record. Goods. Classified under Tariff Item No. Rate of Duty.
British Preferential Tariff.
90-4/294/50 Antiseptics, viz.:—
90-4/294/50 Phthalylsulphathiazole 100 ..
Succinylsulphathiazole 100 ..
90-4/293 A. and m.s., viz.:—
Chemicals used in manufactures, viz.,—
Lacquers, cellulose or pyroxylin, chemicals for making, viz.—
Methyl Isobutyl Carbinol (Methyl Amyl Alcohol) 448 Free
90-4/10/57 Sulphonated higher alcohols and their salts, viz.—
“Cheecol Standard Solution” 448 Free
90-5/47/5 Cordage and twine, viz.,—
Cotton cord of qualities approved by the Minister, on declaration by a manufacturer that it will be used by him only in the manufacture of slide fasteners 448 Free
90-5/49/4 Hats and caps, articles and materials used in manufacture of, viz.,—
Ferrules, metal, for joining hat wires in the manufacture of millinery 448 Free
90-22/221/2 Transformers, electrical, materials for manufacture of, viz.,—
Metal fittings, cotton-covered wire, and electric insulators, as may be approved by the Minister, on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him only in the manufacture of electrical transformers having a secondary voltage exceeding 200 volts 448 Free
90-4/205/3 Articles n.e.i., viz.:—
“Permutit ‘Zeodur,’ ‘Super Zeodur,’ ‘Decalso,’ and ‘Zeo-Karb,’ ” used in water-purifying installations 449 (2) Free
90-12/58/8 Dentists’ materials, viz.:—
Dental wax, in sticks or sheets, whether consisting of one wax or several waxes mixed together 134 (3) ..
NOTE.—Revises decision under Tariff item 398 (1) on page 486 of the Tariff-book.
Educational apparatus, appliances, articles, and materials, viz.:—
The following will be 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 duty:—
90-20/47/46 Pianos 416 Free
90-20/47/46 Musical instruments n.e.i. 416 Free
90-2/484/4 Machinery, &c., viz.:—
Agricultural, viz., n.e.i., viz.,—
“McDermot Patent Automatic Loader,” for use in the field in lifting hay and similar baled products on to vehicles 333 (2) ..
NOTE.—Cancels decision under Tariff item 352 in Minister’s Order 87.
Manufacturing, industrial, &c., viz.,—
90-2/368/9 Dredging and excavating, viz.—
“Chaseside” mechanical shovel 352 ..
NOTE.—The tractor, if imported, is to be classified separately under Tariff item 348.
90-2/85/19 Dust collectors, viz.—
Industrial exhausting units consisting of an electric motor, exhaust fan or turbine, and dust-collecting cylinder, together with applicators therefor, of types in which the electric motor and fan are mounted separately on a bed-plate and unhoused 352 ..
NOTE.—Industrial vacuum cleaners, in which the electric motor and fan are mounted in a common housing with the dust collector, are classified under Tariff item 351 (4) as vacuum cleaners.
90-3/917 Electronic heating units, viz.—
“Redifon radio-heating units” 352 ..
90-3/222/5 Valves, cocks, and taps, viz.—
Fire hydrants, screw-down type 352 ..
90-3/222/5 Metal, manufactured articles of, viz.:—
Fire hydrants, ball-type 356 (1) (b) ..
NOTE.—Revises decision on “Fire hydrants” under Tariff item 356 (1) (b) on page 335 of the Tariff-book.

Minister’s Order No. 90.] D. G. SAVERS, Comptroller of Customs.



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17 February 1947
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  • D. G. Savers, Comptroller of Customs