Customs Decisions




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts

Customs Department, Wellington, 3rd November, 1948.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Right 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.
107-4/287/80 Animal glands or tissues, preparations made from, viz.:— "Exatropre" liver extract (Glaxo Laboratories) 120 (1)
107-4/287/72 "Ovostab" tablets (Boots)
107-4/44/67 Antiseptics approved by the Minister, viz.:— "Compron" (May and Baker) 100
107-4/294/37 "Mecryl" (mepacrine hydrochloride) (May and Baker) 100
107-4/294/42 Penicillin oily injection; solution tablets, oral tablets 100
A. and m.s., viz.:— Chemicals, &c., used in manufacture, viz.,—
Cutting compounds, viz.— Cutting oils, containing oils, emulsifying agents, &c., viz.—
107-7/37/30 "Houghton's Antisep all-purposes cutting base" (E. F. Houghton and Co., U.S.A.) 448 Free
107-4/293 "Kutwell 40" (Atlantic Union Oil Co.) 448 Free
107-9/5799 Tanners', curriers', and fellmongers' materials, viz.— "Galp V. 80" Inedible fat liquors for use in curing furs (Phoenix Oil "S.N." Products, Corp., U.S.A.) 448 Free
107-20/131/14 Tyres, rubber, materials used in the manufacture of, viz.,— Reinforcing wires and textiles of qualities approved by the Minister, on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him solely in the manufacture of rubber tyres and tyring 448 Free
(NOTE.—Incorporates the decision appearing in M.O. 106, respecting "Wire, spiral, reinforcing, on declaration," &c.)
Bacteriological products, &c., viz.:—
107-4/44/77 "Oralva" tablets (Heyman and Freeman, London) 97
107-4/44/74 "Tyroderm" (Sharp and Dohme) 97
Educational apparatus, &c., viz.:— Cinema projectors imported by the undermentioned organizations (decision in M.O. 91):— To the list of organizations in M.O. 91 add:— "Hospitals, for staff-training purposes."
Machinery and appliances, viz.:— Manufacturing, industrial, &c., viz.,— Bakers, viz.— Dough dividers of the double-pocket type 352
Burners, liquid fuel, viz.— "Parwinac" oil burners 352
(NOTE.—The electric motor will be classed separately under T.I. 338 (1) (a) and the fan and fan housing under T.I. 351 (4).) Cranes, viz.— "Hystaways" (jib-cranes for attachment to heavy duty "Caterpillar" tractors) (under section 11 of the Customs Amendment Act, 1927) 352 Free
Dyeing machines, viz.:— "Pegg" pulsator hank-dyeing machine 352
Mattress making, viz.:— Mattress stapler, the "New Droll" (under section 11 of the Customs Amendment Act, 1927) 352 Free Free.
Pipes and pipe fittings, viz.:— Pipes, wrought iron or steel, solid drawn, &c. (decision on page 286 of the Tariff-book)— Note.—To the list of sizes of pipes appended to the above decision, add— Nominal Internal Diameter. Standard or Imperial Wire Gauge. Exceeding 9 in. but 1 (0·300 in.). not exceeding 10 in.
Transfer machine for applying transfers to hosiery, including the spare heating head 352
(Note.—Spare heater elements are classed separately under T.I. 338 (10) (b) and spare lamp bulbs under T.I. 339.) Valves, cocks, taps, &c., viz.:— Solenoid valves for controlling the flow of liquids 352
Metalworking, woodworking, &c., viz.:— "Speetog" and "Speetol" clamps for holding irregularly shaped articles in machine tools 351 (10) (a)
Timber, viz.:— Ifelele (Intsia bijurga) Talie (Terminalia catappa) Tava (Pometia pinnata) Samoan hardwoods 399 (a) or 404 (1) (a)
Weed and scrub-killing preparations, viz.:— "Chloroxone" 104
Minister's Order 107.]

D. G. SAWERS, Comptroller of Customs.



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3 November 1948
Customs, Tariff, Goods Classification, Duty Rates
  • D. G. Sawers, Comptroller of Customs