Customs Tariff Decisions




Dec. 6] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1801

PART I—DECISIONS IN INTERPRETATION OF THE TARIFF—continued

Tariff Item. Decision. Record No.
399 (a) or 404 (1) (a) Yasi, or yasi sandalwood (Santalum) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1-15/150
414 (3) Ladders, telescoping, as used on tramway overhead-wire repair vehicles .. .. .. 1-11/54/4
414 (3) Towers, telescoping, as used on tramway overhead-wire repair vehicles .. .. .. 1-11/54/4
Rate of Duty.
B.P. M.F.N.
416 Blackboards of any material, including toy blackboards, and easels therefor .. Free
416 Blocks, alphabet, being cubes of wood or other material, having on one or more of the faces a letter of the alphabet whether or not in association with pictures Free
416 Film strips illustrating matters peculiar to the study of astronomy .. .. Free
416 Keyboards, dummy, used to instruct typists, linotype operators, pianists, &c.. Free
416 Slides, magic lantern, illustrating matters peculiar to the study of astronomy .. Free
416 The following are to 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 and/or sales tax—
416 Gramophone records .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Free
416 Toys .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Free
419 (1) Brushes, spare or replacement, for carpet sweepers and floor polishing machines .. .. .. 1-2/379/5
419 (1) Carpet scrubbing and shampooing machines which incorporate revolving brushes .. .. .. 1-2/379/5
419 (2) Toilet sets consisting of brushes and other toilet articles in unhandled cases or only temporarily boxed .. .. .. 1-40/36
436 Bags, net, shopping, or for carrying lawn bowls .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1-15/5/9
Rate of Duty.
B.P. General.
448 (3) Allethrin .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3%
448 (3) Apparel—
448 (3) Rubber strip declared by a manufacturer for use by him only in making underwear .. 3%
448 (3) Tassels declared by a manufacturer for use by him only in making girdles for dressing gowns 3%
448 (3) Textile piece goods—
448 (3) Textiles in narrow strips formed by cutting from the piece, declared by a manufacturer for use by him only in making name tabs for apparel 3%
448 (3) Boots and other footwear—
448 (3) Leather, regenerated, in sheets, lacquered, printed, or plain surfaced, composed of leather scraps or dust bonded with rubber 3%
448 (3) Twines, 2–16 ply, of approved qualities—;
448 (3) Approved—
448 (3) Barbour’s, lockstitch thread, 6 cord.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
448 (3) Capsules, gelatine, plastic, and similar, empty, used for enclosing chemicals, doses of nauseous drugs, fish-liver oils, &c. 3%
448 (3) Cutting compounds or cutting oils, as approved—
448 (3) Approved—
448 (3) Germ products .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Antacid oil
Rod paste No. 3
Wire drawing oil
448 (3) Floorcoverings—
448 (3) Yarn, spun paper, declared by a carpet manufacturer for use by him solely for weaving the backing of carpets and floor rugs 3%
448 (3) Furniture, cabinetware, and shelving—
448 (3) Stampings, metal, even if built up or bored, for making folding furniture .. .. .. 3%
448 (3) Seagrass cord (twisted seagrass fibre) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3%
448 (3) Insecticides—
448 (3) Benzene hexachloride (Gammexane) declared by a manufacturer for use by him only in making fly and insect powders and sprays 3%
448 (3) Mercury phenate .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3%
448 (3) Methylal, crude or commercial grades .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3%
448 (3) Methyl alcohol, anhydrous, and methanol, for approved industrial purposes, &c.—
448 (3) Approved—
448 (3) For use in making sodium methylate.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
448 (3) Paper making—
448 (3) Paper of approved qualities, declared by a manufacturer for use by him only in making toilet paper 3%
448 (3) Printers’, stationers’, and bookbinders’—
448 (3) Manila paper declared by a manufacturer for use by him only as a bookbinders’ lining .. 3%
448 (3) Rubber—
448 (3) Deodorants for mixing with rubber during manufacture to neutralize offensive odours .. 3%
448 (3) Sulphonated higher alcohols, &c.—
448 (3) Empicol T.S.L. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
448 (3) Polyethylene sorbitone esters .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
448 (3) Tetrahydrofurfural alcohol .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3%
448 (3) Textile making—
448 (3) Bleaching agents specially suited for bleaching textiles .. .. .. .. .. 3%
448 (3) Levelling agents for use in textile dyeing baths .. .. .. .. .. 3%
448 (3) Mordants for use in dyeing textiles .. .. .. .. .. 3%
449 (2) (d) Blood plasma, synthetic .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3%
449 (2) (d) Dextrose in normal saline solution .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3%
449 (2) (d) Mica, powdered.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3%
449 (2) (d) Putty or paste, metal, being powdered metal mixed with other ingredients to form a paste which sets hard on exposure to air 3%
449 (2) (d) Resins (other than synthetic) and plastics, &c.—
449 (2) (d) Sheets, hard (non-pliable), rectangular, transparent, plane-surfaced or corrugated, and whether or not reinforced with wire. (See also Tariff item 338 (10) ) 3%
449 (2) (d) Rubber and/or sponge rubber articles, &c.—
449 (2) (d) Latex, rubber, in ammonia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3%
449 (2) (d) Sponge rubber, plain, in sheets or rolls, whether or not reinforced or covered with textile. (See also Tariff item 189) 3%
449 (2) (d) Tinsel and similar material in flake, chip, or powder form .. .. .. .. .. 3%


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