New Zealand Gazette – 1955 – No. 40

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✨ Customs Tariff Index and Cancellations

PART II--INDEX TO DECISIONS

Tariff Item No.
Goods
225
Bottles
Glass, encased in wickerware.
178 (2)
Fabric, bonded fibre.
178 (2)
Fibre fabric, bonded.
352
Kettles, industrial.
353 (8)
352
Pans, industrial.
353 (8)
352
Tanks, industrial.
353 (8)
352
Vats, industrial.
353 (8)

PART III--DECISIONS WHICH ARE CANCELLED

Tariff Item No.
Cancelled Decision
301 (2)
Scrap reliefs, being pictures of animals ... sheet. (See revised decision.)
352 (b)
Dyeing
Beakers of staybrite steel.
352 (b)
Pans, tanks, vats, and water baths, of acid resisting material ... dyes. (See revised decision.)
352 (b)
Fruit
Pans or trays, of stainless steel ... factories.
352 (b)
Mixing
Colanders and strainers, whether imported with mixing machines or separately ... Tariff item 352.
352 (b)
(See now Tariff item 351 (9).)
Mixing
Mixing or stirring machines having power operated agitators or stirring devices ... mixers. (See now
351 (9).)
352 (b)
Paint
Varnish pots with seamless aluminium sides and stainless steel bottoms.
352 (b)
Photographers
Presses, dry-mounting, for ½ plate or larger prints. (See decision “Presses, dry mounting”.)
353 (8) (c)
Kettles, stainless steel, steam jacketed. (See revised decision--pans.)
353 (8) (c)
Pans, copper or mild steel ... agitators. (See revised decision.)
448 (3)
Brake or transmission liners, being brake or transmission lining cut into short lengths ... worked.
448 (3)
Textile
Softening agents specially suited for use in manufacture of yarns or Textile piece goods. (See revised
decision.)
449 (2) (d)
Cardboard, perforated. (See decision Tariff items 269 and 270 in Tariff Order 141.)

PART IV--AMENDMENTS TO THE CUSTOMS TARIFF OF NEW ZEALAND

The following amendments which became effective on 1 June 1955 have been made to the Customs Tariff.

Tariff	Amended Tariff Item	Rates of Duty
Item No.	Description	B.P.
215	Chinaware, earthenware, porcelainware, and stoneware, n.e.i., viz.:
	(1) Sanitary-ware	25%
	(2) Other	20%
242	(1) Plate, gold or silver; platedware	20%
	(2) Jewellery containing precious metal or precious or semi-precious stones	20%
	(3) Jewellery which does not contain precious metal or precious or semi-precious stones	20%
271	(1) Celluloid, and similar materials, plain, in sheets or rolls, unprinted, n.e.i.	3%
	(2) Self-adhesive tape of plastic material, viz.:
	(a) Printed	Free
	(b) Unprinted	Free
282	Patterns for apparel	25%
300	Paper, viz.:
	(1) Carbon and similar copying paper, n.e.i.	22½%
332	(3) Ribbons for adding, computing, accounting, book-keeping, combined adding and typing, and cash-registering machines, and for type-writers	22½%
371	Springs, coil, volute, and spiral, viz.:
	(1) Upholsterers’ spiral sofa springs	20%
	(2) N.e.i.	Free

Plus surtax at the rate of nine-fortieths of the amount of duty.

CORRECTION

The rates of duty appearing in the decision in Tariff Order 142 under Tariff item 448 (3) in respect of “change purse frames, metal, etc.” are to be amended to read “Free : Free”.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of June 1955.

J. P. D. JOHENSEN, Comptroller of Customs.

(Tariff Order 143)

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🏭 Index to Tariff Item Goods Descriptions

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated16 June 1955
KeywordsGlassware, Fibre Fabric, Industrial Goods, Tariff Reference

🏭 Cancellation of Tariff Item 301 (2) Decision

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated16 June 1955
KeywordsScrap Reliefs, Animal Pictures, Tariff Order 142

🏭 Cancellation of Tariff Item 352 (b) Decision

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated16 June 1955
KeywordsDyeing, Beakers, Staybrite Steel, Acid Resisting

🏭 Cancellation of Tariff Item 352 (b) Decision

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated16 June 1955
KeywordsPans, Tanks, Vats, Stainless Steel, Acid Resisting

🏭 Cancellation of Tariff Item 352 (b) Decision

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated16 June 1955
KeywordsFruit Pans, Stainless Steel, Food Processing

🏭 Cancellation of Tariff Item 352 (b) Decision

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated16 June 1955
KeywordsColanders, Strainers, Tariff Item 351 (9)

🏭 Cancellation of Tariff Item 352 (b) Decision

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated16 June 1955
KeywordsVarnish Pots, Seamed Aluminium, Stainless Steel

🏭 Cancellation of Tariff Item 353 (8) (c) Decision

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated16 June 1955
KeywordsSteam Jacketed Kettles, Stainless Steel

🏭 Cancellation of Tariff Item 353 (8) (c) Decision

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated16 June 1955
KeywordsPans, Agitators, Mild Steel

🏭 Cancellation of Tariff Item 448 (3) Decision

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated16 June 1955
KeywordsBrake Liners, Transmission Cut, Short Lengths

🏭 Cancellation of Tariff Item 448 (3) Decision

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated16 June 1955
KeywordsTextile Softening Agents, Yarn Manufacture

🏭 Amendment to Customs Tariff Rates

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated16 June 1955
KeywordsDuty Rates, B.P., Australia, Canada, M.F.N.

🏭 Correction to Tariff Item 448 (3) Rates

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated16 June 1955
KeywordsChange Purse Frames, Metal, Free Duty
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J. P. D. Johansen, Comptroller of Customs

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