25 NOVEMBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
2095

Tariff Notice No. 1965/110—Applications for Approval

NOTICE is hereby given that applications have been made for the approval of rates of duty by the Minister of Customs as follows:

Any person wishing to lodge an objection to the granting of these applications should do so in writing on or before 16 December 1965. Submissions should include a reference to the application number, Tariff item, and description of goods concerned, be addressed to the Comptroller of Customs, Private Bag, Wellington, and supported by information as to:

(a) The range of equivalent goods manufactured locally;
(b) The proportions of New Zealand and imported materials used in manufacture;
(c) Present and potential output; and
(d) Details of factory cost in terms of materials, labour, overhead, etc.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of November 1965.

J. F. CUMMINGS, Comptroller of Customs.

Tariff Notice No. 1965/111—Review of Former Tariff Concessions

DECISIONS in respect of goods approved by the Minister of Customs under item 448 of the former Tariff, as set out in Schedule I hereto, are to be reviewed.

Persons desiring, or objecting to, the admission of any of these goods under Part II of the Tariff now in force should lodge submissions in writing on or before 16 December 1965.

Submissions, headed “448 Review”, should be prepared separately for each of the decisions listed, and addressed to the Comptroller of Customs, Private Bag, Wellington, supported by information as to:

(a) Full details of composition and nature of the goods;
(b) Purpose for which they are to be used;
(c) Quantity and frequency of importation (in terms of actual annual requirements);
(d) Usual source of supply;
(N.B. Where goods are not of Commonwealth origin, information as to availability from Commonwealth sources should be supplied);
(e) Availability (in terms of quantity, range, supply, etc.) of suitably equivalent goods of New Zealand production or manufacture.

Failure to supply information under all or any of the foregoing headings may prejudice consideration of the submissions.

Decisions in respect of goods approved by the Minister of Customs under item 448 of the former Tariff, as set out in Schedule II hereto, are revoked with effect from 16 December 1965. (The rates of duty for these goods under Part I of the Tariff now in force are the same or lower than the rates under item 448 of the former Tariff).

SCHEDULE I

Maleic acid
Maleic anhydride
Mannitol declared by a manufacturer for use by him solely in making electrolytic condensers

Matches—
Sulphur and phosphorus compound for making matches

Meatworks—
Twine declared for use only for attaching to carcases in meatworks and not for sewing meat wraps

Melamine
Melting salts declared by a manufacturer for use by him solely in making processed cheese

Mercury phenate

Metal—
Aluminium and aluminium alloy sections, extruded (excluding curtain track), as may be approved, not bored or otherwise worked and not plated, polished, anodised, or similarly treated

NOTE—Sections of types available from New Zealand manufacturers will not be admitted under this decision

Aluminium and aluminium sections as may be approved—
Approved—
Hollow sections
Solid sections weighing less than 0·06 lb or exceeding 1·5 lb per ft
Solid sections which cannot be circumscribed by a 4 in. circle

Bars, plain black steel, hardened, roughly bevelled, having holes drilled at intervals along its length, for making Hog and Chipper knives

Blanks or slugs, non-ferrous metal, being metal discs, whether or not holed and/or domed, used in impact moulding

Brass sections as may be approved, extruded or extruded and drawn, unworked and not plated, polished, or similarly treated

NOTE—Brass sections of kinds obtainable from New Zealand manufacturers will not be approved under this decision

Circles cut from steel plate

Copper sections, extruded, unworked and not plated, polished or similarly treated