Tariff Notice No. 1966/72 - Application for Withdrawal of Approval

Notice is hereby given that application has been made for withdrawal of the following approval of the Minister of Customs and for the future admission of the goods concerned at substantive rates of duty:

Any person wishing to lodge an objection to the granting of this application should do so in writing on or before 8 September 1966. 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 quality, range, supply, etc., of the above-described goods produced in New Zealand; and
(b) The landed cost and selling price, including c.d.v., and cost into store in terms of f.o.b., insurance, freight, exchange, other landing charges, duty, etc., of equivalent goods of overseas origin.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of August 1966.

J. F. CUMMINGS, Comptroller of Customs.

Tariff Notice No. 1966/73 - 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 8 September 1966.

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 8 September 1966. (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

Umbrella makers' materials—

Fringe declared by a manufacturer for use by him solely in making or repairing umbrellas or sunshades

Pins, windstop, being small tacks about ⅛ in. in length, with large heads

Straps for umbrella handles

Upholstery—Bindings, leathercloth

Cordage declared by a manufacturer for use by him only in making mattress handles

Cord, paper, declared for use in making upholstery

Cords of approved qualities, declared by a manufacturer for use by him only in making roller-blind pulis

Crown padding, being padding of waste material backed with paper

Flexolater pads, being pads made from paper cord and wire, for use in the manufacture of inner spring mattresses

Handles (including handles which incorporate ventilators), and parts for the manufacture thereof, for use on mattresses

Pipings (but not piping cords) of any material

Rolled edgings formed from paper or waste material, uncovered or covered with textile

Tape, ladder, wholly of plastic, other than woven plastic material, specially suited for use with venetian blinds

Twines, 2-16 ply of approved qualities, for making upholstery

Approved—Barbour, Wm. and Sons Ltd.—Needle and shuttle linen threads, for use with mattress-sewing machines Samson mattress twine Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 Upholsterers’ satin twines Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Upholsterers’ twine No. 306

Belfast Rope Co.—Flax mattress twine No. 306 Italian mattress twine No. 306

Bentley, E., and Sons—Flax polished twine No. 306

Buncle, Thos. A. Ltd.—Flax mattress twines Nos. 306, 308, 406

Downs and Son Pty. Ltd.—Cotton mattress twines 5-, 6-, and 7-ply Polished upholsterers’ twine 5-ply No. 580

Gourock Rope Co.—Upholsterers’ twines Nos. 306, 308, 406, 408

Kinnear, G., and Sons Pty. Ltd.—Emu brand 3-, 4-, and 5-ply mattress twine

Walker, G., and Co. Ltd.—14 Lea flax twine 22 Lea 5-ply flax twine

Ventilators for mattresses, cushions, and other upholstery Yarn (known as tufting wick) used in making mattresses Vacuum cleaners, parts for the manufacture of—Felt stampings for the manufacture of polishing mop attachments Metal parts in the rough, unplated and unpollished Nozzles, housings, covers, of moulded plastic Valves, taps, and cocks—Balls, glass, for use in making valves, pumps, etc. Balls, non-ferrous metal, for use in making valves, taps, and similar articles Balls, rubber or vulcanite, for use in hydrants, air valves, or pumps Domes or covers, inner bodies, loose valves, and star or capstan heads, of brass, in the rough, declared by a manufacturer for use by him only in making taps, cocks, or similar articles, which otherwise will be wholly made by him Mouldings, plastic, declared by a manufacturer for use by him only in making taps Tablets marked “hot” and “cold”, used in making water taps Washers, vulcanised rubber, declared by a manufacturer for use by him only in making (not repairing) taps and similar articles Wheels, hand, vulcanite, for radiator valves, declared by a manufacturer for use by him in making (not repairing) valves Vanillin Supplement 255, when declared by a manufacturer for use by him only in making flavouring essences

SCHEDULE II

Umbrella makers’ materials—Acorn and slides of plastic or similar material (imported separately), peculiar to use as fittings for the straps of umbrellas Handles of horn, wood, casein, erinoid, plastic, or similar material, with or without straps, suited only to be cemented to umbrella sticks Mounts, metal, unplated

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of August 1966.

J. F. CUMMINGS, Comptroller of Customs.