74

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 2

FIRST SCHEDULE---EXEMPTIONS CREATED---continued

Tariff Item
Ex Tariff
Chapters
50 to 58
and 70

Classes of Goods
Textile fabrics and glass fabrics classified under items of Tariff Chapters 50 to 58 and 70, EXCLUDING
the following:

(a) Where such fabrics are backed or laminated with foam plastic.
(b) Woven pile fabrics and chenille fabrics of a kind used to upholster furniture (other than velvets,
velveteens, velours and plushes, containing man-made discontinuous fibres but not containing
sheep's or lambs' wool or fine animal hair, and weighing more than 5½ oz per square yard)
(c) Textile fabrics quilted
(d) Tyre cord fabric
(e) Textile fabrics, woven, containing in any proportion man-made discontinuous fibres (e.g. staple
fibres), but not containing wool or hair, and weighing not less than 6 oz per square yard,
whether plain, hemmed, whipped, or similarly worked
(f) Felted textiles
(g) Flannel, nursery or baby; woollen fabrics packed in airtight containers
(h) Fabrics containing sheep’s or lambs’ wool or fine animal hair, other than—
(i) Woven fabrics containing in any proportion sheep’s or lambs’ wool or fine animal hair
and weighing not more than 5½ oz per square yard, excluding pile and chenille fabrics and
fabrics assembled by sewing, gumming or similar operation
(ii) Union cloths being wool and cotton mixtures or cotton and wool mixtures, not exceeding 6 oz per square yard
(iii) Printed light-weight woollen fabrics not exceeding 6 oz per square yard
(iv) Lining materials as may be approved by the Minister and under such conditions as
he may prescribe; bunting
(v) Union textiles composed of wool and man-made fibres or wool and cotton, the current
domestic value of which does not exceed $1.12 per square yard, to be cut up and made into
shirts, pyjamas, night-gowns or underclothing, under such conditions as the Minister may
prescribe
(vi) Woollen tie cloth and tie linings
(i) Carpets, carpeting, rugs, mats and matting, other than bath mat fabric in the piece of terry
towelling and the like
(j) Tapestries, hand-made, of the type Gobelins, Flanders, etc., and needle-worked tapestries, etc.
(k) Narrow woven fabrics, and narrow fabrics (bolduc), etc., other than huckaback towelling not
less than 9 inches in width of cotton or linen for continuous towelling cabinets
(l) Woven labels, badges, and the like, not embroidered, in the piece, in strips, etc.
(m) Chenille yarn, etc.; braids and ornamental trimmings in the piece; tassels, pompons and the
like
(n) Knitted embroidered fabrics in the piece exceeding 30 cm in width
(o) Bonded glass fibre fabrics in the piece

Ex Tariff
Chapters
50 to 58
and 70

NOTE—In addition the following will be regarded as coming within the above exemption:

(i) (a) Textile fabrics
(b) Textile fabrics in combination with one another
(c) Textile fabrics in combination with any other material (but excluding elastic fabrics or
trimmings, woven or braided, and consisting of textile materials combined with rubber
threads, or of, or containing, elastomeric polyurethane fibres, in widths not exceeding
6 in. (or 15 cm), and excluding also bonded fibre fabrics whether or not in combination
with textile fabrics) regardless of Tariff classification when declared:
(1) By a footwear manufacturer for use by him only in making footwear or
(2) By an importer that they will be sold only to a footwear manufacturer for making
footwear
(ii) Embroidered fabrics in the piece of kinds known as double, combined or joined embroideries,
and which, because the base cloth is made by joining separate pieces of fabric by sewing
or embroidery, are classed under Tariff Item 62.05.099
(iii) Hand or mechanically made lace including lace made on a Raschel or similar type loom,
in the piece, in strips, or in motifs, and whether or not fixed to a backing, classified else-
where in the Tariff
(iv) Combination trim classified under items of Tariff Chapters 50 to 58 and 70 and combination
trim classified elsewhere in the Tariff