DUMPING DUTY
ICING AMENDMENT LOST
OTTAWA, 17th September.
The dumping duty in tariff resolutions tabled in the House of Commons amounts to 50 per cent.
On importations from. Australia under the Trade Treaty the special duty will not exceed 15 per cent, ad valorem.
The importation into Canada of goods from Russia, and believed to apply particularly to coal, may be stopped if the amendment to the Customs Act moved by the Prime Miaister, Mr. Bennett, becomes law. It proposes to prohibit the importation of goods from any country not a party to the Treaty of Versailles.
The House of Commons on Tuesday night defeated an amendment by the former Prime Minister, Mr. Mackenzie King, proposing to read that day six months the Government measure to amend the Customs Act in respect to the dumping clause. The amendment was rejected by a majority of 54.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 69, 18 September 1930, Page 9
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