LICENSED EXPORTS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 157, 31 December 1931, Page 10

LICENSED EXPORTS

NEW ORDER OPERATES

POSITION IN CANTERBURY

(By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Eveninfl Post.") CHKISTCHUBCH, This Day. Steps have already been taken by Canterbury exporters, chiefly those concerned with primary produce—woo], frozen meat, butter, and cheese—to obtain general licences under the new export licences order, -vliich comes into force to-morrow. The order prohibits the exportation of any goods, including bullion, whether the produce of New Zealand or not, except in accordance with the terms of the licence, whether general (for firms like those exporting wool, refrigerating companies, and so on, which are exporting constantly) or particular (for any firms which may have occasional need to send goods overseas). . Applicants so far have merely made inquiry at the Christehureh office of the Customs Department concerning the terms hi which they must apply to the secretary for Industries and Commerce. The order has been made with so little notice that no supply of the requisite forms is on hand, with the result that firms desiring them have had to copy the schedule from the Gazette notice. _ There have been bo applications for particular licences, but it is expected that these will be made, as the need arises. Though local manufacturers do ship their goods overseas, their shipments are intermittent. ' The banks and offices, of batiks to which shipping documents are to be delivered, the cities and banks at which the proceeds of the sale are to be paid, the ports to which the licence is to apply, as well as the full name, address, and occupation of the applicant, are among the details to be supplied in applying for a general licence. For a particular licence the exporter has in addition to state the value of the goods at the port of shipment, the marks and numbers, and the quantity and description of the packages and goods. If the licensing officer requires it, a bond for a sum double the estimated value of the goods at the port of export has to be entered into by the shipper.