ELIGIBLE GOODS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 138, 8 December 1938, Page 10

ELIGIBLE GOODS

PRINCIPLE EXTENDED

' The Minister of Customs (the Hon. W. Nash) stated today that the principle of admitting goods which were ordered prior to December 5 and imported not later than December 31, or which were "on the water" on December 5, will be extended to goods which leave the exporting country in ships, arrangements for the loading of which have already been made, and which sail not later than December 31, 1938, provided, first, that there is clear evidence that the goods were ordered prior to December 5, and, second, that the quantity shipped is not abnormal. With respect both to (a) goods which were on the water on December 5 and to (b) goods ordered prior to December 5 and exported from the oversea country not later than December 31, and, in both cases, imported subsequent to December 31, an application for a licence must be lodged with the Collector of Customs at time of entry of the goods on importation. "It will also be necessary for importers to supply to the Collector of Customs at the, port of intended importation of the goods, not later than December 15, copies or particulars of all orders placed overseas prior to December 5 for goods not yet imported," said Mr. Nash. "Any goods shipped prior to January 1 and imported on or after that date will be included in any quota granted to an importer for importation during the first period, namely, January 1 to June 30, 1939. and applications for licences for the first period should include such goods. "As formerly stated, importers will be required to show in their applications in respect of goods for importation during the first period particulars of their importations of similar goods at the port in question during the sixmonthly periods, January 1 to June 30, 1939, and July 1 to December 31, 1939. "In special cases applications in respect of a longer period than six months will be considered," added the Minister.