DETAILS RELEASED

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 353, 14 October 1932, Page 5

DETAILS RELEASED

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CLASSIFICATION OF IMPORTS IN THREE MAIN DlVlSIONS DOMINIONS' UNDERTAKINGS

Re'c. Oct. 13, 5.5 p.m. Rugby, October 12. A message has been released regarding tbe Impe'rial Conference agreem'ents at- Ottawa. Imp'orts from Empire jcountries Into the Unated Kingdbm fall into three classes, namely: (1) TRose accorded entry fre'e- bf duty subject to revision three years hence; (2)

those wmch are granted preference through the imposition of specific ditties on foreign goods, and (3) those which receive preference in' virtud' of the 10 per cent. ad^valorem duty on foreign goods imposed under the Imports Duties Act. In the first category are included eggs, poultry, butter, cheese and other milk products from Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland, Southern Rhodesia. Foreign goods in the second category, respectihg which Pafliameht will be asked to impose. specific duties are set out in schedules to the agreements and include: "Wheat in grain, 2s per quarter; butter, 15s per quarter; cheese, 15 per cent. ad valorem. The schedules to the various agreements set out the details of other proposed duties. In the schedule to the Canadian agreement the goods specified include apples, pears, canned apples, dried fruits, eggs, and condensed milk. Under a corresponding schedule to the Australian agreement are. included in addition to the above, powdered milk, honey, raw oranges, and grape fruits.

The New Zealand agreement makes no additions to this list. In regard to the modification of imports duties in the Dominions on articles imported from Britain full particulars are given of the new rates imposed. Britain already enjoys a very large proportion of the New Zealand trade. Under the new agreement the Dominion undertalces not to increase the primage duty and to lower still further existing duties, abolish the surtax on British goods, and modify certain basic import duties.