POINTS FROM NEW TARIFF

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 149, 14 September 1927, Page 1

POINTS FROM NEW TARIFF

Tj'OREIGN films to pay a duty of -*■ 3d a foot —British free. rpEXTILE piece goods of cotton, vegetable fibre and material other than wool or hair, to be free if of British manufacture and to pay duty of 15 per cent, if foreign—effective from July 1, 1925. “PREFERENCE to British goods in--1 creased on many items, the increases ranging from 5 to 25 per cent. TNCREASED duty on imported tim- -*■ her, the new rate on rough-sawn timber being 7s 6d per 100 sup. feet, against the former rate of 4s. AT A C HIN ER Y for industrial plo,nts in Dominion may be admitted free. ... TAUMFING duty on pig-iron from India to protect Onokaka iron smelting industry. gLIDING scale on wheat and flour. DAW cotton and cotton yarns to be admitted free. rpARIFF on raw materia! "for uge in New Zealand factories reduced. ... “p'GG-PULP embargo removed—effective tariff substituted. A NTIQUES to be admitted free if 100 years old. * * * T!UTY on alcoholic beverages, tobacco, cigars, etc., unchanged. “VTO further protection for boot industry. pRACTICALLY all the increases that have been effected have been made on commodities from foreign countries. TVTOTOR-CARS to carry duty of 10 1,1 per cent, for British and 35 per cent, for foreign, with 5 per cent, extra when with body and unassembled, and 10 per cent, extra if assembled, with higher levies if the vehicle is of foreign make. T? EDUCED duties on corrugated iron and certain roofing material.