DETAILS OF TARIFF.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 July 1922, Page 5

DETAILS OF TARIFF.

PRINCIPAL ITEMS CONCERNED. PRECIS OF THE AGREEMENT. BENEFITS TO NEW ZEALAND. Wellington, Last Night. Following is a precis of the tariff agreement with Australia:— Clause 1 provides that the new duties take effect after both countries have ratified the same and to remain in force until six months' notice of the termination of the agreement is given. « Clause 4 saves the right of either country to impose suspended, deferred or dump-, ing duties to meet abnormal trading conditions. Clauses 7 and 8 provide that goods of British origin transhipped or re-exported from either country shall be admitted under British preferential tariffs of both countries. These clauses have already been brought into operation as from May 1. Clause 10 provides that no rebate or bounty shall be granted by either country 1 on sugar contained in any goods exported ; to New Zealand, or to Australia, as the ■ case may be. EXPORTS TO AUSTRALIA. The main items on which New Zealand produce has been reduced on entry to Australia ate the following:— Bacon and hams, from 4d per lb to 2d per lb. Butter and cheese, from. 3d per lb to 2d per lb. Fish, smoked or dried, but not salted, from per lb to free. Fish (n.e.i.), including fresh and salted, 6s per cwt. to free. Fish (canned), from 26d per lb to free. Oysters, fresh, in shell, from 2s per cwt. to free. Oatmeal and rolled oats, from id per lb to 2s Cd nez 100 lb. Hay and chaff; from £1 per ton to free. Meats (fresh or smoked), from 2£d per lb to 10 per cent, ad valorem (equals average of a lb). Meats (potted or concentrated, including extracts), 40 per cent.”to 20 per cent. Meats (preserved, in tins), 2id per lb to 20 per cent. Sugar of milk, 40 per cent, to 15 per cent. Lucerne (seed), 9d per lb to 3d per lb. Tallow, 4s, or 20 per cent., to free. Vegetables (fresh), from 2s per cental to free. Leather (calf, other than patent) and enamelled and other leather embraced as n.e.i., from 30 per cent, to 15 per cent., or. 3d per lb, whichever is higher. Timber (rough sawn), from Is to 7s per 100 feet to free. Agricultural machines and implements, namely, wool, hay and straw presses, from 40 per cent, to free. Fibre-scutching machines and strippers, from 30 per cent, to free. Ploughs, harrows, ocher than disc, and grubbers, other than spring-tined ridgerg, turnip thinners and root pulpers, from 30 per cent, to free. Cambridge and land rollers and chaffcutters, from 30 per cent, to free. Spring-tined cultivators, disc harrows, seed and fertiliser sowers and drills, from 35 per cent, to 10 per cent. Seed-cleaners and seed separators, from 30 per cent, to 10 per cent. Dairying machines, viz., churns, cheese presses, dairy coolers, from 35 per cent, to free. Curdinills, butter packers, butter workers, butter pounders and milking-machines, from 30 per cent, to free. Pasteurisers, from 10 per cent, to free Dredging machines, from 40 per cent, to 10 per cent. Stone-crushing machines, from 40 per cent, to 20 per cent. Reaper and binder twine, from 7s cwt. to 6s cwt. Sheep dip, from 35 per cent, to free, IMPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA. Changes in the principal items imported into New Zealand from Australia are (the first figure being the previous duty and the second the proposed duty) :

I Bacon and hams: 4d; 2d. | Butter and cheese (except cheese pastes, etc.): 35 per cent.; 2d per lb. Coffee essence: 35 per cent.; 25 per cent. Confectionery (n.e.i.): 3d lb; 2d lb. Chocolate: 5d lb; 3d lb. Ditto (fancy packages): 35 per cent.; 20 per cent. Fish (fresh, smoked, dried, etc.): 15s cwt.; free. Fish (canned, except fish pastes) : 3d; free. Fish pastes: 20 per cent.; 20 per cent. Fruits (preserved in syrup): 40 per cent.; 35 per cent. Grain and pulse (n.e.i.) : 2s cental; Is 6d cental. Ditto (manufactured): 2d lb; 2s 6d cental. Hay and chaff: £1 ton; free. Hops: Is lb; 9d lb. Jams, jellies, preserves, etc.: 3d lb; 2Ad lb. Macaroni, etc.: 35 per cent.; 30 per cent. Meats (potted or preserved) : 35 per cent.; 20 per cent. Milk, dried (powder form): 40 per cent.; 25 per cent. Sugar of milk: 25 per cent.; 15 per cent. Onions: £1 10s ton; £l. ton. Soap (all kinds): 45 per cent.; 30 per cent. Wine (Australian, still): 5s gallon; Is gallon. Wine (Australian, sparkling): 15s gallon; 10s gallon. Textile piece goods (n.e.i.): 35 per cent ; 25 per cent. Apparel (n.e.i.) and hosiery: 40 per cent., 25 per cent. Blankets: 35 per cent.; 25 per cent. Hats: 40 per cent.; 30 per cent. Leather belts and belting: 25 per cent.; 15 per cent. Leather belts and belting, per lb: sd; 3d. Leather• laces, boots, shoes, etc.: 45 per cent.; 35 per cent. Saddlery, etc.: 35 per cent.; 20 per cent. Leather bags, etc.: 35 per cent.; 25 oer cent. Portmanteaux, trunks, etc.: 40 per cent.; 30 per cent. Leather manufactures (n.e.i.): 35 per cent.; 25 per cent. Flooring, hearth tiles, etc.: 35 per cent. ; 20 per cent. Roofing tiles (slates, etc.) : 20 per cent , 20 per cent. Timber (rough sawn): 2s per 100 fee*; free. Mouldings: 35 per cent.; 25 per cent. Paper bags: 40 per cent.; 30 per cent. Wrapping paper: 8s 9d cwt., or 35 per cent.; 6s cwt. Fillings bir cast-iron pipes: 35 per cent.; 30 per cent. Boilers, etc.: 35 per cent.; 25 per cent. Gas-engines, oil-engines, etc.: 25 per cent.; 15 per cent. 35 per cent.; 20 per cent. Agricultural'implements: All now free. Dairying juachwdry; AUumw free.

Dredging, etc., machinery; 15 per cent.; 10 per cent. Stone-crushing machines: 35 per cent.; 20 per cent. Winches, cranes, hoists: 35 per cent.; 25 per cent. Manure-drying machines, etc.; 35 per cent.; 25 per cent. Concrete-mixing machines: 35 per cent.; 25 per cent. Vacuum pumps, etc.; 35 per cent.; 25 per cent. W’ashing-machines, mangles, etc.: 35 per cent.; 25 per cent. Windmills: 35 per cent.; 25 per cent. Bill-hooks, etc.: 35 per cent.; 25 per cent. Stereotypes, etc.: 40 per cent.; 25 per cent. Lead-headed nails: 35 per cent.; 25 per cent. Iron and other nails (n.e.i.): £4 ton; £2 ton. Gas ranges, etc.: 40 per cent.; 35 per cent. Brasswork, gunmetal work, etc.: 35 per cent.; 25 per cent. Galvanised iron manufactures (n.e.i.) : 40 per cent.; 30 per cent. Tinware: 40 per cent.; 30 per cent. Carriages, drays, carts, etc.: 35 per cent.; 25 per cent. Eucalyptus oil: 20 per cent.; free. Oil in vessels (1 gallon or more): Is gallon ; 9d gallon. , Paints, colors, etc.: 25 per cent.; 20 per cent. Putty: ss; 3s. Varnishes: 25 per cent.; 20 per cent. Brushes, brooms, etc.: 45 per cent.; 25 per cent. Cordage, rope, twine, etc.: 35 per cent.; 20 per cent. Reaper and binder twine: 35 per cent.; 6s cwt. Carbonic acid gas: 3d lb; IJd lb. Gelatine, glue, etc.: 35 per cent.; 20 per cent. Jewellery, plated-ware, etc.’: 35 per cent.; 25 per cent. Sheep-dip: 10 per cent.; free. Several articles on entry from Australia have been restored to the British preferential tariff. Among these are confectionery, meats (potted and preserved), apparel and roady-mede clothing and leather. All these articles enter Australia on equal terms. All goods not mentioned in the agreement .Tro to fall under the British preferential tariff on entry into either country. OUTLET FOR PRODUCE. MARKET FOR BUTTER AND MEAT. EASIER RATES AGREED UPON. (By Wire —Parliamentary Reporter.) Wellington, Last Night. Explaining some details of the draft tariff treaty, th© Hon. W. Downie Stewart said there was only very intermittent trade between New Zealand and Australia in cattle and horses, and as Australia has always admitted cattle and horses from New Zealand free, it was felt that we should reciprocate; The importations of bacon and hams to New Zealand have never been very great at 2d the lb, and Australia now proposes to reduce her rate from 4d to 2d. This will put competition on a level basis. The duty on butter and cheese was arranged at the comparatively low figure of 2d the lb, to induce trade. Our butter, he said, is certainly of better quality than Australian butter, and the large hotels and well-to-do people of Australia, who want the best of everything, will buy New Zealand butter, provided the difference in price is not too great. One of the large exporters states that even at present there is a growing demand for New Zealand butter and cheese.

An attempt was made to arrange that dried skim milk powder should be admitted free into both countries, but Australia would not agree, on account of the fast that an attempt was being made to establish this industry in that country. In regard to preserved milk, sweetened and unsweetened, the New Zealand British tariff was adopted by both countries. This is about the same as the Australian rate of 2d the lb. A reduction from 40 per cent, to 15 per cent, was obtained on sugar of milk. This should enable a good export trade for the Southland factory, which will get its goods into Australia at a lower tariff than any other country. The arrangement of the duties on meats gives New Zealand entry to Australia for frozen, fresh or smoked meats at 10 per cent, ad valorem, and canned ineats are to be admitted at the same rate as the New Zealand preferential tariff. This is an important concession, as New Zealand tinned goods are preferred in Australia.