NEUTRAL EXPORTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 December 1939, Page 8

NEUTRAL EXPORTS

CONTROLLING REGULATIONS GAZETTED CHECK ON ENEMY TRADING. ’ CO OPERATION WITH BRITAIN. (By Telegraph—Press Association. I WELLINGTON. This Day. Commenting on the "Import Certificates Emergency Regulations” gazetted this week, the Minister of Customs (Ms Nash) said that in issuing the regulations the Government was acting in complete co-operation with the United Kingdom Government in its actions relative to exports from Germany. Under these regulations, unless exempted by the Minister of Customs, goods exported to New Zealand from neutral countries in Europe, on or after January 1, will require to be accompanied by a Consular certificate of origin and interest, which must be produced when the goods are entered at the Customs. The certificates are issued by British Consular officers in neutral countries and are designed to prevent the importation from such countries of goods in which an enemy has an interest, or in the manufacture of which more than 25 per cent of enemy labour or materials is involved. It has been arranged in respect of goods from Belgium that the New Zealand Government Tourist and Trade Commissioner at Brussels issue the necessary certificates. It is not antici-1 paled that any difficulty will be experienced at the outset in obtaining certificates, as the system is already operating in respect to exports to the United Kingdom from neutral countries. The regulations provide for the detention of goods not accompanied by the necessary certificate. In a separate "Gazette" notice, the Minister has declared certain goods to be exempted, from the requirements of the regulations. These arc principally materials required for use in industry.