FOREIGN GOODS

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19893, 23 May 1936, Page 9

FOREIGN GOODS

I A LICENSING SYSTEM. l I . . g ADOPTED BV AUSTRALIA. . . l __ l l I IMPROVING BALANCE OF TRADE. l Illnited Press Assn—Elbe. Tel. Copyright I CANBERRA, May ‘l2. . in the House of Representatives to—day the Minister directing trade .t-rcaties. Sir Henry Gullett. announced [what he termed the first step in a leonsiilered policy to place Australia's ‘oversea financial affairs in a sound and lenduring position. . I Sir Henry said the Government had iadopted a licensing system over. a lllmtted "range or imports over which lit would impose higher duties, should that. course be deemed desirable. I By this means the Government limped to divert a certain amount of Australia's import trade from coun—tries which had been Very indiflerent purchasers of Australian exports. Mlln Polnto of Policy. The main points in the Govern—:ment‘s policy are: New specific duties ion foreign textiles; new duties on Iforeign cotton piece-goods, and an adIditional duty of Kid a ii) on all imIportsd motor chassis and parts. : Other points are: Payment of a {bounty on locally produced motor engines; imports of chassis from the United States to be restricted to the Limport levels of the year ended April 30, 1936; negotiations with the Canadian Government for an arrangement whereby the supply of imports subject Ito licence—control will not be diverted .trom the present source of supply ito Canada. I With a view to diverting a. certain iamount of import trade to Australian Esecondary industries the Government fintends to prohibit the importation of In large variety of goods and commod» itics from countries outside the Brit—.isn Empire. except with the consent lot‘ the Minister of Customs. British Goods Exempted. In explaining the licensing system the Minister said all goods 01' British .Emplre origin would be exempted Ifrom the licensing proposals. Licenses uvould he l‘reely granted in respect ot‘ limports from all countries with which lAustralia ‘had a favourable trade bal—lance and all countries in connection Iwith which the Government was satis— Itled with the trade position, . The total value of Australia‘s inn-I Iport trade which the Government. anticipated would be diverted almostl ‘immediaiely by licensing and by in-I Icreased duties was £2,290,000. and Sir . Henry estimated that Australian manu- ‘ ‘facturers would benefit- by the in-I creased output to the extent of cam-I 000. - The additional duty on motor chassis:.»l coupled with the bounty for locally—l produced motor engines, said the' Minister. should enable Australianl manufacturers to produce within five or six years 880 per cent of theirl own engine requirement-s. Attitude to Japan. . Sir Henry went-on to explain how ‘Japanese textile interests would be affected He said the Government was not prepared to allow imports of low—‘prleed. foreign textiles to continue unjchecked. He gave details of the alterations in the tariff. 3 Japan would continue to he the principal supplier to Australia's mar—l ket o'r ravens. but under the new duties the United Kingdom should re—l cover a considerable increase in im—ports'ot’ cottons, although a sub—stantial proportion would be still supplied by Japan. The duties in each instance would be applied in accord—ance with most—favoured—nation prin—ciples. The Minister also mentioned with regret the -Government's inability toI reach a friendly arrangement with the l Japanese Government on the subject of a curtailment of Japanese importa—tions of cotton piece-goods and arti—ilcial piece—goods. The Prohibited Goods. I Included in the long list of goods the importation of which will be pro—hibited now from countries outside the Empire, except with the Minister's consent. are the follu\viin::— . I . Cotton piece—goods, artiilcial silk] costumes, corsets. men‘s and boys‘ hats, linoleums. floor coverings, iron and steel plates. copper and steel pipes. lawn mowers. pasteurisers. typewriters. hinges, tiles. rasps, gyp—l sum. plaster of Paris. polished or other" glass, spectacles. lboois and slippers! \\riting papers. posters. advertisingl brake—linings. motor-cycles and parts.l brooms, carpet :~’\\'rnprrs. \\il'¢'[hss I‘C‘l rcirr‘rs. .\lul'iljlt" lmilrries. rilie and! revnhrr cartridgv-s. I Also inrhniml are \.nrinns hpos oi" nmrlnner)‘ and \\;Ill and «'4‘illn:‘llcrnr- I nliolls. I The Minister nnnonin'ml also inv‘ creased duties on ltlllili'l'll h-uf :nnll other lol'rn't'u [H‘H'llh‘is and on I'r‘riuin‘ lxllitlfi nl' liniln'r. 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Agi'ei‘menl. and are upprnvml on the: arounds ihzil sin-h «incisions ill'l‘ lwl-I tor 111;:(10 individually lhnn lhrnslnHll out at large smile rniilereinww. ; ’i‘hr, Daily Mail says that .\nslizilia'sl action makes it more than rwr :1 nullter of honour and self interest that Britain should reply luv inlrorhn'in: ”i sli‘nlxhi. tariff. \\ilh .I |hurunuhlyi Ci‘l‘erlhe prelil'l‘l‘nrc lul' l'linpu'lr prml ducLl. , . ._, y. I