CUSTOMS TARIFF (CANADIAN
PREFERENCE).
No. 5 of 1934.
An Act relating to
Preferential Duties of Customs on Goods, the Produce or Manufacture of the
Dominion of Canada.
[Assented to 12th July, 1934.]
BE it enacted by the King’s
Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Customs
Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934
Incorporation.
2. The Customs Act 1901–1930
shall be incorporated and read as one with this Act.
Imposition of duty on imports from Canada.
3. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in the Customs Tariffs 1933, there shall be imposed
on the importation into Australia of the undermentioned goods (being the
produce or manufacture of the Dominion of Canada), when—
(i) those goods have been shipped from that
Dominion to Australia and have not been transhipped; or
(ii) those goods, having been so shipped,
have been transhipped, and it is proved to the satisfaction of the Collector of
Customs that the intended destination of the goods when originally shipped was
Australia;
Duties of Customs as follows:—
(a) On the goods specified in the column headed “Tariff Item” in the
Schedule hereto Duties of Customs at the rates respectively specified in the
column headed “Tariff on goods the produce or manufacture of Canada” in the
Schedule hereto;
(b) On such goods as are specified in Schedule bto the Trade Agreement between Canada and Australia
a copy of which is set forth in the Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Canadian
Preference) 1931 and as are, by that Act, dutiable at the rates specified
in the General Tariff, Duties of Customs at the rates in force under the
General Tariff on the dates on which the goods are respectively entered for
home consumption; and
(c) On all goods other than those covered by paragraphs (a) and (b),
Duties of Customs at the rates in force under the British Preferential Tariff
on the dates on which the goods are respectively entered for home consumption.
Time of Imposition of duties.
4. The Duties of Customs imposed by
this Act shall be charged, collected and paid to the King for the purposes of
the Commonwealth on all goods subject to those duties which are imported on or
after the eighth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-three,
or which, having been imported before that date, are entered for home
consumption on or after that date.
Duties to be in lieu of those under Customs Tariff (Canadian
Preference) 1931.
5. The Duties of Customs imposed by
this Act shall be in lieu of the duties payable upon those goods under the Customs
Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1931.
Validation.
6. All Duties of Customs demanded or
collected on goods the produce or manufacture of the Dominion of Canada
pursuant to the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) proposals introduced into
the House of Representatives on the thirteenth day of October, One thousand
nine hundred and thirty-two, shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed and
lawfully demanded and collected.
Power to suspend application of preference
rates to particular goods.
7.—(1.) If at any time—
(a) His Majesty’s Government in the
Commonwealth gives notice in writing to His Majesty’s Government in the
Dominion of Canada that in consequence of the importation into Australia of
goods, of a land specified in the notice, being the produce or manufacture of
the Dominion of Canada, the sale of similar goods produced in Australia, is
being prejudicially or injuriously affected, and
(b) measures, sufficient in the
opinion of His Majesty’s Government in the Commonwealth, are not put into
effect by His Majesty’s Government in the Dominion of Canada, within three
months after the date of the notice,
then, from a time and date to be fixed by Proclamation, goods of the
kind specified in the notice shall, when imported from the Dominion of Canada,
be subject to the rates of duty set out in the General Tariff.
(2.) Upon
the withdrawal of any notice given in pursuance of the last preceding
sub-section, goods of the kind specified in the notice shall, when imported
from the Dominion of Canada after a time and date to be fixed by Proclamation,
again become subject to the rates of duty which would have been applicable to
them if the notice had not been given.
THE SCHEDULE.
Tariff Item. | Tariff on goods the produce or manufacture of
Canada. |
DIVISION X.—WOOD, WICKER,
AND CANE. |
Ex. 291....... Timber, vis.:— |
(c) Logs, not sawn, viz. :— (1) For use in the manufacture of Plywood and
Veneers, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws--------------------------------------- ad val.
| 5 per cent.
|
(2) Other---------------------------------------------------------------- ad
val.
| 20 per cent.
|
(d) Spars in the rough-------------------------------------------------------- ad
val.
| 20 per cent.
|
(f) Timber, undressed, n.e.i., viz.:—Redwood (Sequoia
Sempervirens) and Western Red Cedar (Thuja Plicata)—
|
(1) In sizes of 12 inches × 6 inches (or its
equivalent) and over per 100 super, feet
| 2s.
|
(2) In sizes of 8 inches × 2 inches (or its
equivalent) and upwards, and less than 12 inches × 6 inches (or its
equivalent)
|
per 100 super. Feet | 3s. 6d.
|
(3) In sizes less than 8 inches × 2 inches (or
its equivalent) per 100 super.
feet
| 8s.
|
(h) Timber, undressed,
n.e.i., viz.:—
|
Other—
|
(1) In sizes of 12 inches × 10 inches (or its
equivalent) and over per
100 super. feet
| 10s. 6d.
|
(2) In sizes of 7 inches × 2½ inches (or its
equivalent) and upwards, and less than 12 inches × 10 inches (or its
equivalent)
|
per 100 super, feet | 12s.
|
(3) In sizes less than 7 inches ×2½ inches (or
its equivalent) per 100 super. Feet
| 13s. 6d.
|
The Schedule—continued.
Tariff Item. | Tariff on goods the produce or manufacture of
Canada. |
Division
X.—Wood, Wicker, and Cane—continued. |
(i) (1) Timber, undressed, n.e.i., in sizes not less than 4
inches in width and not less than 3 inches in thickness for the manufacture
of boxes, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Free
|
(2) Timber, undressed, out to size for making
boxes
|
per 100 super. feet
| 12s.
|
(j)
Timber, for making boxes,
being out to size, and dressed or partly dressed per 100 super. feet
| 14 s.
|
(k) Timber, bent or out into shape, dressed or
partly dressed, n.e.i.------ ad
val.
| 55 per cent.
|
(l) Timber, dressed or moulded, n.e.i.; Timber
tongued or grooved or tongued and grooved; Weatherboards
|
per 100 super. feet
| 22s.
|
(m)
Plywood including Plywood veneered with any material:—
|
(1) Not exceeding
three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness per
100 square feet
| 5s.
|
or ad val. | 55 per cent.
|
whichever rate returns the higher duty. |
(2) Exceeding
three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness but not exceeding seven-eighths of
an inch in thickness
|
per 100 square feet
| 5s.
|
with an additional duty
for each one-sixteenth of an inch in thickness in excess of three-sixteenths
of an inch
|
per 100 square feet
| 1s. 6d.
|
or, as an alternative to
the cumulative fixed rates provided above ad
val.
| 55 per cent.
|
whichever rate returns the higher duty. |
(3) N.E.I.---------------------------------------------------------- ad
val.
| 56 per cent.
|
(n)
Veneers----------------------------------------------------------------------- ad
val.
| 55 per cent.
|
Ex. 292......... Timber,
viz. :— |
(b) Laths for Plastering----------------------------------------------------- per
1,000
| 10s.
|
(c)
Palings------------------------------------------------------------------- per
1,000
| 14s.
|
(f)
Shingles------------------------------------------------------------------ per
1,000
| 3s.
|
293..... (a) Timber, undressed, in sizes less than 7 feet 6 inches × 10½ inches
× 2½ inches for use in the manufacture of Doors, as prescribed by
Departmental By-laws
|
per 100 super. feet | 4s.
|
(b) Doors of wood (including Fly Doors) wholly or
partly made up--------------- each
| 8s.
|
or per super. foot | 4d.
|
whichever rate returns the higher duty. |
(c)
Plywood Door Panels of Redwood (Sequoia Sempervirens) and Douglas Fir
(Pseudotsuga Douglasii) cut to sizes not exceeding 2 feet × 2 feet (or
its equivalent) for use in the manufacture of Doors, as prescribed by
Departmental By-laws per 100
square feet
| 5s.
|
Ex. 294..... (a) Staves,
undressed, n.e.i-------------------------------------------------------- per
100 | 8s.
|
(b) Staves, dressed or partly dressed, but
not shaped------------------------- per
100
| 11s.
|
DIVISION XII.—HIDES, LEATHER, AND RUBBER.
|
328..... Goloshes. Rubber Sand Boots and
Shoes and Plimsolls
|
per pair | 1s. 9d.
|
or ad val. | 30
per cent.
|
whichever rate returns
the higher duty. |
The Schedule—continued.
Tariff Item. | Tariff on goods the produce or
manufacture of Canada. |
DIVISION XIV.—VEHICLES. |
Ex. 359......... Vehicle parts, viz.:— |
(D)......... Parts of vehicles with
self-contained power propelled by petrol, steam, electricity, oil, gas, or
alcohol, n.e.i., whether incorporated in the complete vehicle or separate,
viz.:—
|
(4) Chassis, but not
including Rubber Tyres and Tubes, Storage Batteries, Shock Absorbers
excepting Steering Dampers. Bumper Bars. Sparking Plugs, Springs, Spring
Hangers, Shackle Bolts Pins and Assemblies, U Bolts, King Pins. Tie Rod Pins,
Tie Rod Ball Pins, Tie Rod Ball Studs and High Tension Ignition Coils—
|
(a) Unassembled----------------------------------- ad val.
| 15 per cent.
|
(b) Assembled-------------------------------------- ad
val.
| 35 per cent.
|