CUSTOMS TARIFF (PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA
PREFERENCE).
No. 4 of
1934.
An Act relating to Customs Tariff preference on
goods the produce of the Territory of Papua and on goods the produce of the
Territory of New Guinea.
[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 (Papua and New Guinea
Preference) 1934.
Commencement.
2.This Act shall be deemed to have commenced on
the tenth day of March One thousand nine hundred and thirty-three.
Repeal.
3. The Customs Tariff (Papua and New Guinea
Preference) 1926 is repealed.
Incorporation
4. The Customs Act 1901–1930 shall be incorporated and read as one
with this Act.
.Certain imports from Papua and New Guinea to be free of duty.
5.—(1.) This
section shall apply to the goods specified in the Schedule to this Act if
produced or manufactured in the Territory of Papua or the Territory of New
Guinea and imported direct from either of those Territories.
(2.) Goods
to which this section applies shall—
(a) if imported into
Australia on or after the tenth day of March One thousand nine hundred and
thirty-three; or
(b) if imported into Australia
before that date and not entered for home consumption until after that date,
be free of all duties of
customs imposed on such goods by the Customs Tariffs 1933.
THE SCHEDULE.
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Item No. | Item No. of Customs Tariffs 1933. | Item. |
1 | 437 | Arecanuts
|
2 | 44 (a)
| Cocoa Beans, whole or broken, raw ;
Cocoa Shells, raw
|
3 | 43 (a)
| Coffee, raw and kiln dried
|
4 | 287 | Essential Oil, viz.
:—Massoi oil
|
5 | 53 (a)
| Fruits, dried, viz. :—Lychee
|
6 | 52 (b) and
(c) | Fruits, Fresh, viz.
:—Chicomamey, Lychee,
Longan, Akee, Pulasan, Rambutan, Avocado,
Mangosteen, Sapote, Sapodilla, Abiu,
Star-apple, Langsat, Imbu, Ilama, Durian, Jaboticaba, Grumichama, Kao Pan
Seedless Pummelo, and Jak Fruit
|
7 | 101 or 102 | Fungi, edible
|
8 | 56
(a)
| Ginger, green
|
9 | 56
(e)
| Ginger, dry, unground
|
10 | 57
(d)
| Grain and Pulse, viz. :—Rangoon Beans
|
11 | 78 | Nuts,
viz. :—
|
(a)
Coconuts, whole
|
(b) Coconuts,
prepared
|
(c) Shelled or Unshelled
|
12 | 87 (b)
| Sago and Tapioca, not being packed for household
use
|
13 | 92 | Seeds, viz. :—Kapok; Sesame
|
14 | 96 (a)(1) | Spices, unground, viz.
:—Cardamom, Chillies, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, Nutmegs, Pepper, Pimento
|
15 | 438 | Vanilla Beans
|
16 | 254 (c)
| Balata, Gum Arabic.
Gum Copal, Gum Damar, Gutta Percha,
Jelutong, Sticklac and Seedlac
|