CUSTOMS TARIFF (PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA PREFERENCE).
No. 6 of 1926.
An Act relating to Customs Preference on Goods the Produce of Papua and on Goods the Produce of the Territory of New Guinea.
[Assented to 15th February, 1926.]
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) 1926.
Incorporation.
2. The Customs Act 1901-1925 shall be incorporated and read as one with this Act.
Rates of duty on imports from Papua and New Guinea.
3.—(1.) From and after a time and date to be fixed by Proclamation, the importation into Australia, direct from the Territory of Papua or the Territory of New Guinea, of such of the goods specified in the Schedule to this Act as were produced in the Territory from which they are imported, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Customs Tariff 1921-1924, be free of duty.
(2.) This section shall apply to goods imported into Australia after the proclaimed time, and to goods imported into Australia before that time and not entered for home consumption until after that time.
THE SCHEDULE.
Item No. | Item No. of Customs Tariff 1921-1924. | Item. |
1 | 43 (A) | Coffee, raw and kiln dried |
2 | 53 (A) | Fruits, Dried, viz., Litchi |
3 | 52 (C) | Fruits, Fresh, viz., Chieomamey, Litchi, Longan, Akee, Pulasan, Rambutan, Avocado, Mangosteen, Sapote, Sapodilla, Abiu, Star-apple, Langsat, Imbu, Ilama, Durian, Jaboticaba, Grumichama, Kao Pan Seedless Pummelo, and Jak Fruit |
4 | 101 or 102 | Fungi, edible |
5 | 56 | Ginger, green |
6 | 57 (D) | Grain and Pulse, viz., Rangoon Beans |
7 | .. | Nuts, viz.:— |
| 78(B) | (A) Coconuts, whole |
| 78 (C) | (B) Coconuts, prepared |
| 78 (D) | (C) Shelled or Unshelled |
8 | 92 | Seeds, viz.:— |
|
| (A) Kapok, Sesame |