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 The Customs Tariff (Papua and New Guinea Preference) 1926 is repealed.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. :— |
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| (a) Coconuts, whole |
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| (b) Coconuts, prepared |
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| (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 |