Fp: new Customs Tavitt was promulgated from Nanking on December 29.
Generally, the new Tariff may be said to represent an attempt, by a scientific all-round imerease of the rates, to provide additional revenue and, by the adjustment of certain duties, either in an upward or in a downward direction, to establish additional protection for home li dustries in being, in embryo, or in prospect.
From the purely revenue aspect, the practice of singling out so-called luxury articles for specially-enhanced rates has been followed. The development of industries has been borne in mind "by avoidance of unduly high imposts on raw or unfinished articles which are required for use in manufacture. High duties have been imposed on manufactured articles which might be expected to compete with home-made goods, 'A Customs notification signed by Mr. W. R. 'Myers, Commissioner of Customs, stated: "The public' is hereby notified that under instructions received from the Inspector-General of Customs the New Import Tariff will be applied to all goods arriving' from ubvoad on and after January 1, 1981.
rhe following: is the official text of the new Customs Import Tariff:
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.