ON MARCH 1
Nanking, Jan. 15.
With a view to protecting native industries and reducing the excess of Imports, the Ministry of Finance is understood to have made a thorough revision of the present Customs import tariff and a new. schedule, which has been approved by. the Legislative Yuan, will be enforced from March I this year, Tt is learned that the rates on Jceriain imported commodities, parti cularly rice, piece-goods, woollen fabrics, and! luxuries, have been [considerably increased, in view of the fact that they formed the prinespal items in the import trade of the country during the past year—Chekiat Agency.
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