Tariff Urged and industry yesterday petitioned the The Japan Chamber of Commerce
Minutes of Finance, Foreign Affairs and Commerce and Industry to. nego-Tite with the Chinese "Government fationallzation® of China's tue "The petition declared that, "despite recent tariff reforms by the Central Government, there still seem to be numerous instances of discriminatory treatment of Japanese goods." This Is expressed in the form of levying Hdentleal duties on cheap Japanese and expensive foreign goods.
"there are other instances of the Imposition of relatively higher speci-fle levies on commodities imported from this country," the petition add-
In requesting the Tokyo Govern ment to seek modification. the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, says Reuter, points out that China imposes an ad valorem tariff on Japanese goods ranging from 70 (o 100 per cent, which is alleged to be more severe than that Imposed on other nations.
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