A large number of products, of which Japan is the principal exporter, have been given preferential treatment in the revised tariff promulgated by the "Provisional Government" in Peiping, according to a Chinese report received here yesterday.
The products on which import duties have been considerably reduced include cigarettes, sugar, rayon products and paper. On the other hand, exports whose duties have been reduced include cotton, bristles, salt and other articles largely shipped to Japan.
Customs barriers erected in Hopei to combat smuggling during the past few years are to be abolished, it is reported. It may be, recalled that cigarettes, sugar, rayon products and paper have figured prominently in the large-scale smuggling in the north,
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