In connection with Import Tariff rates in North China, the Japan Chamber of Commerce recommends that Tariff rates for building materials and gay n should be made, as pos Special consideration should be given to the. tariff rates imposed on commodities which have suffered due to the abolition of the Hast-Hopei customs tariff (the so-called "Special trai and the customs tariff transfer sys between Manchoukuo and Chin udy should be made' of the a Customs major Japan in special imports from oth reign countries, Classifications of descriptions of commodities should be reasonably and clearly defined. At the same time, Nonth China tariff items and taritt rates should be adjusted in order harmoniously to balance specific duties and ad valorem duties, With regard to revision of tariff rates on goods exported from North Chiva, the Japan Chamber of Commerce urges that the exemption principle should be adopted in the North China tant, and duties should be collected only from items clearly mentioned in the customs tariff.
The items subject to export duties, the Chamber adds, should be simplified, and efforts should be made to Tokyo, Apr. 22.
Japan has received a Note from the United States' Embassy here asking for information on the proposed Japanese oil distribution company in North China, a spokesman of the Foreign Office revealed today.
Announcing that the Japanese reply would be made soon, the official declared the projected firm was designed primarily to cater to the of the Japanese am that Mı Ambassador here, had against Japan's alleged disregard for the principle of the "Open Door China.
This disregard, the press report said, was manifested in the projected formation of a company to monopolize the distribution of oil in North China.
Plans for the establishment of the concern were revealed in Peiping on April 19. The company was to be capitalized at ¥.20,000,000, the bulk of which would be subscribed by Japanese petroleum firms in Japan Proper, Manchuria and Korea.
The projected company, it was stated, would construct refineries at Chinwangtao and Tsingtao, while it would also operate a plant in Manchuria.—Domei. promote the exports of those items.
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