These difficulties are considerable enough, importers here said, but they-are multiplied when the goods finally reach these shores. The government has met the situation by converting the Federal Reserve notes, which are worth about 10 cents in Shanghai into Japanese yen, worth about 234 cents. Importers charge that thousands of dollars paid as duty deposits on i fated values established under ti system are now tied up. These deposits are required to get possession of their goods pending the outcome of their protests and appeals, and it will be at least six to eight months before these entries are liquidated, they said.
In instances like those of embroidered articles, on which ad valorem duties run as' high as 90 per cent, and other articles where the duty ranges from 30 to 60 per cent, the inflated values imposed by the customs officials have worked a
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