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COMMERCIAL  INTELLIGENCE  COMMITTEE  :

ANNEXES  TO  REPORT  ON  GERMAN  TARIFF.

I.

Comparative  Statement  of  the  existing  and  Proposed  New  Rates  of  German  Import  Duties
on  the  Articles  of  British  Produce  and  Manufacture  which  appear  to  be  principally
affected  by  the  draft  German  Tariff  Bill.

No.  in
Draft
Tariff.

164
231
267
284
294
322
324
ex  32  6
327

Rates  of  Duty.

Increase.

Articles.

Cotton  seed  oil  -----  -
Slate  in  rough  blocks  -
Roofing  slates  and  slate  in  slabs  -
Phosphorus,  red  -
,,  yellow  -  -  -  -  -
Carbonate  of  ammonia  -  -  -
Sulphate  of  copper
Red  lead  ;  white  lead  ...
Zinc  oxide  (zinc  white  and  zinc  grey)  ;  zinc
sulphide  white  (lithopone)
Dycwood  extracts,  solid  ;  also  solid  extracts
of  other  vegetable  dyestuffs

Earth  colours  :—
Chalk,  washed  ;  also  powdered  chalk
Other  earth-colours  (calcined,  ground,  or
washed  coloured  earths;  also  industrial ­
  bye-products  and  waste  utilisable
as  colours,  and  ores  ground  up  as  earth
colours),  dry  or  in  paste

339  i  Oil  varnishes,  with  or  without  addition  of
siccatives  ;  compounds  of  varnish  ;  solidified ­
  oil  ;  concentrated  linseed  oil  -
340  Spirit  varnishes,  with  or  without  the  addition ­
  of  colouring  matter  ;  shellac  cement

Proposed.

Existing.

Amount.

Per  Cent.

Mks.  pfg.
100  kilogs.12  50
„  0  25
„  1  25
,,  10  00
00

341

404
(b)
407

408
415
424

426  ,
(a)

Lac  varnishes,  lacquer  manufactured  without ­
  spirit,  mixed  or  not  with  colouring
materials  ;  ‘  *  asphaltlack  ”  ;  solution  of
colouring  material  and  wax;  Japan
lacquer  -
Silk  tulle,  figured  -  -  -
Knitted  goods,  including  tissues  :—
Wholly  of  silk  -
Partly  of  silk  -  -  -
Silk  lace  of  all  kinds  -
Yarns  of  hair,  mixed  or  not  with  other
materials,  bleached,  dyed,  or  printed
Yarns  of  wool  or  hair,  mixed  or  not  with
other  materials,  made  up  for  retail  sale  -
Wares  of  spun  wool  or  animal  hair,  mixed
or  not  with  vegetable  textile  materials
Knotted  (“  geknüpft  ”)  carpets

00
00
00

2  00

4  00

0  40

Mks.  pfg.
lOOkilogs.  10  00
Free.
lOOkilogs.  0  50
Free.
Free.
Free.
Free.
Free.
Free.
100  kilogs.  3  00
0  30

Mks.
flOO
1  kilogs.  2
„  0
„  0
„  10
„  5
„  5
„  2
„  1
„  2
1

0  50  !  Free.

7  00  lOOkilogs.  6  00

30  00  „  20  00

25  00  „  20  00
800  00  „  600  00  :
800  00  „  600  00
550  00  „  450  00  ;
800  00  ,,  600  00
5  00  „  3  00
i
36  00  ,,  24  00
200  00  ,,  100  00

pfg.
50  |}
25  ;
75
00  1
00  j
00  j
00
00
00
00

„  0  10
„  0  50
„  1  oo
„  10  00
„  5  00
„  200  00
,,  200  00
„  100  00
»  200  03
„  2  00  !
»  12  00
„  100  00  :

25

150

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16
50
25
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22
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50
100