Proposed new customs tariff

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Monograph

Identifikator:: 1016540337

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-79957

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Proposed new customs tariff

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Printed under the authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Darling and Son, Limited

Year of publication:: 1914

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (IV, 110 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2018

Collection:: Economics Books

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PROPOSED NEW CUSTOMS TARIFF. * of the said duty as a warehousing charge in the event of their not being taken away within 30 days subsequent to the handing in of the general manifest. Should ‘they be exempt from import duty, they will pay as warehousing charge * 10 centavos for every 100 kilogrammes gross weight. “.Should a further 15 days elapse without goods having been taken away, * steps will be taken to dispose of them by public auction. “The fine imposed by Article 107 of the Customs Regulations* will apply to ** duty-free goods, the charge indicated in the lst paragraph of this Article for this “ class of goods being taken as a basis.” Article 17.—When the case contemplated by Article 56 of the Customs Ordinancet occurs in regard to goods which contain names, marks or inscriptions which invest them with a proprietary character, such as commercial advertisements or signs, labels, receptacles or the like, their sale by public auction may not be carried out except at a price which may cover the amount of duty leviable, In the absence of any bidding the goods in question shall be held to be State property and steps will be taken to render them unfit for use. Article 18.—For the purpose of applying the fines laid down in the Law and based on the value of the goods, the value in question will be assessed at a sum equal to four times the relative import duty. Article 19.— Any protests anent the classification, valuation, weight, measurement or quantity of goods shall be referred to the Director of the Customs House concerned, who will decide the issue after hearing two experts (one to be appointed by the Customs authorities, and the other by the person or firm interested), and, at Valparaiso, the Chief of the Board of Appraisers ; and, at other places, the Appraiser who may have examined and classified the goods. An appeal in respect of decisions arrived at by Directors of Customs Houses may be made to the Superintendent of Customs, and in any event they will be referred to the latter. The finding declared by the Superintendent of Customs shall be final and will be valid in all Customs Houses. Protests may not be lodged after the working day following the date on which the records regarding the matter were entered in the respective customs entry form or if the goods or part thereof shall have been taken away from the precincts of the Customs House. Article 20.—The President of the Republic is empowered to limit to certain Customs Houses the importation of those products or goods which he may deem expedient. Article 21.—The duties established in this Tariff are expressed in pesos of eighteen pence. Article 22.—The duties, or exemptions - from duty, imposed or accorded by this Tariff shall apply to goods or products that have been brought in vessels which on arrival in Chile put into any port fifteen days after the date of the publication of this Law in the “ Diario Oficial.” ~The same period shall apply in respect of articles which may be imported by land. * Article 107 of the Customs Regulations is as follows :— “ ‘ Immediate clearance’ goods for importation or for private warehouses shall pay ‘double ‘ warehousing charges when through error, neglect on the part of interested persons or firms, or “ for other reasons, they are deposited in Customs warehouses, without prejudice in regard to clearing them as soon as required by the proper store-keeper.” Article 56 of the Customs Ordinance reads as follows :— * If at the expiration of every three years a renewal for storage is not applied for, the goods * shall be put up to public auction, three days’ notice being given in some newspaper, or, failing this, notice by posters describing the nature of the goods that are to be put up to auction * with an indication of their marks and numbers, name of the consignee and that of the vessel by which they were imported. * The goods will be knocked down to the highest bidder, unless, in the opinion of the Chief ‘ of Customs, the price offered is too low.” [The time mentioned in this Article was reduced to one year, without extension, by Laws Nos, 980 and 2,664.7 i This Article is proposed in place of the following Articles in the Customs Ordinance :— “ Article 70.—Protests in regard to valuations shall be lodged with the head of the Customs ** House affected, who shall decide the issue, without further appeal, after hearing two experts, *“ (one to be appointed by the Customs authorities, and the other by the interested person or “ firm) and, at Valparaiso, the Chief of the Appraisers; and, at other places, the Appraiserywho * shall have conducted the examination.” “ Article T1.—No claim whatsoever shall be entertained unless lodged within 24 hours after * the goods have been examined or if the person or firm interested should already have taken ‘ them away.”

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