Silk piece goods, mixtures (i. e., silk and cotton, or silk and other materials) (including crape but not including mixtures with real or imitation gold or silver thread): 5 per ct. .per pair.. .080 ..do... .020 ·per picul.. .630 .per catty.. .325 ...do.... .700 Household and laundry (including blue mottled), in bulk, bars, and doublets .per picul.. 240 5 per ct. Socks, cotton (including lisle thread): First quality (i. e., valued at 1 tael or over per dozen pairs), per dozen pairs .075 Second quality (i. e., valued at less than 1 tael per dozen pairs), per dozen pairs .032 White, No. 11 Dutch standard and over, including cube and refined per picul Hard wood Teak wood Laths Masts and spars ..per cubic foot.. .020 1.150 .081 .210 Hard wood 5 per ct. Soft wood 5 per ct. Planks Piles and piling (including Oregon pine and California redwood, on a thick- Hard wood Teak wood Planks and flooring Soft wood (including Oregon pine and California redwood, and allow- Soft wood (tongued and grooved, in excess of above, 10 per cent).. Teak-wood lumber, of all lengths and description Tinder Tin foil Tobacco: 1.150 5 per ct. 5 per ct. 1.150 per cubic foot.. .081 With handles wholly or partly of precious metals, ivory, mother-of-pearl, Sealing White Wines, etc: Champagnes and all other sparkling wines, in bottles, per case of 12 bottles or 24 half bottles ... Still wines, red or white, exclusively the produce of the natural fermentation (a) Having less than 14° of alcohol- 2. In bulk per case of 12 bottles or 24 half bottles.. (b) Having 14° or more of alcohol; also vins de liqueur other than 5 per ct. 5 per ct. .650 .300 .025 port 1. In bottles 2. In bulk Port wine In bottles Brandies and whiskies, in bulk Other spirits (gin, rum, etc.) — In bulk Spirits of wine, in packages of any description Ales, beers, cider, and perry— In bottles Porters and stouts per imperial gallon.. ..per case of 12 liters.. .175 250 .do.... .028 per case of 12 reputed quarts or 24 reputed pints.. .085 ...... .020 Flannel (woolen and cotton): not exceeding 33 inches wide, per yard ..... Italian cloth, plain or figured, having warp entirely cotton and all one color, and weft entirely wool and all one color: not exceeding 32 inches wide and not exceeding 32 yards long Poncho cloth: not exceeding 76 inches wide ..per yard.. .030 Union cloth: not exceeding 76 inches wide .per yard.. .014 .030 Woolen and cotton mixtures, unclassed, including alpacas, lusters, Orleans, Bunting: not exceeding 24 inches wide and not exceeding 40 yards long per piece .per yard.. .047% .200 Camlets, Dutch: not exceeding 33 inches wide and not exceeding 61 yards long ... per piece.. 1.000 Camlets, English: not exceeding 31 inches wide and not exceeding 61 yards long .per piece.. .500 Flannel: not exceeding 33 inches wide Lastings, plain, figured or craped: not exceeding 31 inches wide and not exceeding 32 yards long .per piece.. .450 Llama braid Long ells: not exceeding 31 inches wide and not exceeding 25 yards long per piece .per picul.. 5.000 .250 Medium cloth: not exceeding 76 inches wide Russian cloth: not exceeding 76 inches wide per yard.. .0472 .0472 Woolen and worsted yarns and cords (not including Berlin wool) per picul.. 5.300 ...do... ...do.... 4.000 3.500 per dozen.. .035 NOTE-If any of the articles enumerated in this tariff are imported in dimensions exceeding those specified, the duty is to be calculated in proportion to the measurements as defined. RULES * Imports unenumerated in this Tariff will pay Duty at the rate of 5 per cent. ad valorem; and the value upon which Duty is to be calculated shall be the market value of the goods in local currency. This market value when converted into Haikwan Taels shall be considered to be 12 per cent. higher than the amount upon which Duty is to be calculated. If the goods have been sold before presentation to the Customs of the Application to pay duty, the gross amount of the bona fide contract will be accepted as evidence of the market value. Should the goods have been sold on c. f. and i. terms, that is to say, without inclusion in the price of Duty and other charges, such c. f. and i. price shall be taken as the value for Duty-paying purposes without the deduction mentioned in the preceding paragraph. If the goods have not been sold before presentation to the Customs of the Application to pay Duty, and should a dispute arise between Customs and importer regarding the value or classification of goods, the case will be referred to a Board of Arbitration composed as follows: An official of the Customs; a Merchant selected by the Consul of the importer; and a Merchant differing in nationality from the importer, selected by the Senior Consul. Questions regarding procedure, etc., which may arise during the sittings of the Board shall be decided by the majority. The final finding of the majority of the Board, which must be announced within fifteen days of the reference (not including holidays), will be binding upon both parties. Each of the two merchants on the Board will be entitled to a fee of Ten Haikwan Taels. Should the Board sustain the Customs valuation, or, in the event of not sustaining that valuation, should it decide that the goods have been undervalued by the importer to the extent of not less than 71⁄2 per cent., the importer will pay the fees; if otherwise, the fees will be paid by the Customs. Should the Board decide that the correct value of the goods is 20 per cent. (or more) higher than that upon which the importer originally claimed to pay Duty, the Customs authorities may retain possession of the goods * In connection with these rules, consult the international Agreement relating to the revised import tariff of 1902 (No. 1902/6, ante). For the text of the Rules as revised by the International Tariff Conference, December 19, 1918, see the Rules annexed to No. 1918/18, at p. 1483, post. until full Duty has been paid and may levy an additional Duty equal to four times the Duty sought to be evaded. In all cases invoices, when available, must be produced if required by the Customs. Rule 11.* The following will not be liable to Import Duty: Foreign Rice, Cereals, and Flour; Gold and Silver, both Bullion and Coin; Printed Books, Charts, Maps, Periodicals, and Newspapers; Samples in reasonable quantities, and certified to be for show and not for sale; Government Stationery for Consulates in China; Passengers Baggage for bona fide private use; Circulars, etc., distributed gratis by mercantile houses; and Private Effects (not including Wines, Stores, and Tobacco) of individual Foreigners imported by themselves for their own personal use and not for sale, provided that the Customs authorities are satisfied that the articles in question fulfil these conditions. A freight or part freight of Duty-free commodities (personal baggage of less than twenty passengers and Gold and Silver Bullion and Foreign Coins excepted) will render the vessel carrying them, though no other cargo be on board, liable to Tonnage Dues. Drawbacks will be issued for Ships Stores and Bunker Coal when taken on board. Rule III.† Except at the requisition of the Chinese Government, or for sale to Chinese duly authorized to purchase them, Import trade is prohibited in all Arms, Ammunition, and Munitions of War of every description. No Permit to land them will be issued until the Customs have proof that the necessary authority has been given to the importer. Infraction of this rule will be punishable by confiscation of all the goods concerned. The import of Salt is absolutely prohibited. In reference to the rights and privileges of consular officers as assessors in mixed cases in the Chinese courts, consult the following "Protocol of understanding in regard to the method of procedure to be followed when an American plaintiff sues a Chinese defendant in the Tientsin consular district": Protocol of Procedure in Mixed Cases in Chinese Courts in Tientsin District.October 24, 1917. "Court: Such cases are to be tried, not in the Shen P'an T'ing, but in a court held by the local territorial officials (Ti Fang Kwan). "Assessor: Notice of the time and place of the hearing, when set, shall be sent to the American Consul General well in advance, so that, in accordance with the treaty, he may, if he wishes, send an Assessor to sit in the case. *In the text as given in U. S. Treaty Series, Rule II is printed in full; but with reference to the two passages which are herewith printed in italics, there is added as a note the text of the despatch addressed by the foreign members of the Import Tariff Revision Commission to the Chinese Commissioners, under date of August 29, 1902 (printed at p. 340, ante, in the first note to No. 1902/6), recording the elimination from Rule II of the italicized passages. For modification of this rule, see the revised Regulations for arms and ammunition, May 30, 1908 (No. 1908/10, post). Signed by representative of France March 30, 1904; by representatives of Italy, Russia, Norway and Sweden, March 28, 1903; of Denmark, March 23, 1904; and of Portugal, November 11, 1904. |