Soft wood (including Oregon pine and California redwood: on a ..per 1,000 superficial feet.. 1. 150 Piles and piling (including Oregon pine and California redwood, on a 5 per ct. 1. 150 Soft wood (including Oregon pine and California redwood, and allowing 10 per cent of each shipment to be tongued and grooved: on a thickness of 1 inch) ..... - per 1,000 superficial feet.. Soft wood (tongued and grooved, in excess of above, 10 per cent). Railway sleepers... Teak-wood lumber, of all lengths and description. Tinder Tin foil Tobacco: Leaf Prepared In bulk 1. 150 5 per ct. 5 per ct. - per cubic foot.. .081 In tins or packages under 5 pounds each. .950 5 per ct. Exceeding 4 inches and not exceeding 9 inches long.. ..do.... 5 per ct. Cotton (pure or mixed with other materials but not silk) . With handles wholly or partly of precious metals, ivory, mother-of pearl, tortoise shell, agate, etc., or jeweled.. Champagnes and all other sparkling wines, in bottles, per case of 12 bottles or 24 half bottles.... ..do.... .500 5 per ct. 5 per ct. (a) Having less than 14° of alcohol- Still wines, red or white, exclusively the produce of the natural fermentation of grapes .650 2. In bulk -per case of 12 bottles or 24 half bottles.. .300 .025 (b) Having 14° or more of alcohol; also vins de liqueur other than In bottles......per case of 12 reputed quarts or 24 reputed pints.. .085 ..per imperial gallon.. .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 .015 --per piece.. .372 Poncho cloth: not exceeding 76 inches wide ......per yard...... .030 Spanish stripes (woolen and cotton): not exceeding 64 inches wide, per yard... Union cloth: not exceeding 76 inches wide..... Woolen and cotton mixtures, unclassed, including - per yard.. alpacas, lusters, .014 .030 Orleans, Sicilians, etc... 5 per ct. Woolen manufactures: Blankets and rugs Broadcloth: not exceeding 76 inches wide Camlets, Dutch: not exceeding 33 inches wide and not exceeding 61 yards long... Bunting: not exceeding 24 inches wide and not exceeding 40 yards long.... Camlets, English: not exceeding 31 inches wide and not exceeding 61 yards long.... Lastings, plain, figured or craped: not exceeding 31 inches wide and not exceeding 32 yards long ..per piece.. .450 Llama braid... Medium cloth: not exceeding 76 inches wide... Long ells: not exceeding 31 inches wide and not exceeding 25 yards long.... Woolen and worsted yarns and cords (not including Berlin wool) per picul. Worm tablets, in bottles, not exceeding 60 pieces 5.300 .do.... 4.000 ..do.......... 3.500 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. Rule I. 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 7 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 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 II. 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. Subject to the approval of His Imp. & Roy. SHENG HSU AN-HUAI Apostolic Majesty's Government E v. HIRSCH JAS. L. MACKAY E. HIOKI, M. ODAGIRI J. YAMAOKA Ad referendum advocaat F. B. v'JACOB JOHN GOODNOW a TO ACCOMPANY TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE COMMERCIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THEM. SIGNED AT SHANGHAI, OCTOBER 8, 1903. YOUR EXCELLENCIES, NOTE. SHANGHAI Aug. 29th 1902. With reference to the New Tariff which has just been signed, this note puts on record that the following words have been erased from Rule II of the Rules at the end of the Tariff;-" Samples in reasonable quantities & certified to be for show, & not for sale; Government stationery for Consulates in China, passengers' baggage for bonâ fidê private use; circulars, &c, distributed gratis of Mercantile houses; and private effects (not including wines, stores & tobacco) of individual foreigners imported by themselves for their own personal use & not for sale provided that the Custom Authorities are satisfied that the articles in question fulfil these conditions"; and also "personal baggage of less than twenty passengers and" It is understood between the Foreign & Chinese Commissioners that, though the above words have been eliminated from the Rules, a Signed by representative of France March 30, 1904, with change noted, supra, p. 162. |