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•€. 30/33. DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND. Minister's Office, Customs Department, Wellington, sth May, 1938. My Dear Consul, — I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of sth May, 1938, reading as follows : — " With reference to our conversations regarding the promotion of trade between New Zealand and Switzerland, I have the honour to submit the following proposals for a Trade Arrangement between -our respective countries : — "1. (a) Goods the produce or manufacture of Switzerland enumerated in the Schedule annexed hereto, on importation into New Zealand, shall enjoy in all matters concerning customs duties, or fees, taxes, or other charges payable in respect of imported goods and in all matters concerning customs formalities treatment not less favourable than that accorded to like goods the produce or manufacture of any other foreign country. "1. (b) The Government of New Zealand undertake to receive with goodwill and to give consideration to any requests which may be made by the Government of Switzerland for the grant of most-favoured-nation treatment in respect of articles, other than those enumerated in the schedule referred to in paragraph 1 (a) hereof, the produce or manufacture of Switzerland, when imported into New Zealand. It shall be understood that such articles shall be articles in the exportation of which Swiss export industries are primarily interested. " 2. (a) The Government of Switzerland shall guarantee to the Government of New Zealand a quota for the importation of New Zealand apples and pears into Switzerland to the extent of 1,500 metric tons per annum. "2. (b) Swiss import permits issued for New Zealand apples and pears in general shall not be transferable in favour of like produce of other countries. The Government of Switzerland shall permit transfers of import permits for New Zealand apples and pears in favour of like produce of other countries only with the consent of the Government of New Zealand or their officially designated representatives. The Government of Switzerland, in placing the import quota for New Zealand apples and pears at the disposal of importers, shall take into consideration the seasonal character of importations of apples and pears into Switzerland. " 2. (c) The Government of Switzerland shall issue permits for the importation of New Zealand apples and pears on the condition that importers arrange their purchases directly with the New Zealand Fruit Export Control Board or their specifically designated agents. "'2. (d) In all matters concerning the procedure in connection with the granting of import permits, particularly regarding the fees imposed for issuing import permits, the Government of Switzerland undertake to accord to New Zealand products treatment not less favourable than that accorded to like products of the most-favoured foreign country.

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Item No. of the Customs Tariff Tariff Items. of New Zealand. Ex 351 Machinery, machines, machine tools, and appliances, viz. :— (1) Anvils, forges, and hearths, viz. -blacksmiths', and similar. (2) Blacksmiths', braziers', assay, and treadle-power bellows. (3) Boring and well-drilling machinery ; rock drills, and diamond drills ; coal cutters. (4) Blowers, and fans, viz. : —Exhaust, blast, and ventilating; vacuum cleaners. (5) Card clothing suitable for use in woollen mills and paper mills. (6) Grinding machines, emery, and similar; emery and similar wheels. (7) Grinding mills, grinding pans, ball mills, tube mills, bone crushers, corn mills, coffee and spice mills, food chopping, mincing, and similar machines. (9) Knitting and kilting machines. (10) Peculiar to metal-working, wood-working, stone-working, or glass-working. (11) Hydro-extractors. (12) Weighing machines, scales, and balances, n.e.i. (13) Printing machines. 352 Machinery, machines, machine tools, engines, and appliances, as may be approved by the Minister, peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial and similar processes. 356 Ex (1) Field glasses. Ex 357 Metal, viz. : — (2) Aluminium, brass, copper, lead, tin, and other metal, n.e.i., in bars or rods (except cast bars or rods of copper alloy) (6) Metal n.e.i., viz.—foil, leaf; hoop, plate or sheet, plain, whether in the rough, polished, enamelled, galvanized, plated, tinned, or otherwise coated with metal. 362 Pipes, piping, tubes, and tubing (except coil pipes), viz. : —- (1) Wrought iron, steel, or wood, n.e.i.. (including such pipes or tubes when protected with a cement or similar coating), not less than 4 inches but less than 9 inches in internal diameter. (2) (a) Cast iron n.e.i., including rain-water, soil and similar pipes. (b) (i) Centrifugally-cast iron pipes piping tubes and tubing, exceeding 6 inches but not exceeding 12 inches in nominal internal diameter. (ii) Centrifugal]y-cast iron pipes piping tubes and tubing, not less than 4 inches but not exceeding 6 inches in nominal internal diameter. (3) Wrought iron, or steel, screwed ; boiler tubes flanged or unflanged ; and all pipes, piping, tubes and tubing, n.e.i. (4) Lead or composition. (5) Knees, bends, elbows, junction or inspection boxes including covers therefor, and other fittings, n.e.i., for pipes, piping, tubes or tubing, viz. : — (a) Of brass or other copper alloy. (b) Of cast iron for rain-water, soil, and similar pipes. (6) Knees, bends, elbows, junction or inspection boxes including covers therefor, and other fittings, n.e.i., for any of the above-mentioned pipes, piping, tubes, or tubing, shall be classed under the same item of the Tariff as the pipes, piping, tubes, and tubing, for which they are fittings.