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ARTICLE VIII.
roreign goods carried by steam or motor vessels or by junks or lighters, registered as in Articles V and VI, clearing from Hong Kong for non-open ports as defined in Article V, shall acquit themselves of import duty
before departure, and may, if so desired, acquit them-
selves also of transit dues and be rented transit
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ARTICLE VIII
at rates and with privileges not loss favourable that those applied or accorded, to goods clearing under similar circumstances from Canton or any other treaty port for a non-open port as defined in Article V.
Hong Kong for treaty ports may also, subject to
before shipment,
examination, acquit themselves of import duty before
departure.
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ARTICLE IX.
Chinese goods which are imported into Hong
Kong from a treaty port in China, and which are
re-exported to the same or another treaty port in
China within one year of their arrival in Hong Kong,
shall be re-admitted into China free of import duty,
if they are in their original packages or if permission
has been received from the Chinese Maritime Customs
for their repacking. They shall also be re-admitted
into China free of coust trade duty if coast trade
duty is hereafter abolished in the case of Chinese
goods imported into one treaty port in China from another treaty port in China.
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