CO129-325 - Public Offices & Others - 1904 — Page 465

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If, without adhering to the Convention, Hong Kong should voluntarily adopt countervailing duties, would this whitewash all bounty-fed sugars imported, and could Hong Kong in this case claim admission for such sugar into French Indo-China, after being refined in Hong Kong?

If bond were generally adopted, and point out other objections to a refund of duty.

It will be seen from the private correspondence attached, that this question is not a simple one; but the conclusion arrived at by the Board of Customs is probably right, viz., that Hong Kong could not claim admission for such sugar, but that at the same time it is unlikely that French Indo-China would maintain its prohibition.

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462 3. If, without adhering to the Convention, Hong Kong should voluntarily adopt countervailing duties, would this whitewash all bounty-fed sugars imported, and could Hong Kong in this case claim admission for such sugar into French Indo-China, after being refined in Hong Kong? If bond were generally adopted, and point out other objections to a refund of duty. It will be seen from the private correspondence attached, that this question is not a simple one; but the conclusion arrived at by the Board of Customs is probably right, viz., that Hong Kong could not claim admission for such sugar, but that at the same time it is unlikely that French Indo-China would maintain its prohibition. The

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462 3. If, without adhering to the Con- vention, Hong Kong should volun- tarily adopt countervailing duties would this whitewash all bounty fed sugars imported, and could Hong Kong in this case clain admission for such sugar into French Indo China, after being refined in Hong Kong ? in bond were generally adopted, and point out other objections to a refund of duty It will be seen from the pri- vate correspondence attached, that this question is not a simple one; but the conclusion arrived at by the Board of Customs is probably right, viz., that Hong Kong could not claim admission for such sugar, but that at the same time it is unlikely that French Indo China would maintain its pro- hibition. The

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If, without adhering to the Con- vention, Hong Kong should volun- tarily adopt countervailing duties would this whitewash all bounty fed

sugars imported, and could Hong

Kong in this case clain admission

for such sugar into French Indo China, after being refined in Hong Kong ?

in bond were generally adopted, and point out other objections

to a refund of duty

It will be seen from the pri- vate correspondence attached, that this question is not a simple

one; but the conclusion

arrived at by the Board of Customs is probably right, viz., that Hong Kong could not claim admission for such sugar, but that at the same time it is

unlikely that French Indo China would maintain its pro-

hibition.

The

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