CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930 — Page 196

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in Article V, shall aoquit themselves of import duty

before departure, and may, if so desired, acquit themselves also of transit dues and be granted transit passes, at rates and with privileges not less favourable than 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. Report for Customs purposes must be made at the Chinese Maritime Customs sub-office agreed upon by the Hong Kong Government. All vessels carrying transit pass cargo will be subject to the usual rules as to call at the Customs stations specified on the pass. Goods carried by steam or motor vessels clearing from Hong Kong for treaty porte may also, subject to examination before shipment, acquit themselves of

import duty before departure.

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 Long, 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 coast 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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