CO129-521-14 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 31-10-1930 - 10-1-1931 — Page 126

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for their repacking.

China free of coast trade duty if coast trade duty is here-

after abolished in the case of Chinese goods imported into

one treaty port in China from another treaty port in China.

Foreign goods which are shipped from one treaty port

in China for mother treaty port in China with an exemption

certificate, or with the cargo certificate marged "Duty paid

on import: to be re-examined", or under any other arrangement

intended to free such goods from import duty at the port of

destination, and which are landed in Hong Kong and 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. If any such goods

They shall also be re-admitted into

are re-exported from Hong Kong to some place other than China

they shall be entitled to a drawback of the amount of import

duty originally paid by them upon importation into China.

Chinese bulk cargo which is imported into Hong Kong

from a treaty port in China, and which is re-exported from

Hong Kong to the same or another treaty port in China within

one year of its arrival in Hong Kong shull be -re-admitted

into China free of import duty, provided that it remains in

its original condition. It shall also be re-admitted into

China free of coast trade duty if coust trade duty is here-

after abolished in the case of Chinese bulk cargo imported

into one treaty port in China from another treaby port in

China.

In this Article "foreign goods" means non-Chinese goods,

and "treaty port“ includes the existing treaty ports and self

opened ports, and any place in China now or hereafter appoint-

ed as a place of entry for foreign goods.

ARTICLE XVI1.

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