CO129-521-14 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 31-10-1930 - 10-1-1931 — Page 84

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Foreign goods which are shipped from one

treaty port in China for another trouby port in Chine with an exemption certificate, or with the cargo

certificate marked "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 daritime Customs for their

repacking. If any such goods 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 caryo 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, shall 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 cost trade duty if cost trade duty is hereafter suolished in the case of Chinese

bulk cargo imported into one treaty port in China from

another treaty port in China.

In this article "foreign goods" means non-

Chinese goods, and "treaty port" includes the existing treaty porta and self-opened ports, and any place in China now or hereafter appointed as a place of entry

for foreign goods.

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