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JAPAN'S IMPORT DUTIES ON LUXURIES AND

SIMILAR ARTICLES

PROMULGATED, JULY 1ST, 1924

Import Duties of One hundred per cent. ad valorem are, for the time being, imposed, instead of the duties prescribed in the Tariff annexed to the Customs Tariff Law, on the articles which are enumerated in the Schedule annexed to the present Law.

Tariff

Nos.

Articles.

SCHEDULE

Tariff Nos.

Articles.

Combined with precious metals, metals coated with precious metals, precious stones, semi-precious stones, pearls, corals, elephant's ivory or tortoise shells. B. Others:

Manufactures of chamois leather, of imitation chamois leather, of leather of alligators and crocodiles, and of lizard leather.

Feather and downs:

1. For ornament.

Manufactures of fcather or bird's skin with feather, not otherwise provided for.

31

32

Vegetables, fruit and nuts (2-A-4

excluded).

Tea (Black dust tea excluded).

A.

33

Maté and other tea substitutes.

36

Cocoa (not sugared).

41

Honey.

45

(onfectionaries and cakes.

46

Jams, fruit jellies and the like.

47

Biscuits (not sugared).

49

Fruit-juices and syrups.

54

Cheese.

60

Mineral waters, soda water, and

sugar or alcohol.

233 5

62

similar beverages, not containing

Chinese liquors, fermented.

75

77

63

Beer, ale, porter and stout.

66

Alcoholic liquors, not

otherwise

provided for.

81

67

Beverages and comestibles,

not

otherwise provided for:

88

1, Sugared.

69

Furs (of hare, and of sheep and

89

Corals.

goats untanned excluded).

90

70

Fur manufactures, not otherwise

provided for.

91

Pearls.

72

Leather:

94

1. Of bulls, oxen, cows, buffaloes,

horses, sheep and goats:

A. Lacquered, japanned or ena-

melled.

95

2. Of chamois, including imitation

of chamois leather.

117

118

4. Of alligators and crocodiles.

5. Of lizards.

Leather manufactures, not otherwise 119

73

provided for:

3. Other:

Manufactures of animal tusk, not

otherwise provided for.

Manufactures of tortoise shell, not

otherwise provided for.

Manufactures of Corals, not other-

wise provided for.

Manufactures of skin, hair, bone,

horn, tooth, tusk, shell, etc., not otherwise provided for.

Volatile oils, vegetable:

1. Fragrant.

Soaps.

Oil fats and waxes perfumed, and

preparations of oil, fat or wax, perfumed.

Perfumed waters.

134

Musk.

135

Artificial musk.

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