Finance Act 1937

SCHEDULE VI

(1)

The Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, Jamaica (including the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands), the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, the Windward Islands, Fiji, the Federated and Unfederated Malay States, Mauritius and Northern Rhodesia.

Article.	Margin of Preference.
Rubber boots and shoes and canvas boots and shoes, rubber-soled.	1s. per pair (or the equivalent in the local currency), that is to say, the General Rate to be the Preferential ad valorem rate, if any, plus Is. per pair specific duty.

(2)

All the Colonies and Protectorates, except Bermuda (so long as the importation of motor vehicles is prohibited), Northern Rhodesia, and Trinidad, mentioned in (1) above, and also Ceylon, Hong Kong, Malta and the Straits Settlements.

Motor vehicles

20% ad valorem.

(3)

All the Colonies and Protectorates mentioned in (2) above except the Straits Settlements and Hong Kong.

Parts of motor vehicles including rubber tyres.

20% ad valorem.

(4)

All the Colonies and protectorates mentioned in (1) above except Fiji, the Federated and Unfederated Malay States, Mauritius and Northern Rhodesia.

Hosiery of cotton or artificial silk.	6d. per pair, that is to say, the General Rate to be the Preferential ad valorem rate, if any, plus 6d. per pair specific duty.
Hosiery of silk	9d. per pair, that is to say, the General Rate to be the Preferential ad valorem rate, if any, plus 9d. per pair specific duty.
Butter	1 ½ d. per lb.

(5)

The Bahamas.

The preferential drawback of 25 per cent. of certain Customs duties to be increased to 50 per cent. of those Customs duties.

(6)

Barbados, Bermuda, and Trinidad.

Electrical appliances and apparatus.	15% ad valorem.
Bacon and ham	½ d. per lb.

(7)

Barbados, British Guiana, the Leeward Islands (Antigua only) and Trinidad.

The tariff treatment of pitch pine to be assimilated to that of other wood and timber and a margin of preference of not less than ten shillings per 1,000 feet to be established.

(8)

Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad.

Condensed milk	10% ad valorem (or the equivalent specific rate).
Shooks	10% ad valorem.

(9)

Barbados and British Honduras.

Potatoes and onions

2s. per 100 lbs.

(10)

Barbados.

Oats	9d. per 100 lbs.

(11)

Bermuda, Jamaica (including the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Cayman Islands), the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands.

Hardware

10% ad valorem.

(12)

Bermuda.

Eggs	2d. per dozen.
Canned meat	10% ad valorem.
Canned fruit and canned vegetables.	15% ad valorem.
Furniture	10% ad valorem.

(13)

Jamaica.

Apparel of all kinds (other than hosiery).	10% ad valorem.
Wood and timber -	10% ad valorem.

(14)

Ceylon.

Bacon and ham	10% ad valorem
Canned fruit and vegetables.	15% ad valorem.
Canned fish	15% ad valorem.

(15)

Cyprus.

Butter, cheese, tinned fish, and timber.

One-third of the duty in lieu of one-sixth.

(16)

The Federated and Unfederated Malay States.

Condensed milk	10% ad valorem.
Printing and wrapping paper.	10% ad valorem.
Canned fruit and canned vegetables.	15% ad valorem.
Canned fish	15% ad valorem.
Electric batteries for use in motor cars.	15% ad valorem.
Confectionery	10% ad valorem.

(17)

Fiji.

Timber, dressed and undressed.

2s. per 100 super, feet.

(18)

Malta.

Wheat flour

2s. per 100 kilog.

(19)

Mauritius.

Bacon and ham	5 rupees per 100 kilog.
Cheese	10% ad valorem.
Canned fish	15% ad valorem.
Electric stoves and household appliances.	15% ad valorem.

(20)

Northern Rhodesia.

Electrical batteries and accumulators.	15% ad valorem.
Boxes, wooden, empty, or in shooks.	10% ad valorem.
Wood, unmanufactured, including ceiling and flooring boards.	10% ad valorem.
Newsprint paper; wrapping paper; unspecified plain or composite paper.	10% ad valorem.
Motor trucks, &c, as specified in Tariff Items 130 (a) and (b).	10% ad valorem.
Motor cars, chassis and rubber pneumatic tyres and tubes of Canadian origin.	To be admitted at the same rates as those of United Kingdom origin under Tariff Items 129 (a) and (c) and 260.

(21)

Sarawak.

Condensed milk

10% ad valorem.