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Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGE
asked the President of the Board of Trade how-many commercial treaties prevent the prohibition of dumped goods, potatoes and foreign subsidised cereals by means of licences?
Mr. W. GRAHAM
A prohibition subject to licence, of the importation of
| Articles. | Rate of Australian Import Duty on— | |
| Imports of United Kingdom origin (British Preferential Tariff). | Imports of Foreign origin (General Tariff). | |
| Pig Iron | 25s. per ton | 45s. per ton. |
| Iron and Steel Sheets and Plates: | ||
| Plain: | ||
| Up to and including ⅛ inch in thickness | 65s. per ton | 100s. per ton. |
| Exceeding ⅛ inch in thickness | 48s. per ton | 85s. per ton. |
| Corrugated Galvanised, Galvanised not Corrugated, Corrugated not Galvanised. | 20s. per ton | 60s. per ton. |
| Plated, Polished or Decorated, but not including plain tinned. | 30% ad val. | 45% ad val. |
| Plain tinned | Free | 10% ad val. |
| Rails weighing 50 lbs. per yard and over | 50s. per ton | 100s, per ton. |
| Rails weighing less than 50 lbs. per yard | 45s. per ton | 125s. per ton. |