MODIFICATIONS TO THE CUSTOMS TARIFF. [August, 1898.] The customs tariff of Haiti shall be completed and modified in accordance with the under-mentioned laws: IMPORTATION. 1. RÉGIME APPLICABLE TO GOODS NOT SPECIALLY MENTIONED IN THE TARIFF. [Article 24 of the law of July 13, 1858.] Goods or products proceeding from abroad and not specially mentioned in the tariff shall be appraised according to the wholesale prices current at the place of export; the amount of this appraisement shall be reduced to gourdes at the rate established by the administration for reckoning the value of foreign coins, and on the amount thus obtained 20 per cent shall be collected, irrespective of the additional 10 cents per gourde for wharfage and weighing charges. II. SURTAX LEVIABLE ON IMPORTATION. [Law of November 16, 1876.] ART. 1. The following enactments shall, on and after December 1 next, be repealed, viz: Article 11 of the customs law, dated July 13, 1858, concerning consignment duties; the law of October 2, 1863, establishing an additional import duty of 10 per cent; the law of September 21, 1870, levying 10 per cent for the liquidation of the debts connected with the revolution, and the law of August 21, 1872, creating 25 per cent on importation for the withdrawal of paper money. ART. 2. The foregoing additional duties shall be substituted by an import duty of 50 per cent. III.-FURTHER SURTAX APPLICABLE ON IMPORTATION. [Law of March 2, 1883.] * * ART. 3. A further additional duty of 33 per cent on the fixed import duties, as now established in the tariffs relating thereto, shall be collected; the same shall be applied to the requirements of the current service, without prejudice to the surtax of 50 per cent, which shall continue to be levied on the amount of the fixed duties. IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF WHEELS and AXLES FOR OX Carts (Cabrouets). [Law of August 19, 1884.] ART. 1. One month after the promulgation of the present law, ox-cart wheels shall be liable to a fixed duty of 5 gourdes, 50 cents, per pair. Mule-cart wheels shall pay a fixed duty of 4 gourdes, 50 cents. ART. 2. Axles are assimilated to iron, and, owing to their weight, shall be liable as iron bars. V.-RÉGIME. APPLICABLE TO SEWING MACHINES. [Law of November 9, 1893.] ART. 1. On and after January 1 next, sewing machines shall, exclusive of surtaxes, be dutiable as follows: ART. 1. Eight days after the promulgation of the present law, kerosene oil, the importation of which is permitted by the law of October 26, 1885, shall be liable at 5 cents per gallon, exclusive of surtaxes. |