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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 1, 1916. 



Foreign Import Duties on Boots and Shoes. 



THE following table, corrected to April 1, 1916, shows the 

 foreign import duties on rubber boots and shoes of all 

 descriptions, imported into the various countries from the 

 United States. 



Owing to the frequency of tariff changes the figures and in- 

 formation given in this table should be periodically verified. It 

 is also advised that small trial shipments he made in order to 



test the rates prior to sending mure extensive shipments. 

 In the first column is given the country, while the next col- 

 umn contains the articles with notes regarding surtaxes, basis 

 of rates, etc. The third column specifies whether the weight is 

 to be taken as gross or net and the last column gives the ad 

 valorem duty and the rate of speeil'ic duty in United States 

 currency. 



per 100 pounds 



Countries. 

 Europe: 



Austria-Hungary Shoemalccrs' wares, witli textile goods, 



Belgium Manufactures of india rubber, ad valorem 



Bulgaria Ordinary rubber boots and shoes (galoshes), per 100 pounds i includes 



Other rubber boots and shoes, per 100 pounds (includes 20 per cent ■ 



Denmark Rubber boots and shoes, with textiles, per 100 pounds — including inner 



France Rubber footwear lined with felt, wool or any partly woolen cloth, per 



Rubber footwear lined with cotton, hemp or flax cloth, per 100 pounds 



Footwear with soles of rubber, per pair 



Germany Footwear, with or without rubber soles — Unvarnished, per 100 pounds 



Varnished, per 100 pounds . . 



Great Britain Manufactures of rubber 



Greece Galoshes of rubber, per 100 i iiniK 



.Rubber footwear, lined or tvinnin J amIi Miift\. per 100 pairs 



Ketherlan 



Norway 



Portugal 



Other rubber footwear, per 100 i" 

 .Rubber footwear, ad valorem.... 

 .Rubber footwear, per 100 pounds 

 .Rubber footwear, per 100 pounds 

 .Rubber footwear, per 100 pounds 



.Rubbe 



footv 



. Rubber footwear 

 , Rubber footwear. 

 . Rubber footwear, 

 . Rubber footwear 



unds. 



pov 



100 pounds. 

 100 pounds. 



rubber and gutta percha. 



.Rubber boots and 

 Boots, shoes, slipp 



exported, are 1 



of $3.00 per doz 

 sizes, duty based 



y based _ 

 cfudes "s 



surtax of 2 per 

 of $36.00 per 



15 per 





for 



surtax of 15 per cent, l>a 



Brazil Rubber footwear — based on 



Rubber goods, combined with 



per 100 pounds 



Chile Footwear of any material, fc 



Shoes or overshoes, top boots 

 part of wool or other m 



per pound 



Ecuador Rubber footwear, including s 



Paraguay Rubber footwear, based 



Other footwear (same 



Peru Rubber footwear, inrlu. 



CO, surtax of U' i 

 At other ports — sni ; 



Uruguay Rubber footwear. !- 



Venezuela Rubber footwear, ii-.^'r,: 



3f $3.63 per pound. 



valu 



Df 125.5 per c. 

 1 of $54.79 per 



of Callao, Sala 



pairs — surtax of 14 per cent included. 



40.8% 

 40.8% 

 40.8% 

 46.75% 

 46% 



46% 

 $5.18 

 $12.07 



30% 

 $29.83 



55% 

 55% 



.Rubber boots, per dozen pairs. 

 Rubber shoes, per dozen pairs. 

 .Rubber boots, per 100 pounds. . 



ralia Galoshes, rubber sand boots and shoes and plimsolls, 



Ki'hber gum ard wading boots, ad valorem 



Zealand Rubber footwear, ad valorem 



$19.43 



30% 

 10% 



i3H% 



20% 



