S.I. No. 68/1973:

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (No. 202) (CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DUTIES AND FORM OF TARIFF) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1973.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (No. 202) (CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DUTIES AND FORM OF TARIFF) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1973.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 1 of the Imposition of Duties Act, 1957 (No. 7 of 1957), and section 22 of the Finance Act, 1962 (No. 15 of 1962), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (No. 202) (Customs and Excise Duties and Form of Tariff) (Amendment) Order, 1973.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1973.

3. The Imposition of Duties (No. 200) (Customs and Excise Duties and Form of Tariff) Order, 1972 ( S.I. No. 220 of 1972 ), is hereby amended by the substitution for the list of developing countries and territories to which the scheme of tariff preferences applies specified in the Annex to the Schedule thereto of the following:

FIRST SCHEDULE

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"Afars and Issas (Territory of the)

Afghanistan

Algeria

Angola (including Cabinda)

Argentina

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bolivia

Botswana

Brazil

British Honduras

British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago, Des Roches)

British Oceania (Territories under the jurisdiction of the Western Pacific High Commission)¹

Brunei

Burma

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde Islands

Cayman Islands and Dependencies

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

Colombia

Comoro Archipelago

Congo (People's Republic of the)

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cyprus

Dahomey

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Ethiopia

Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and Dependencies Fiji

French Polynesia

French Southern and Antartic Territories

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Gibraltar

Guatemala

Guinea

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Jordan

Kenya

Khmer Republic

Korea (South)

Kuwait

Laos

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Macao

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Morocco

Mozambique

Nauru

Netherlands Antilles

Nepal

New Caledonia and Dependencies

New Guinea (Australian) and Papua

Ngwane

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Oman

Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship ²

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Papua (sec Australian New Guinea)

Persian Gulf States:

Abu Dhabi

Dubai

Ras al Khaimah

Fujairah

Ajman

Sharjah

Umm al Quaiwan

Peru

Philippines

Portuguese Guinea

Portuguese Timor

Qatar

Rwanda

St. Helena (including Ascension, Gough Island, and Tristan da Cunha)

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

Sao Tomé and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Seychelles (including Amirantes)

Sierra Leone

Sikkim

Singapore

Somalia

Southern Yemen

Spanish Territory in Africa (Sahara)

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Surinam

Syria

Territories for which New Zealand is responsible (Niuwe Islands, Tokelau Islands)

Thailand

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turks and Caicos Islands

Uganda

United Arab Republic

United Republic of Tanzania

Upper Volta

Uruguay

Venezuela

Viet-Nam (South)

Virgin Islands of the United States (St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, etc.)

Wallis and Futuna Islands

West Indies³

Western Samoa

Yemen

Yugoslavia

Zaire (Republic of)

Zambia

¹ Gilbert and Ellice Islands, British Solomon Islands, New Hebrides Condominium, Canton, Enderbury and Pitcairn Islands.

² The Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America include : Guam, American Samoa including Swain's Island, Midway Islands, Johnston and Sand Islands, Wake Island and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Caroline, Mariana and Marshall Islands.

³ Leeward Islands, Antigua, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Windward Islands, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 23rd day of March, 1973.

LIAM MAC COSGAIR,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to extend the scheme of tariff preferences for developing countries to Western Samoa, Bhutan, Cuba, Fiji, Nauru, Oman, Sikkim and Tonga.