HC Deb 06 May 1924 vol 173 c265

2."That, in lieu of the existing customs duties on cocoa, there shall, on and after the thirtieth day of April, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, be charged the following reduced duties, that is to say:

s. d.
Cocoa the cwt. 14 0
Cocoa (husks and shells) the cwt. 2 0
Cocoa-butter the lb. 0

Provided that as respects any duty charged on manufactured or prepared goods under Section seven of the Finance Act, 1901, the aforesaid reduction of duty shall not take effect until the first day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution shall have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913."

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