Division 32 Recommended practice

Relief from import duties and taxes and from economic prohibitions or restrictions should be granted in respect of consignments containing the following items when they are clearly, by their quantity or nature, of no commercial value:

1. (a)

   publications of foreign governments and publications of official international organizations;

2. (b)

   printed forms issued by foreign governments;

3. (c)

   voting papers for foreign nationals;

4. (d)

   documents sent free of charge to the public services of the country of importation;

5. (e)

   objects to be submitted as evidence or for similar purposes to the courts or other official agencies of the country of importation;

6. (f)

   printed circulars concerning signatures addressed to public services or banks in the country of importation;

7. (g)

   securities in foreign currencies, cheque books and travellers' cheques of banks established abroad;

8. (h)

   reports, statements and notes drawn up by companies established abroad;

9. (ij)

   recorded media such as punched cards, sound recordings, magnetic tapes, microfiches, mircofilms and magnetic discs, for the international exchange of information;

10. (k)

    publications of chambers of commerce of the country of importation abroad;

11. (l)

    plans, technical drawings, traced designs, specifications and other documents imported solely with a view to placing orders abroad or to participating in competitions or calls for tenders in the country of importation;

12. (m)

    documents relating to trade marks, patterns or designs and patent applications submitted to the agencies in the country of importation which deal with the protection of copyrights or the protection of industrial or commercial property;

13. (n)

    printed forms and tickets sent by transport and travel undertakings located abroad to their offices and agencies in the country of importation;

14. (o)

    printed forms and tickets, bills of lading, waybills and other commercial documents which have been processed;

15. (p)

    press photographs and stereotype mats for press photographs sent to press agencies or to publishers of newspapers or periodicals.