Swaziland report / Commonwealth Relations Office.

  • Great Britain. Office of Commonwealth Relations
Date:
[1960]
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Credit: Swaziland report / Commonwealth Relations Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chapter V : Commerce In terms of an Agreement between Swaziland and the Union of South Africa dated 29th. June, 1910, the Territory is dealt with for customs purposes as part of the South African Customs Union and received 0.149% of the total amount of customs collected. This payment is assessed on the proportion which the average amount of the collection of the Territory for the three years ended 31st. March, 1911, bore to the average amount of the Customs revenue for all the Colonies and Territories included in the Union for the same period. The amount received from the Union Treasury for the financial year ended 31st. March, 1960 amounted to £289,174 compared with £127,426 in 1959 and £111,724 in 1958. This Agreement also provides for the free interchange of the products and manufactures of the Union of South Africa and the Territory with the exception of spirits and beer. Customs and Excise duties on spirits and beer are those in force in the Union and are collected locally. Collections during the 1960 financial year amounted to £134,242 compared with £48,184 in 1959 and £33,966 in 1958. Because of the free interchange of products and manufac¬ tures it is difficult to obtain accurate statistics of imports and exports. The tables below have been compiled from returns made by traders and producers. The bulk of the Territory’s imports comes from or through the Union of South Africa, and consists largely of foodstuffs and consumer goods. The only significant change in 1960 as compared with 1959 was in the considerable increase in the value of imported groceries and miscellaneous foodstuffs and a reduction in the value of sugar imported to about one- third the 1959 figure. The following table lists the main classes of goods imported during 1960 together with comparable figures for 1959 and 1958. IMPORTS. 1958 1959 1960 Motor Vehicles and Motor £ £ £ Spares Groceries and Miscellaneous 477,108 666,507 453,782 Foodstuffs 427,393 610,163 808,998 General Merchandise Timber, Cement and other 616,034 585,671 668,890 Building Materials 234,307 427,157 411,095 Sugar 105,206 198,694 69,423 Maize Meal Agricultural Machinery 121,831 123,269 150,000 and Implements 22,920 136,131 45,162 Petrol 101,300 131,757 67,246
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