In Transistors
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Travellers entering Australia from Fiji, Norfolk Island and other duty free territories will only be able to bring in one duty-free transistor radio per person from January 1, 1965, as a result of amendments to Australia's Customs regulations.
Until now, each traveller has been allowed to bring in £3O worth of personal effects duty free, plus £BO worth at 25 per cent. duty. Thus, a traveller with three transistors worth £45 could bring in two duty free, and one at 25 per cent. duty.
Under the amended regulations, the duty free allowance of £3O will remain, but only one transistor will be eligible for admission duty free.
All others will incur a charge of £5 each, plus a duty of 45 per cent, on the cost price and 25 per cent, sales tax. These charges will approxi mately double the price a traveller pays for each transistor after the first.
Other articles classified as per sonal effects, such as watches, cameras, battery-operated tape recorders and binoculars, will be subject to varying rates of duty if their value exceeds the £3O "gift allowance" permitted to each traveller.