P R E S S  S T A T E M E N T .

By Statutory Rules 1959 No. 5 notified in a 'special

Commonwealth Gazette issued to-day certain 'amendments were made

to the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations, Â·

'  In commenting on these amendments the Minister for '  .  .

Customs and Excise, Senator the Hon. Denham Henty, said that in

conformity with the Government’s policy of fostering Australia's

export trade to the'utmost, controls had been removed from a number

Ã¢ÂÂ¢of commodities the export of which had previously been restricted.

’  The goods from which control had been lifted are, newsprint;

coconut oil; copra; linseed; margarine; maize; oats; turpentine

piles; aluminium refinery shapes Find scrap; copper; mica; nickel;'

|iiamon'ds; iron and steel pipes and tubes, plates, sheets, pressings,

stampings and spinnings and sheet bar. Â·  .  '

Ã¢ÂÂ   Senator Henty stated that because of their atomic energy

significance,,bismuth ores and concentrates had been placed under

export control. The exportation of such goods is now prohibited

unless the approval of the Department of National Development is.

produced to the Collector of Customs. Â·

The Minister went on to say that in accordance'with

Australia1s obligations under the international narcotic drug con- Â·

j^entions, the export of certain synthetic narcotic drugs had been

brought under control. .  Ã¢ÂÂ   .  .  .  '

He. added that several'  amendments of an administrative

nature had been made to the regulations. These amendments were the

transfer of the control over the exportation of monazite ores and

concentrates and ores and concentrates of other thorium bearing

minerals from the Department of National Development to- the Australian

Atomic Energy Commission, and the rewording of several- items to more

clearly specify the goods'to which the regulations applied.

Department of Customs and Excise,  CANBERRA........ ..A.C.T. Â·

29th January, 1959Â·

