‘File 28/64 Exemptions from customs dues on oil companies’ stores’ [8r] (15/74)
The record is made up of 1 file (34 folios). It was created in 20 Jul 1942-19 Jul 1943. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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defence of Bahrain in which case it will be free.
It is not stated for v/hose use these goods will
be brought to Bahrain but presumably they will be
used by the comx)any in Bahrain. The fact whether
or not transit dues are abnormally high is not
under discussion, the rates were known beforehand.
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Category (c). I suggest that oil machinery
should be free but other material such as stores
should be liable to normal customs charges, if
none have been paid, or, the difference between full
and transit charges.
Categorjr (d). These goods should be liable
for the difference between full and transit charges.
The customs charges should be paid by the importer
as is usual. It is not the responsibility of the
Bahrain Government to recover charges from the
eventual purchasers; if however the goods are sold
in Qatar the purchaser who imports them into Bahrain
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would be responsible for paying customs on them.
Category (e). The Iraq Petroleum Company
has concessions in Iran, Iraq and Syria and pre
sumably its imports into those countries are free
according to terms of concessions. The company
does not hold a concession in Bahrain so a comparison
between conditions here and those countries is not to
the point. This material which is for transit
through Bahrain would normally be subject to 2% ad val
(or lj% for overside delivery) provided that it is
re-exported to Saudi-Arabian ports only according
to agreement between Saudi-Arabia and Bahrain. The
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The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to customs and transit duties payable on equipment and stores owned by Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (PDQ) that are passing from Qatar through Bahrain, as a consequence of the shutdown of the Company’s operations in Qatar in 1942. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield); the Manager of PDQ (Ernest Vincent Packer); and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave).
The file includes:
- correspondence between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , PDQ Manager, and Adviser to Government, including: Bahrain Government agreement that exemption of duty and transit fees should be made for equipment sold to British military forces; PDQ objection to having to pay a two per cent transit duty on stores returning to Bahrain; a list of materials being shipped by PDQ from Qatar via Bahrain (f 29); the Bahrain Government’s eventual waiving of all transit duties on PDQ stores;
- correspondence relating to a similar enquiry concerning customs and transit duties made by the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC), and the Bahrain Government’s concession that duty be waived on equipment being brought through Bahrain for purchase on behalf of the United States Armed Forces.
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- 1 file (34 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume/file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the volume/file (ff 34-35) mirror the chronological arrangement.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 37; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-33; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/755
- Title
- ‘File 28/64 Exemptions from customs dues on oil companies’ stores’
- Pages
- 6r:10v, 12r:12v, 15r:17v, 23r:23v, 31r:31v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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