Cuxfoms Convention {Erythrma), 26.11.01.

29.S The same dispositions shall apply to these categories of produce when imported into the Colony of Erythrisa from the Anglo-Egyptian territory of the Sudan.

Provided always that deduction of the amount already paid in respect of Customs duties on the entry of such produce into either territory shall be made from the amount payable in respect of the said tax or royalty.

ARTICLE VII.

As regards the load tax which may be levied in the Sudan on loaded camels or other loaded transport-animals proceeding towards Erythra, no higher tax shall be levied on these than is levied on transport-animals in the Mudiria of Kassala or the Administrative District of Suakin.

ARTICLE VIII.

The drawback upon goods coming from the Anglo-Egyptian territory of the Sudan and passing through the Italian Colony of Erythrsea in transit, as well as that upon goods coming from the said Colony and passing in transit through the said territory, shall be equal in amount to the whole of the duty paid on their entry into the country through which they pass in transit, on condition that they be duly sealed and accompanied by certificates of origin delivered by the competent authorities, either Anglo-Egyptian or Erythraean as the case may be.

Provided always that the provisions of this article shall not apply to goods imported into Egypt and not intended for re-exportation thence.

ARTICLE IX.

Each of the two Governments shall decide where its own Customs Houses shall be and shall make its own valuations on imported and exported goods on the basis of their value at the place of import or export.

These valuations shall be revised every six months and communicated to each other by the respective authorities, who will exchange views with the object of establishing by friendly understanding the approximate cost of transport for the following six months.

ARTICLE X.

Goods exported from the Anglo-Egyptian territory of the Sudan into Erythreea will pay the same export duty (not exceeding one per cent.) as is paid on goods exported from Suakin or other Red Sea ports.

Goods exported from Erythraea into the Anglo-Egyptian territory of the Sudan may be subjected to an export or statistical duty of one per cent.

ARTICLE XL The coasting trade between the Anglo-Egyptian territory of the Sudan and the Italian Colony of Erythraea shall be subject to the treatment granted to the most favoured nation by either of the contracting parties.

ARTICLE XII.

The present Convention shall remain in force for ten years, dating from the day of the exchange of ratifications, but shall be subject to revision after five years, on the application of either of the contracting parties, provided that the appUcation is made six months before the expiration of the five years.

In case neither of the two contracting parties shall have given notice six months before the expiration of the said period of ten years of their intention to terminate the present Convention, it shall remain in force for a further period of five years, and thereafter for successive periods of the like duration, unless either of the contracting parties shall have given notice as aforesaid six months before the expiration of the quinquennial period then current.

Done at Rome this twenty-sixth day of November, in the year one thousand nine hundred and one.

Ratified at Cairo, 2nd January, 1902.

(Signed) MARTINI.

(Signed) GLEICHEN, Kaimakam.

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