LONDON: Another stage has been reached in the use of airgraph in oversea commerce. Airgraphs began to be used in a fairly large way for commercial purposes in the summer of the last year, writes ‘The Times’ City Editor.

They have been specially useful in war conditions, because owing to disturbances to mail dispatches, there has been a greater chance that goods would arrive at oversea ports ahead of the relative documents, and delays in obtaining possession might ensue. In consequence of the reductions of staff, there has also been more difficulty in getting documents ready for shipment by the same vessels as goods.

By the use of airgraphs, early arrival of copies of invoices has been ensured. There was, however, one drawback in the use of airgraphs — namely, that it was not always practicable to include in a limited space declarations respecting the country of manufacture which were required by the customs for the assessment of correct rates of duty … Now, customs authorities in Australia and New Zealand have agreed to accept airgraph invoices containing sufficient information to enable the duties to be paid and permit the consignees to clear the goods through the customs.

Published in Dawn, October 29th, 2018

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