Film Weekly 1962-63 year book : Canadian motion picture industry with television section (1962)

Tent No. 22 — Oklahoma City, Okla.: Hotel Biltmore. Tent No. 23 — Boston, Mass.: Statler Hotel. Tent No. 24— Charlotte. N.C.: 301 »/2 W. Trade St. Tent No. 25— Hollywood, Calif.: 1765 N. Sycamore Ave. Tent No. 26 — Chicago, III.: Congress* Hotel. Tent No. 27 — Grand Rapids, Mich.: P.O. Box C8. Tent No. 28 — Toronto, Canada: Prince George Hotel. Tent No. 29 — Mexico City, D.F.: Hotel Vista Hermosa, I nsurgents-Sur-y-Sullivan. Tent No. 32 — San Francisco, Calif.: 90 Golden Gate Ave. Tent No. 33 — Miami, Fla.: Miami Colonial Hotel. Tent No. 34— Houston, Texas: P.O. Box 9269. Tent No. 35— New York. N.Y.: Room 2411, 1501 Broadway. Tent No. 36 — London, England: 143 Wardour St. Tent No. 39 — Las Vegas, Nev.: Sahara Hotei. Tent No. 41 — Dublin, Ireland: Carlton Cinema, 52 Upper O'Connell Street. Tent No. 44— Jacksonville, Fla. Tent No. 45 — New Orleans, La.: 920 Gravier St. Tent No. 46 — Seattle, Wash.: P.O. Box 4044. WOMEN OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY (Toronto Branch) 861 Bay Street, Toronto, Ont. (925-3871 ) OFFICERS President Jean Uttley 1st Vice-President Dorothy Gibson 2nd Vice-President Sharon Battle Recording Secretary Sonia Wener Corresponding Secretary Marcelle Lee Treasurer Elsie Waldron DIRECTORS Catherine Anderson, Agnes Byford, Viola Creighton, Kitty Fisher, Doris Heenahan, Marion Kadey, Hildegard Koblich, Daphne Lockhart. Customs TRANS WORLD CUSTOM BROKERS 277 Victoria St., Toronto, Ont. (366-6135) Manager . . . Lou Fox CUSTOMS, TARIFF, ETC. 16 MM. FILMS FROM USA Exposed motion picture film is subject to a duty of I '/2 cents per linear foot ad valorem, which is not to exceed 20 per cent of the invoice value, plus a 10 per cent surcharge (as of June, 1962) and a sales tax of I I per cent. The duty is to be computed on the prevailing rate of exchange on date of shipment. If the USA dollar is at a pre¬ mium in Canada the invoice value is increased to compensate for the difference in exchange. If, however, the USA dollar is at a discount in Canada the invoice value is reduced. Here is how the tariff is worked out on a 5,000-foot film, in¬ voiced at $400, when the Canadian dollar is at a discount of 8 per cent: Invoice value $400.00 Plus prevailing rate of exchange (8%) 32.00 432.00 Surcharge of 10% on $432.00 43.20 Duty on 5,000 feet at M/ac a foot 75.00 (As the Duty does not exceed 20% of the invoice value, in this case $81.60, the $75 is taken in full.) Amount subject to sales Tax 550.20 Sales tax 11% 60.52 Amount payable (duty and sales tax) 17&.72 16 MM. FILMS FROM GREAT BRITAIN Exposed motion picture film is free of duty but subject to a sales tax of eleven per cent on the invoice value. EDUCATIONAL OR RELIGIOUS FILMS [Tariff Item 696 ( I ) ] Photographic reproductions (films) when for the use and by order of any society or institution in¬ corporated or established for religious, philo¬ sophical, educational, scientific or literary pur¬ poses, and not for sale or rental: Duty free and sales tax exempt under all tariffs on production of certificate in required form. Information avail¬ able at all Custom Houses. 35 MM. FILMS FROM USA Exposed motion picture film has a minimum value of eight cents per foot for duty purposes. (An appraisal valuation of eight cents a foot is set by the Government, but if the invoice value is higher then the greater figure is used.) The duty is one and one-half cents per foot and this is added to the appraisal value. A surcharge of 10 per cent and a sales tax of I I per cent is worked out against the total. The figures are the same for color or black-a nd-white. The appraisal value takes care of the fluctuation in exchange. Here is how the tariff is worked out: 1,000 feet at minimum value of 8c per foot . . $80.00 Duty of I'/zc per foot 15.00 Amount dutiable 95.00 Surcharge 10% on $95 9.50 Sales tax I I % on $104.50 11.50 Amount payable (duty and sales tax) 36.50 EDUCATIONAL OR RELIGIOUS FILMS (Tariff Item 696A) This item provides for moving picture films, sound or silent, separate sound film track, slides and slide films, positive or negative, and sound recordings for use therewith; sound recordings for use by educational, scientific or cultural institu¬ tions or societies; sound recordings other than for sale or rental; models, static and moving; wall charts, maps and posters: All the foregoing when certified by the government or by a recognized representative authority of the government of the country of production or by an appropriate repre¬ sentative of the United Nations Educational, Scien¬ tific and Cultural Organization as being of an international educational, scientific or cultural character duty and sales tax free under all tariffs. Regulations and information on certifying authori¬ ties may be obtained at any Custom House. 35 MM. FILMS FROM GREAT BRITAIN Exposed motion picture film is subject to the same duty and sales tax as USA shipments. OTHER ITEMS "Cinematograph and motion picture cameras for use by professional motion picture producers hav¬ ing studios in Canada equipped for motion picture production" and "parts of the foregoing" are free of duty under the British Preferential and Most Favored Nation Tariffs and 15% under the General Tariff; on and after July I, 1963 the Most Favored Nation rate will be 9%. Item 915 "Cellulose nitrate cinematograph and moving picture films, negatives, n.o.p.," sets the rate under British Preferential and Most Favored Nation tariffs at ten per cent, with no discount 138