List of articles included with public notices dated Nov. 5, and Dec. 17, 1948, of intention to negotiate at Annecy, France, with 1930 Tariff Act races of duty, present rates, and rates 50 percent of Jan. 1, 1945 rates-Continued 1604. All matches in books or folders or having a stained, dyed, or colored stick or stem. Articles manufactured, in whole or in part, not specially provided for: Tall oil or liquid rosin. Agricultural implements: Cream separators valued at not more than $50 each, whether in whole or in parts, in- | Free. cluding repair parts. 11⁄2 per lb. but not less 11⁄2 per lb. but not less SWISS IMPORTS OF TRADE-AGREEMENT COMMODITIES Senator Millikin requested that there be placed in the record a list of exports to Switzerland of products on which the Swiss made concessions in the trade agreement with the United States, to show trade before and after the agreement as a means of indicating what benefits this country received in exchange for concessions granted. The following tabulation is submitted in response to that request. Because Switzerland an inland country, American exports which may be destined for Switzerland often show in United States export statistics as exported to the country of the ocean port of destination rather than to Switzerland. Swiss import data therefore provide a better measurement of American shipments to Switzerland than do United States export data. SWISS IMPORTS OF TRADE-AGREEMENT COMMODITIES AND OF LEADING NONAGREEMENT COMMODITIES FROM THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER MAJOR SUPPLIERS, 1934-38 (The trade agreement with Switzerland became effective on February 15, 1936) Reference.-Memorandum of January 31, 1940, from Trade Agreements Unit, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, entitled "Statistics Showing Imports Into Certain Foreign Countries of Trade-Agreement Commodities and Leading Nonagreement Commodities." General note.-Where a trade-agreement concession affects only part of a previous statistical classification, statistics covering only the concession item or items are generally not available for the preagreement period. In order to afford some basis for comparing the postagreement trade in such items with the preagreement trade, statistics covering the entire preagreement classification are given for the full series of years, even though they may include products not affected by the agreement. These items carry a notation that the concession applies only on a part of the classification, and they are followed by the postagreement classifications, in indented position, showing, separately, imports of the agreement items and the nonagreement items in 1937 and 1938. Preliminary statistics of 1938 imports into Switzerland were used in this study. Abbreviations-M. Q., Metric Quintal (220.46 lbs.); n. s. a., not separately available; n. q., negligible quantity; n. e. s., not elsewhere shown in Swiss foreign trade statistics. Values in thousands of United States dollars converted from Swiss francs as follows: 1 franc equals: 1934, $0.3237; 1935, $0.3250; 1936, $0.3019; 1937, $0.2294; 1938, $0.2287. Swiss imports A. PRODUCTS ON WHICH SWITZERLAND GRANTED REDUCTIONS IN DUTY 89 /ab. 89 a.. 1 Included in the statistics are some herring not in tomato sauce which are not covered by the agreement. Imports from the United States, however, consist largely of the products specified. 2 Not available. Stat. No. Swiss imports-Continued A. PRODUCTS ON WHICH SWITZERLAND GRANTED REDUCTIONS IN DUTY-Continued 103. Various luxury items excluding preserved shrimp (nonagreement item): All countries. 948 a/a2 Gas meters, cash registers, accounting machines, and parts thereof (duty reduced on part of classification): All countries. United States. M. Q 640 756 451 313 453 $1,000 250 264 183 153 207 948 a2. Cash registers, accounting machines, and parts (agreement item): B. PRODUCTS ON WHICH SWITZERLAND GRANTED REDUCTIONS IN DUTY AND QUOTA INCREASES |