TABLE II.-Examples of United States exports of products subject to trade agreement concessions-Continued [In thousands of dollars] Malaya: The Federation is too newly established to show developing trade trends over the years. Import licenses are required for all products but many are on open general license. Discrimination against hard currency imports has relaxed very gradually over the years. A legal channel of import through Hong Kong at a premium of 5 to 15 percent affords opportunity for free import from the dollar area. New Zealand: Tobacco.. Woodworking machinery. Books and printed matter.. From 1951 to 1957 import controls in New Zealand were gradually liberalized from the previous tight position resulting from balance of payments difficulties. However, renewed deterioration of the payments position resulted in a new import licensing schedule on Jan. 1, 1958 which generally intensified important restrictions. Nicaragua: Wheat flour. Paints, varnishes, and lacquers.. Evaporated and condensed milk. Quantitative import restrictions in Nicaragua are negligible. However, all imports are subject to import permits which are freely granted provided deposit requirements, where applicable, are met. Deposits, ranging from no deposit (essential items) to 100 percent of c. i. f. value (nonessentials) are required prior to issuance of the import permit. Norway: 1 Dried fruit.. 86 percent of all imports (based on 1953 imports) from the dollar area have been liberalized. Typewriters and parts... Coin counters, cash registers, calculating and bookkeeping machines. In August of 1957 Paraguay abandoned its complicated multiple foreign exchange rate system and established a free import and export market. Trade is now carried on without restriction of any kind. Pneumatic portable tools.. There are no restrictions on imports into Peru except a quota limitation on automobiles. Rhodesia and Nyasaland: The Federation has not been in existence long enough to demonstrate marked trends in United States trade. All imports from the United States are subject to license. A few commodities such as wheat and automobiles are subject to quota restrictions. Imports of another long list of items, mainly luxury goods, are prohibited. All other items are on open general license and licenses are automatically granted. Sweden: 1 Canned fruit and juices. Lube oils Passenger cars and parts. Dried fruits.. 70 percent of dollar imports enter Sweden without license. Switzerland: Canned shrimp. 33 Chewing gum. 6 128 4 4, 268 4 19,908 5, 494 4, 674 55 209 With a few exceptions, all Swiss imports from all countries are free of restriction. There is no discrimination against the United States in granting licenses for the few restricted groups. All imports from all sources are subject to license and exchange controls, which are presently applied on a very restrictive basis. Bee footnotes at end of table. TABLE II.—Examples of United States exports of products subject to trade agreement concessions-Continued Welding torch sets and parts... Since 1949 a system of import controls has limited imports into the Union of South Africa. For balance of payments reasons, dollar imports were restricted in favor of sterling imports but beginning in 1954 currency discrimination was abolished and a policy of "selective relaxation of import controls" was introduced. United Kingdom: Wheat.. Bookbinding machinery. Over 50 percent of United Kingdom imports from the dollar area have been liberalized. Uruguay: Tobacco. Combines and harvesters. Refrigeration equipment.. Automobiles, buses, trucks, and parts.. Uruguay has had increasing balance of payments difficulties which in August of 1957 closed the foreign exchange market for several weeks. In November the Bank of the Republic announced that dollar exchange could be made available only for essential imports not obtainable in soft currency areas. Priority treatment is given imports from soft currency areas with which Uruguay has bilateral trade and/or payments agreements in effect, and with which it has favorable trade balances. Venezuela imposes few quantitative restrictions on or prohibition of imports of industrial products. Total or partial exemption from duties is granted on many items which go toward development of industrial and mining capacity. A few agricultural items are subject to license and quota restrictions. 1 Trade data shown for this country are imports into the country rather than United States exports. 2 Data for 1948. Data for 1938. 4 Data for 1956. Not available. TABLE III.—Illustrative list of concession items with value of United States imports in 1953 and 1957 TABLE III.—Illustrative list of concession items with value of United States imports in 1953 and 1957-Continued per pound. Schedule 12, silk manufactures: Silk yarn, plied, not dyed. Silk fabrics, colored, over $5.50 per pound: Not Jacquard figured, not over 30 inches. Jacquard figured, not over 30 inches. Silk handkerchiefs, hemmed, over $5 per dozen each.. Schedule 13, manufactures of rayon or other synthetic textiles: Synthetic fabrics, in piece, not specifically provided for. Synthetic outerwear, not knit or crocheted, not specifically Schedule 14, papers and books: Uncoated book and printing paper not specifically provided for... 39, 628 3523.800 n. a. 12, 573 3550.000 18, 088 24, 139 3608. 430 13, 993 12, 261 3608. 440 2, 560 2,386 3637.840 3637.860 14, 145 23, 740 Schedule 15, sundries: Printed matter not specifically provided for, foreign authorship... 659 Shoes, leather, mens' and boys', welt.. Handbags, women's leather, except reptile_ 7,106 0692.900 Rubber tires, automobile, motorcycle, truck, and bus.. 2022.000 3, 141 9,250 Cotton handkerchiefs, machine-made lace, over 70 cents a dozen. 3160.920 3160.940 TABLE III.-Illustrative list of concession items with value of United States imports in 1953 and 1957-Continued Senator MALONE. Could the chairman make a further request from the State Department to furnish the lists of commodities included in all bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, just a list of all sparate commodities? Senator FREAR. I am sure the chairman of the full committee would extend the same courtesy to you as he did to the Senator from Illinois. Senator MALONE. The quicker we could get it the better we could question some other witnesses on it. (The bilateral and multilateral trade agreements previously filed with the committee at the request of Senator Malone (see p. 45) list the commodities on which the United States has granted concessions.) Senator MALONE. I am very much interested in your testimony and also some of your answers on cross-examination. Where is your headquarters? Mr. HOOKER. Niagara Falls, N. Y. |