Application of Import Tariff System, Republic of the Philippines.Business Information Service, World Trade Series No. 406, June 1953. Price $0.05.❜

Economic Developments in the Philippines, 1954.-World Trade Information Service, Economic Reports No. 55-6. Price $0.10. GPO.

Establishing a Business Under the Laws of the Philippine Republic. International Reference Service, Vol. V, No. 94, December 1948. Out of print.

Factors Limiting U. S. Investment Abroad: Part 1-Survey of Factors in Foreign Countries, 1953, and Part II-Business Views on the U. S. Government's Role, 1954.-These two publications present the findings of a study undertaken in compliance with section 516 (c) of the National Security Act of 1951. The reports deal with the impediments to private investment abroad and the methods and means whereby these impediments can be removed or decreased. Price of part I, $0.65; part II, $0.40. GPO.

Foreign Marks-of-Origin Regulations, 1947.-Includes statement regarding the Philippines. Price, $0.40. GPO.

Foreign Marks of Origin, Supplement to 1947 edition.-Business Information Service, World Trade Series No. 291, September 1952. Additions to statement in volume cited above. Price, $0.30. GPO.

Foreign Trade of the Philippines, 1952-53.-World Trade Information Service. Statistical Reports No. 55-13. Price, $0.20. GPO.

Living and Office-Operating Costs in the Republic of the Philippines. International Reference Service, Vol. VI, No. 89, October 1949. Out of print.

Preparing Shipments to the Republic of the Philippines.-International Reference Service, Vol. VI, No. 136, December 1949. Out of print.

Republic of the Philippines Foreign Trade, 1950 and 1951-A Statistical Summary.-Business Information Service, International Trade Statistics Series, March 1953. Price, $0.10.3

Republic of the Philippines: Pharmaceutical Regulations.-World Trade in Commodities. Part 2. Drugs and Toiletries, Vol. V, No. 99, November 1947. Out of print.

Republic of the Philippines-Specific Taxes.-Business Information Service. October 1950. Price, $0.10.

Republic of the Philippines-Summary of Basic Economic Information.-Business Information Service, World Trade Series No. 367, March 1953. Price, $0.25.3

Shipment of Samples and Advertising Matter Abroad. Part II— The Eastern Hemisphere, 1950.-Includes statement regarding the Philippines. Price, $1.50. GPO.

Trade Lists. Lists of Philippine firms classified by major commodity and service group are available from Department of Commerce Field Offices or from the Office of Intelligence and Services, Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C., at $1 per list.

World Trade Directory Reports.-Reports on Philippine firms are available from Department of Commerce Field Offices or from the Office of Intelligence and Services, Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C., at $1 per report.

Office of Business Economics

Foreign Aid by the United States Government, 1940-1951.— Supplement to the Survey of Current Business, 1952. Price, $1. GPO.

Foreign Investment of the United States.-Supplement to the Survey of Current Business, 1953. Price, $0.50. GPO.

Bureau of the Census

Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States.-Vol. 1, Foreign Trade Statistics. Annual trade data. Latest issue, 1946. Price, $4.75. GPO.

May be obtained from the Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D. C., or from any of the Department's Field Offices.

United States Exports of Domestic and Foreign Merchandise, Commodity by Country of Destination.-Report No. FT 410. Published monthly. Annual subscription, $6.50. GPO.

United States Exports of Domestic and Foreign Merchandise, Country of Destination by Subgroup.-Report No. FT 420. Published monthly. Annual subscription, $1.75. GPO.

United States Imports of Merchandise for Consumption, Commodity by Country of Origin.-Report No. FT 110. Published monthly. Annual subscription, $3. GPO.

United States Imports of Merchandise for Consumption, Country of Origin by Subgroup.-Report No. FT 120. Published monthly. Annual subscription, $1.50. GPO.

Department of State

Economy and Trade of the Philippines.-By Joseph E. Jacobs and J. Bartlett Richards. Mimeographed report. 1940. Out of print.

Foreign Service Reports.-These economic reports cover many aspects of the Philippine economy. Certain reports are available on a loan basis from the Far Eastern Division, Bureau of Foreign Commerce, U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D. C.

Department of Interior (Bureau of Mines)

Minerals Yearbook.-An annual compilation of mineral data for all countries. Latest complete volume, 1951. Price, $5.25. GPO.

Tariff Commission

United States-Philippine Trade.-Report No. 118, 2d series, 1937. Out of print.

Export-Import Bank

Semi-annual Report to Congress.-These are general reviews of the Bank's operations, loans, repayments, balance sheets, and other pertinent data. Price, $0.35. GPO.

Other U. S. Government Publications

Report to the President of the United States.-By the Economic Survey Mission to the Philippines (Bell Mission Report), Washington, D. C., October 1950. Available on a loan basis from the Far Eastern Division, Bureau of Foreign Commerce, U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D. C.

Report of the Joint Committee on Philippine Affairs.-Washington, 1938. Out of print.

Report and Recommendations of the Joint Philippine-American Finance Commission.-Washington, July 8, 1947. (Includes a report by Thomas Hibben, entitled "Philippine Economic Development, A Technical Memorandum," 1947). Available on a loan basis from the Far Eastern Division, Bureau of Foreign Commerce, U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D. C.

Semi-annual Reports.-Issued by the United States-Philippine War Damage Commission, 1945-49. Out of print.

United Nations 5

Development of Mineral Resources in Asia and the Far East.Reports of the Economic Commission for Asia on the Far East Regional Conference on Mineral Resources Development held in Tokyo in April 1953 and in Bangkok in 1953. (E/CN.11/374).

Economic Bulletin for Asia and the Far East.-Monthly. Economic Survey of Asia and the Far East.-Annual. Reports on economic conditions in the countries of the Far East, prepared by the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE).

Mobilization of Domestic Capital in Certain Countries of Asia and the Far East, 1951.-Prepared by the Secretariat of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East.

Statistical Yearbook.—Annual statistics of economic data for the world, prepared by Department of Economic Affairs.

Other Publications

A Thousand and One Questions and Answers on the Commercial Laws of the Philippines.-By Edgardo Paris. 1952.

AB Commercial Directory of the Philippines.-Published annually by A. G. Briones and Co., Manila. Alphabetical listing and listing by types of business classified by commodity.

American Economic Policy Toward the Philippines.-By Shirley Jenkins. Stanford University Press, 1954.

Code of Commerce and Annotation of Effect of New Civil Code.By Francisco Vincente. East Publishers, Manila, 1950. Commentaries and Jurisprudence on the Commercial Laws of the Philippines.-By Arturo M. Tolentina. Acme Publishing Co., Manila, 1952, 7th edition, 2 vols.

Commentaries on Philippine Commercial Law.-By Teodorico C. Martin. 2 vols. 1951.

Directory of Industrial Establishments in the Philippines, 19531954. Published by L. Ma. Rivera and Associates with the cooperation of the Philippine Bureau of Commerce, Manila, 1954. A listing of manufacturers of locally made articles by various classes.

Foreign Capital in Southeast Asia.-By Helmut G. Callis and Carl F. Remer. International Secretariat, Institute of Pacific Relations, New York, 1942.

Handbook of Commercial Law With Code of Commerce.-By Sulpicio Guevara. Acme Publishing Co., Manila, 1952.

New World of Southeast Asia, The.-By Lennox A. Mills and Associates. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1950. Includes chapter on the Philippines, tracing its history, by Claude A. Buss.

Philippines, The, A Study in National Development.-By Joseph R. Hayden. New York, 1942.

Southeast Asia.-By E. H. G. Dobby. New York, 1950. Geography of Southeast Asia including discussion of the Philippines.

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