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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. Providedfurther, That if, after consultation with the Govern- ment of the United States of America, the Government of Canada requests the allocation of the quantity entitled to enter at the reduced rate of duty under this item, the Government of the United States of America shall take the necessary steps to allocate the said quantity among countries of export on the basis provided for in Article III of this Agreement." WHEREAS, Article III of the said Agreement reads as follows: "If imports of any article into either country should be regulated either as regards the total amount permitted to be imported or as regards the amount permitted to be imported at a specified rate of duty, and if shares are allocated to countries of export, the share allocated to the other country shall be based upon the proportion of the total imports of such article from all foreign countries supplied by that country in past years, account being taken in so far as practicable in appropriate cases of any special factors which may have affected or may be affecting the trade in that article. In those cases in which the other country is a relatively large supplier of any such article, the Government of the country imposing the regulation shall, whenever practicable, consult with the Government of the other country before the share to be allocated to that country is determined." 53 tat. 2397. WHEREAS, by my proclamation of February 27, 1939, I did pro- claim the allocation among countries of export, on the basis therein set forth, of the quantity of cattle weighing seven hundred pounds or more each (other than cows imported specially for dairy purposes) entitled to a reduction in duty by virtue of the said item 701 of Schedule II annexed to the said Agreement during the period April 1 to December 31, 1939 inclusive; WHEREAS, after consultation with the Government of the United States of America, the Government of Canada has requested the Government of the United States of America to continue such alloca- tion during the calendar year 1940; WHEREAS such allocation is required and appropriate to carry out the said Agreement; WHEREAS I find that, taking into account special factors affecting the trade, imports into the United States of America from all countries of such cattle weighing seven hundred pounds or more each (other than cows imported specially for dairy purposes) during the years 1936 and 1937 were representative of the trade in such articles; WHEREAS I find that the proportions of total imports into the United States of America for consumption of such cattle weighing seven hundred pounds or more each (other than cows imported specially for dairy purposes) supplied by Canada and by other foreign countries, respectively, during the years 1936 and 1937 were as follows: Canada.- _ 86.2 per centum Other foreign countries-- 13.8 per centum 2292

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