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 54 STAT.] CANADA-RECIPROCAL TRADE-DEC. 30, 1939 Taking cognizance of the emergency which has arisen with respect to the marketing of silver or black fox furs and skins; Desiring to promote the purposes of the existing trade agreement between the United States of America and Canada by providing measures to assist in the orderly marketing of these products; Have resolved to conclude an agreement to supplement and amend the trade agreement entered into between the United States of Amer- ica and Canada on November 17, 1938, and have for this purpose, through their respective Plenipotentiaries, agreed on the following Articles: ArTICLE I During the effectiveness of this Agreement, item 1519 (c) of Sched- ule II of the trade agreement entered into between the United States of America and Canada on November 17, 1938, shall be suspended, and in lieu thereof the following item shall be substituted: United States Tariff Act of 1930 Paragraph Description of Article Rate of Duty 1519 (C) Silver or black fox furs or skins, dressed or undressed, not specially provided for 35% ad val ARrTci II 1. The total aggregate quantity of silver or black fox furs and skins, parts thereof, and articles made wholly or in chief value of any of the foregoing, whether or not manufactured in any manner or to any extent, and silver or black foxes which may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in the United States of America in any twelve-month period commencing on December 1 in the year 1940 or any subsequent year, shall be 100,000 units. For the period from January 1, 1940 to November 30, 1940, inclusive, the total aggregate quantity of such furs and skins, parts, articles, and foxes which may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for con- sumption shall be 100,000 units, less the number of silver or black fox furs and skins (not including parts) and silver or black foxes en- tered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the month of December 1939, as determined and made public by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America. For the purposes of this Article, a unit shall be a whole silver or black fox fur or skin or any separated part thereof or any article made wholly or in chief value of one of the foregoing, or a silver or black fox; and any article made wholly or in chief value of two or more of the aforesaid furs, skins, or parts thereof shall be considered as consisting of the total number of such units in such article. 2. In accordance with the principles set forth in Article mH of the trade agreement entered into between the United States of Amer- ica and Canada on November 17, 1938, a share of the total quantity of imports provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be illo- 53 Stat. 2389. 2415 Quantitative regula- tion. AlSoati. o 3 Stat. 2Sl.

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