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 54 STAT.] GREAT BRITAIN-RECIPROCAL TRADE-NOV. 17, 1938 SCHEDULE I-Continued Article Rate of Duty Tomato juice, preserved in airtight containers 10 per cent. ad valorem Boron minerals, crude, and concentrates of boracite and rasorite Free Hardwood, not further prepared than square sawn 10 per cent. ad valorem Persimmon wood, hickory wood and cornel wood in logs, planks, square cut blocks or lengths, or blocks or lengths of rectangular cross section tapered by sawing on one or more sides, not further prepared or manu- factured Free Wood and timber of coniferous species, other than box- boards, railway sleepers and sleeper blocks, square sawn but not further prepared or manufactured: Eleven inches or more in width throughout its length 16s. per standard* Other: Valued at £18. Os. Od. or more per standard 16s. per standard Valued at £17. Os. Od. or more per standard but less than £18. Os. Od. per standard 10 per cent. ad valorem less one per cent. ad valorem for each four shillings by which the Provided that if the Government of the United value exceeds £16. States notifies the Government of the United 16s. Od. per standard Kingdom that the tax imposed on the importa- tion of lumber into the United States under Section 601 (c) (6) of the Revenue Act of 1932, as amended, has been removed, then, for so long as imports into the United States of lum- ber and timber described in Paragraph 401 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and originating in Canada are exempt from ordinary customs duties and charges in excess of 50 cents per thousand board feet, imports into the United Kingdom of wood and timber of coniferous species originating in the United States of America shall be accorded customs treatment as follows instead of that provided for above:- Wood and timber of coniferous species, other than box-boards, railway sleepers and sleeper blocks, square sawn but not further prepared or manufactured: Nine inches or more in width through- out its length and 15 feet or more in length Free Other: Valued at £18. Os. Od. or more per standard Free Valued at £16. 4s. Od. or more, but less than £18. Os. Od. per standard 10 per cent. ad valorem less one per cent. ad valorem for each four shillings by which the Providedfurther that, whenever for a period of value exceeds £16. Os. any four consecutive months the average value Od. per standard of the imports into the United Kingdom from all countries of sawn softwoods (exclusive of planed or dressed softwoods), as now shown in the monthly Trade Returns of the United Kingdom under that heading, either exceeds £14. Os. Od. per standard or is less than £10. Os. Od. per standard; then, after consultation 1909
 * The standard referred to throughout this paragraph is the standard of 165 cubic feet.

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