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 55 SrAT.] CANADA--RECIPROCAL TRADE-DEC. 22, 1941 WHEREAS, Schedule II annexed to the said Agreement provides in part as follows: " United States Tariff Act of 1930 Paragraph Description of Article Rate of Duty 701 Cattle, weighing seven hundred pounds or more each: 53 Stat. 2383. Cows, imported specially for dairy purposes 1H% per lb. Other 140 per lb. Provided, That after December 31, 1938, such cattle weighing seven hundred pounds or more each (other than cows imported specially for dairy purposes) entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in excess of 60,000 head in any quarter year shall not be entitled to a reduction in duty by virtue of this item, and such cattle (other than cows imported specially for dairy purposes) entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in excess of 225,000 head in any calendar year shall not be entitled to a reduction in duty by virtue of this item, but the rate of duty thereon shall not exceed 3i per lb. Provided further, That if, after consultation with the Government 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: 53 Stat. 2351 . "If imports of any article into either country should be regu- lated 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." WHEREAS, by my proclamation of February 27, 1939 ['] I did pro- claim the allocation among countries of export of the quantity of cattle weighing seven hundred pounds or more each (other than cows imported specially for dairy purposes) entitled to a reduction I [Executive Agreement Series 149, p. 53; 53 Stat. 2397.] 1389

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