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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [55 STAT. The President of the United States of America and the President of the Republic of Cuba, being desirous of strengthening still further the traditional bonds of friendship and commerce between their respective countries by maintaining the basis of reciprocal preferential treatment in their commercial relations, and of making certain changes in the provisions of the trade agreement between the United States of 49 stat. 359. America and the Republic of Cuba signed at Washington on August 24, 1934, as amended by the supplementary agreement signed at Wash- 54 tat.1997. ington on December 18, 1939, have resolved to conclude a further supplementary agreement for that purpose and have, through their respective Plenipotentiaries, agreed on the following Articles: ARTICLE I 1. The following additional items and notes are inserted in Schedule 49 stat- 70; M I of the Agreement of August 24, 1934, as amended, in the proper numerical order: Column 1 Minimum Column 2 Tarif Description of Articles preferential Maximnm rates of Tariff reduction to duty. Specific rates Item the United in Cuban pesos States 53-F NOTE: Appropriate action will be taken at an early date by the Government of the Republic of Cuba to reduce from 10% to 3% the rate of the Public Works duty sur- charge established by the Law of July 15, 1925, with respect to steel blades for safety razors, in finished or unfinished state, the product of the United States of America, classified under item 53-F. 58-B NOTE: Metal office furniture, filing cabi- nets, safes and strong boxes, the product of the United States of America, shall be classified under item 58-C. 98-A NOTE: Asphalt cements and putties, whether or not containing asbestos, for roof construction or repair and for water- proofing work in general, the product of the United States of America, shall be classi- fied under item 98-A, but shall not be subject to a rate of duty in excess of $0.018 per kilogram. 99 NOTE: Articles included in this item, the product of the United States of America, when constituting pharmaceutical special- ties, shall be classified under item 100-A. 1452

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