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 July 4, 1946 PHILIPPINES--TRADE-O 22, 1946 Oct. 22, 1946 61 STAT.] addition to the tax imposed by the preceding paragraph) a tax of two cents per pound, to be paid by the processor, upon the first domestic processing of coconut oil or of any combination or mixture containing a substantial quantity of coconut oil with respect to which oil there has been no previous first domestic processing, except that the tax imposed by this sentence shall not apply when it is established, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commissioner with the approval of the Secretary, that such coconut oil (whether or not contained in such a combination or mixture), (A) is wholly the pro- duction of the Philippine Islands or any possession of the United States, or (B) was produced wholly from materials the growth or production of the Philippine Islands or any possession of the United States, or (C) was brought into the United States on or before June 9, 1934, or produced from materials brought into the United States on or before June 9, 1934, or (D) was purchased under a bona fide contract entered into prior to April 26, 1934, or produced from ma- terials purchased under a bona fide contract entered into prior to April 26, 1934. The tax imposed by this paragraph shall not apply to any domestic processing after July 3, 1974. "(b) Exemption.- The tax under subsection (a) shall not apply (1) with respect to any fatty acid or salt resulting from a previous first domestic processing taxed under this section or upon which an import tax has been paid under Chapter 22, or (2) with respect to any combination or mixture by reason of its containing an oil, fatty acid, or salt with respect to which there has been a previous first domestic processing or upon which an import tax has been paid under Chapter 22. "(c) Importation prior to August 21, 1936.-Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the first domestic processing of sunflower oil or sesame oil (or any combination or mix- ture containing a substantial quantity of sunflower oil or sesame oil), if such oil or such combination or mixture or such oil contained therein was imported prior to August 21, 1936, shall be taxed in accordance with the provisions of section 602% of the Revenue Act of 1934, 48 Stat. 763, in force on June 22, 1936. 53 Stat. 264." (53 Stat.) Pt. 1 (264 and 265, Ch. 2; Pub. Law 371-79th Cong.) An Act of the United States to suspend in part the processing tax on coconut oil, as amended to May 1, 1946. "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2470 (a) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code is hereby suspended: Provided, That if the President after receipt by him of a request from the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands that the suspension of section 2470 (a) (2) be terminated, shall find that adequate supplies of copra, coconut oil, or both, the product of the Philippine Islands, are readily available for processing in the United States, he shall so proclaim; and thirty days after such proclamation, the suspension of section 2470 (a) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code, shall terminate. 95347° -1 9 -PT. III-23 53 Stat. 267. 26U.S.C. §§2490- 2494. 26 U. . C. 2170. Stat. 141 . 22U.S.C.§1251 note. 2629

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