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 TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES

SCHEDULE 1. - ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTS Part 14. - Animal and Vegetable Oils, Fats, and Greases

71 Rates of Duty

PART 14. Part

ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, AND GREASES

14 headnotes:

1. If, at any time prior to July 4, 1974, the President, after consultation with the President of the Philippine Republic, finds that adequate supplies of neither copra nor coconut oil, the product of the Philippines, are readily available for processing in the United States, he shall issue a special proclamation so proclaiming, and the provisions of items 175.10 through 175.12 of subpart A and of items 176.07 through 176.13 of subpart B of this part shall become inoperative with respect to products entered after the date of such proclamation and before the expiration of 30 days after he proclaims that, after consultation with the President of the Philippine Republic, he finds that adequate supplies of such copra or coconut oil are readily available for processing in the United States. 2. Copra the product of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 61 Stat. 597, (hereinafter referred to In this part as the Trust Territory) or produced wholly frooi materials the growth or production thereof (Items 175.11 and 175.121 and coconut oil, the product of the Trust Territory, or produced wholly from materials the growth or production thereof, (Items 176.08, 176.09, 176.10, 176.12 and 176.13) shall be subject to additional duties of l.25< per pound and 2t per pound, respectively, to such extent, and at such time after the date of the applicable proclamation, as the President, after taking Into account the responsibilities of the United States with respect to the economy of the Trust Territory, shall determine and proclaim to be justified to prevent substantial Injury or the threat thereof to the competitive trade of any country of the free world. 3. For the purposes of the exclusive trade agreement between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines, the rates of duty In subpart' A on copra, palm-kernel nuts and palm nuts, and a 3-cent part of each of the rates of duty In subpart B on coconut oil, palm-kernel oil and palm oil shall be deemed to be an "Internal tax" rather than an "ordinary customs duty".

Subpart A. - OU-Bearing Vegetable Materials 1/ Subpart A headoote: I. This subpart covers oll-bearing seeds and other oll-bearing vegetable materials.

1/ Imports of certain products in this subpart are subject to additional import restrictions. See Appendix to Tariff Schedules.

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