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UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION

HENRY P. FLETCHER, Chairman

THOMAS WALKER PAGE, Vice Chairman
JOHN LEE COULTER

EDGAR B. BROSSARD

LINCOLN DIXON.

SIDNEY MORGAN, Secretary

Address all Communications
United States Tariff Commission

Washington, D. C.

OFPOSITED BY THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Introduction____.

CONTENTS

PART I. VARIOUS PHASES OF UNITED STATES-PHILIPPINE

TARIFF RELATIONS

Tariff status on both sides, 1898-1930:

United States-Philippine tariff relations, 1898-1902---

Second phase of United States-Philippine tariff rela-

tions...

Beginning of United States-Philippine duty-free trade

relations..

2

Present status of United States-Philippine tariff rela-

tions....

Chronological development of United States commercial

policy in the Philippines:

First reduction in United States duties on Philippine

products

Free entry of Philippine products under the United

States tariff act of 19092

United States tariff act of October 3, 1913.

Emergency tariff act of 1921 and tariff acts of 1922

and 1930.

Philippine import tariffs, 1898-1909.

Alleged preferential Philippine treatment of American

goods, prior to duty-free entry in 1909_

Correlation of duty-free admission of American prod-

ucts into the Philippines with the Philippine import

tariff on non-American goods. . .

Philippine import tariff of August 5, 1909, on non-

American goods..

Philippine export duties:

Philippine export duties under the earlier American

administrations.

Later legislation respecting Philippine export duties.

Exports of manila fiber, under exemption from export

duties when shipped to United States

PART II. COMPARATIVE TRADE AND TARIFF ADVANTAGES

Philippine-United States commodity trade balances, tariff

preferences, and tariff levels:

Philippine commodity trade balances with continental

United States and with other countries and regions..

Comparative amounts and proportions of Philippine-

United States trade reciprocally favored through

duty-free trade relations...

Comparative amounts of duties waived under mutual

free trade...

Comparative ad valorem equivalents of duties recipro-

cally waived by the United States and the Philip-

pines through duty-free trade relations..

Levels of the Philippine import tariffs preceding Philip-

pine-United States duty-free trade relations..

Levels of the Philippine and United States import

tariffs, respectively, following inauguration of recip-

rocal duty-free trade-

PART III. DEVELOPMENT OF PHILIPPINE-UNITED STATES

TRADE

Philippine shipments to the United States:

Increase of Philippine shipments to the United States)

during the preferential tariff period (fiscal years)

1903-1909).

Comparative increase in Philippine shipments to the

United States, distinguishing (a) products admitted

free of duty because of their Philippine origin (pref-

erential free entry), and (b) Philippine products on

the general free lists of the United States tariffs____

Increases in United States imports from the Philippines

by leading commodities, 1909-1930.

25

Philippine sugar movement to the United States, 1910

to 1929-30----

29

11, 12

13, 13(A)-

13(S)

14, 15, 16,

13(A), 17,

18, 19, 20,

21

Shipments of Philippine copra and coconut oil to the

United States, 1909-1929-

Shipments of Philippine tobacco products to the

United States, 1909-1929..

36

24, 13(E),

13(N)

Shipments of manila fiber to the United States, 1890–

1894, 1899-1929_._.

Philippine imports from the United States:

Development of Philippine import trade from the

United States, 1899-1909-

Philippine imports from the United States by leading

commodities, 1910-1914, 1924-1928, and 1929..

Increases in Philippine imports from the United States

by leading commodity groups, 1923-1929_..

Philippine imports of cotton cloth from the United

States

Philippine imports of wheat flour and rice--Increased

production of rice in the Philippines---

Relative position of the United States and other coun-

tries in Philippine import and export trade, 1928

and 1929.

United States exports to the Philippines by commodity

groups, 1928 and 1929.

United States exports of agricultural products, manu-

factures of agricultural products, and other prod-

ucts to the Philippines, 1910-1914 to 1924-1928,

and 1929.

Relative importance of increases in United States ex-

port trade to the Philippines and to selected coun-

tries, 1910-1914 to 1925-1929, and 1930__

Philippine reexportations to Asiatic points, of imports

from the United States, 1910-1929...

Dutiable trade between the Philippines and the United

States, 1924-1929__

50

Share of United States Pacific, Gulf, and Atlantic ports in

the Philippine trade....

51

Participation of American and foreign vessels in Philippines

overseas trade_____

52

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APPENDICES

A. Philippine insular government revenues from taxation

and United States revenues transferred to the insular

treasury:

Philippine insular government revenues from taxa-

tion, including customs import duties, 1903-1929-

United States internal revenue, customs, and ton-

nage duties collected on imports from the Philip-

pines and transferred to treasury of the Philip-

pine Islands__ _

B. Analysis of the effects of tariff preference for American

products on the import trade of the Philippines:

Relative effect of exemption from specific duties as

compared with exemption from ad valorem and

minimum ad valorem duties.

Effect of differences in levels of duties on non-Ameri-

can goods upon imports of such goods duty free

from the United States..

Movement of 223 commodities and commodity

groups in Philippine import trade from the United

States and possessions according to tariff prefer-

ences, 1911-1914 to 1922-1926

C. American Investments in the Philippines.......

D. Statistical tables:

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1. Principal changes in United States tariff rates on important prod-

ucts which are duty free from the Philippines...

2. Philippine export duties per hundred pounds gross weight, from

date of American occupation to October 3, 1913..

3. Average price per metric ton of manila fiber shipments, at Philip-

pine shipping points, calendar years 1899–1913.

4. Philippine trade (general imports and exports, excluding gold and

silver ore, bullion, and coin) and commodity trade balances,

January 1, 1899-December 31, 1930..

5. Values and proportions of Philippine and United States exports

reciprocally admitted duty free because of their respective

origins from the beginning of duty-free trade relations to the

end of 1929__

6. Estimate of scheduled duties nominally waived by the United

States on Philippine exports; and by the Philippines on United

States exports, from the beginning of reciprocal duty-free trade

to December 31, 1929___

7. Ad valorem equivalents of estimated duties nominally waived on

Philippine and American products, in the United States and the

Philippines, respectively.

8. Ad valorem equivalent of import duties in the Philippines and in

the United States, 1911-1929, computed on value of dutiable

imports..

9. Annual average values of leading Philippine exports, 1890-1894,

1900-1902, and 1903-1909_

10. Leading Philippine domestic exports to all countries and to the

United States, August 20, 1898-June 30, 1909.

11. Leading Philippine exports to the United States and possessions,

exempted from import duty after August 5, 1909 (from July 1,

1899, to December 31, 1929)__

12. Leading Philippine exports to the United States and possessions,

duty free in the United States regardless of country of origin

(from July 1, 1899, to December 31, 1929) _ _